Vine ripened tomatoes

This month's One free with 3 stamp set is "Summer Harvest" and with only 1 1/2 weeks left to get it free with the purchase of any three stamp sets,  I thought I would pull it out to show you a fun, inexpensive product that I just love. And yes, I had to use the Basic Grey Ambrosia paper again. LOL!



I began with three pieces of patterned paper from the Ambrosia paper pack and sliced them up to mount on a piece of Stampin' Up's basic black. Again, I used the EK success curved corner punch. Can you tell that I am a little addicted to that punch right now?

I used the tomato stamp from Summer Harvest and masked it off to stamp three of them. For a tutorial on how to do the masking technique, click here- MASKING.

I colored the tomatoes with Copic Markers. I only used three markers, an orange, a yellow and a green. Then, I pulled color off of the leaves with the blender pen to make the lighter spots.


 
I really liked the way this looked so I took the photos for this blog entry. But then, (because I can never leave well enough alone,) I wanted to see what those juicy tomatoes would look like with Crystal Lacquer on them. Crystal Lacquer is so easy to use that you can't even really do a tutorial on it. You just tip the bottle over and squeeze a little on and use the tip to spread it around. Too easy! I like to squeeze the Crystal lacquer into these applicator bottles. They are a little easier to work with.

Here is what the tomatoes looked like after I added the Crystal Lacquer.



Don't they look so much more real!! I love how the color pops. Once they are dry, they are smooth and shiny and they have great dimension. Here's another view with the card tilted a little into the light so you can see more of the dimension.



Crystal lacquer looks great on so many things. It's fun and super easy to use.
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We have a winner!
Congratulations to:
Mary G. wrote:
Wow, what a GREAT technique! Thanks for sharing that, love learning new ways with Copics! I'm totally addicted to the Copics, thanks to Jessica's class!

Mary, send me your snail mail and I'll send you the blender refill.

Hope you guys enjoyed today's project.
More soon.

Hugs,
Gina K.




Posted by Gina K at 8/25/2008 9:45 PM
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