Memorial Day 2022

I love poppies! So when it comes to Memorial Day I tend to turn to them. This year I used Paper Rose’s Modern Poppy stamp. 

Since I was making multiple cards, and I didn’t want to use up my Copic markers, I purchased the Nuvo  Creative Pens Rich Reds set on sale. It’s a good thing since I used them all up.

Now, I did a number of things wrong here. First I stamped the design using Ranger Archival Ink in black. I used clear embossing powder over that, so here are 2 no-no’s. Archival ink is a pigment ink so it’s not safe for alcohol ink markers, it will smear, and you’re not supposed to use markers with heat embossing as it can ruin your markers. I hoped the clear embossing would help prevent the smearing, and it did for the most part. Also, I wasn’t planning on keeping the red markers so I didn’t care so much about the embossing.  I did use my Copics for the greens and yellow and they seem to be ok. 

The paper I used was Hammerhill Premium Color Copy 80lb. Cover.  I got it to use with my laser printer and found it works pretty well with markers too. It’s not as good as X-Press IT but it’s a lot cheaper. (Note: if you use it for printing it’s a good idea to use a sealer over it so it doesn’t smear. I use a Krylon matte sealer.) 

After coloring the poppies, I used a fine black pen to add a couple of curved lines to ground the flowers.  I used my Fiskars paper cutter to slice down from the top and up from the bottom until I reached the design, then fussy cut the middle part and trimmed the rest to fit on a 5x7 card. 

I glued it onto a Kraft 5x7 card blank, added a strip of red mirror cardstock, and the sentiment.

Didn’t they turn out pretty? I think so, and they’re still very different from last year’s cards even though they both had poppies! 


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