DAY #3: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release Week and Giveaway!

Hello again, and welcome to Day #3 of Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release Week and Giveaway!

The Blue Knight Design Team has a great time creating new release projects throughout the month, and I'm happy to end the month with a full week of new release inspiration by featuring each of the 7 new release stamps this week, here at my blog!

And...the gorgeous new release HALF BOUQUET stamps that I used to create today's cards is the GIVEAWAY!
(*Giveaway details shared at the end of this blog post)

Today I've got 3 cards to share...each created with the wonderful new release HALF BOUQUET stamp.

If you follow my blog, you already know that I love creating cards with big beautiful detailed large floral stamped images.
For me, HALF BOUQUET stamp is one of those stamps!

I enjoyed creating with this stamp  A LOT... so after I inked up this stamp for the first time...I just kept creating...and in the end, I had created the 3 cards that I'm sharing with you today!

I'll share a few photos and will tell you a little bit about each card.

I decided to do partial coloring when creating this first card.
At first, I actually thought of making a black & white card, but the beautiful blooms in this image shouted COLOR ME....so I did!
I used Copic markers to color the blooms and to add the light green shadowing around the edge of the image. I used a small paint brush to add some Ink On 3 Liquid Pixie Dust to all of the leaves for some shimmery sparkle.
To finished the card I added the sentiment from the THANK YOU WREATH stamp set (Another July new release stamp set.
I chose matte coral card stock and LCI's black metallic card stock for matting.

To create the coral/persimmon colored ribbon tab...I used a Copic marker to create a length of dotted satin English ribbon in the color that I needed, (The ribbon is from TheRibbonPlace.)

This ribbon was originally yellow....and after a quick Copic coloring...it was the exact color that I needed.
(Coloring ribbon with Copics is always a good option when you are having a difficult time matching ribbon to a card or project)

The lighting is a bit different in this photo...I think it captures the colors that I used to create this card, much better (than the photo above)

You can also see the shimmer on the leaves nicely, in this photo.
You can see the Copic colored ribbon in this photo

 The second card was also colored with Copic markers....but this time, I colored the entire image.
I finished the card with a sentiment stamp from the BIRTHDAY WISHES stamp set, some crystal dew drops, LCI's black and bright pink metallic card stock for matting ...and a pink polka dot ribbon tab, created with ribbon from TheRibbonPlace.
I love that big polka dot ribbon tab peeking out from behind the matted image layer.
(*This time I had ribbon that was a perfect match for the card I was creating...so no Copic ribbon coloring needed!)

If you love floral images...and enjoy coloring with pencils...markers...water color paints...or PanPastels....the HALF BOUQUET stamp is THE stamp for you!
There's lots of large opened image space to enjoy applying and blending color.

The third and final HALF BOUQUET card that I'm sharing today has a very different look than the first 2 cards above.

To create this card I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed the stamped image with gold fine detail embossing powder.
I colored the blooms with various monochromatic shades of blue Copic markers.
I used a small paint brush to add Ink oOn 3 Liquid Pixie Dust to the leaves for a subtle silvery shimmer.
I chose a sentiment from the the BIRTHDAY WISHES stamp set and stamped it with blue ink that coordinated nicely with the image.
For matting I chose LCI's gold and deep navy metallic card stock.
The image piece was positioned with foam for added dimension.

It's no secret that I love CAS cards...heat embossing...monochromatic coloring...and the gold/silver combination when creating cards...which means that this card is very...me!
I'm  really happy that this card turned out exactly as I had envisioned it...planned it...and had hoped that it would be when it was complete!

Here's one more look at this today's 3rd HALF BOUQUET card.

Did you know that I've got a new release giveaway happening here at my blog this week?
Take a moment to comment below...for your daily giveaway entry.
I'll announce the winner at the end of Blue Knight New Release Week on July 31st!

(*Giveaway is opened to blog visitors with USA mailing addresses.)

Thanks for visiting today, my crafty and creative friends!
I'll see you tomorrow when I share another Blue Knight New Release stamp.

Until then...
You'll find the HALF BOUQUET stamp set HERE, along with all of the July new release stamp sets
The BIRTHDAY WISHES stamp set is HERE
The dotted satin English ribbons HERE, at TheRibbonPlace
and the Metallic card stock can be found HERE, at the LCI web site.

Have a fabulous Friday!
Michelle