I fell in love with this super cute\u00a0Stamping Bella “Maisy an Madeline Have Some Tea” stamp<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the minute I laid eyes on it, but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to color it up. So I wanted to give it a special coloring treatment and send it to a best girlfriend with whom I used to love getting coffee (sadly we don’t live in the same city anymore so we do virtual coffee time together by video call about once every couple of months).<\/p>\n

<\/a>I first stamped out the image with Versafine Black Onyx Ink<\/a><\/span> and colored it up with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers<\/a><\/span>:
\nBackground: Light Blue (036) and my waterbrush was fortuitously still dirty with yellow ink from a prior project so there is a beautiful blue-to-yellow ombre glow around the image too.
\nTable: Oatmeal (064), Beige (072), and Dark Oatmeal (066)
\nMice: Pale Pink (028) (inside ears),\u00a0Oatmeal (064), Beige (072), and Dark Oatmeal (066)
\nLeaves: Lemon Yellow, Light Green (041), Green (040)
\nYellow flower centers and yellow of teacup and saucer: Lemon Yellow (051), Yellow (050) and Bright Yellow (052)
\nRed flower petals and teacup polka dots and saucer: Bright Yellow (052) and Geranium Red (029)<\/p>\n

Then for more detailed nooks and cranny and highlights coloring I used the Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils<\/a><\/span> over top:
\nBackground: Canary Yellow (916), Electric Blue (1040), and China Blue (1100)
\nTable: 90% Cool Grey (1067)
\nMice: Blush Pink (928) and White (938)
\nLeaves: Canary Yellow (916)
\nYellow of teacup and saucer: Canary Yellow (916), Yellowed Orange (1002), Tuscan Red (937) (shadowed areas), and White (938) (highlight areas)
\nFlower petals and red of saucer: Crimson Lake (925) and Tuscan Red (937)<\/p>\n

<\/a>I had so much fun experimenting with this coloring, and I didn’t want to distract too much from the final image, so I kept the rest of the card simple. I die cut the image using the fourth largest Diemond Dies Cross Stitched Circles Die Set<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(NOTE: My readers can get 10% off and FREE worldwide shipping on all orders of $35 or more at Diemond Dies by using the coupon code: thankskristina<\/em>).<\/p>\n

For the layer underneath, I cut a rectangle of white card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with the heart embossing folder from the We R Memory Keepers Next Level Dotted Set<\/a><\/span>. I also rounded the upper left and lower right corners with a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper<\/a><\/span> for a little added interest. For a tiny bit of dimension, I added a sheet of fun foam under this layer before adhering it to my standard A2 size card base.<\/p>\n

For the sentiment, I decided to use the Neat & Tangled Celebrate Word Die<\/a><\/span>, which I cut out of card stock 3 times and stacked together for a little thickness and stability. I colored it ombre similar to the colors I used in the image background and then glued it overlapping the lower part of the lower part of the image. To continue with the sentiment idea, I stamped out the sentiment from the stamp set that reads, “enjoy the little things” on the pale blue-green inside liner sheet. I also re-stamped just the two mice peeking over the teacup on the lower right of the liner sheet to add their sweet little visages again.<\/p>\n

The following is a coloring process video:<\/p>\n