Copic Ribbon & Lavender Fields
I wanted to use my other Stampendous “Scenic” stamp this morning, so out came the lavender! 
This is a very simple, clean card allowing the focus again, to be on the image. It’s watercolored on PaperTrey white cardstock using wasabi, garden green, marigold, lilac, ruby red, cocoa, choc chip, soft sky, and bashful. I cut it out following the shape of the image, and layered it with pop-up glue dots on to a piece of marigold cardstock that was first wet, then scrunched up, and dried with my heat tool. The edges are slightly sponged, as well.
That piece is then matted with wasabi, and black. The sentiment is stamped to the side with Clearsnap Ancient Page coal black ink (same as the focal image). I love this ink!! A gorgeous rich, deep, waterproof and archival black ink!
Next comes the fun. I custom dyed my SU! white grograin ribbon using my Copic Marker! Since these markers are alcohol based, they can be used on so many surfaces, including fabric! I used Grass Green (YG17) which is nearly identical to wasabi.
Here’s how I did it…
FABULOUS!!!!!
The ribbon becomes slightly stiffer, when dry. No messy re-inkers needed, and no green fingers, since it dries so quickly! I love these Copics. They are so amazingly versatile! I can’t wait to use them in more interesting ways. Ellen Hutson will be carrying them soon in her store, in packs of 12, 24 and 48! 
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Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
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So cool Trudee! I need a job to keep buying all this fabulous stuff! Love your card…the coloring is fabulous!
Posted by: Julia Stainton | June 26th, 2007 09:10
Beautiful card Trudee! I love your layout and the custom dyed ribbon is so cute!
Posted by: Stefanie (ssummerer) | June 26th, 2007 09:39
I love this card–perfect watercoloring! Thanks so much for the tip on dyeing the ribbon with the Copics–I am definitely going to be doing this!!!!!
Posted by: Kathy scs kathat | June 26th, 2007 10:25
What a great card, and thanks for the tip, never thought of using the markers for dying ribbon
Posted by: florence | June 26th, 2007 10:27
HOW AWESOME ! I just posted a link on my blog & can’t wait to try it this evening!! TFS!
Posted by: Donna Baker | June 26th, 2007 10:59
Gorgeous card T! LOVE the colors!!! Coloring is awesome as always!
Posted by: jacksonbelle | June 26th, 2007 12:43
Love the cards, and the ribbon is yummy. It’s a very pretty shade of one of my fave colors——green.
Posted by: Paula | June 26th, 2007 15:59
Very cool, T! I have GOT to check out those markers!! Very pretty card too! I like the distressed piece!
Posted by: Shel9999 | June 26th, 2007 19:50
OMG!!! now I need those markers!
Posted by: emilymomto3boys | June 26th, 2007 22:18
Pretty cool, all right! These markers seem to be taking the stamping world by storm. I’m sure I’ll get on the boat right about the time everyone’s moving on to something else…sigh. That’s me–the plodder. Pretty card, Trudee! Stampendous is coming up with some really nice images lately!
Posted by: leslierich | June 26th, 2007 23:24
Thanks for the tip. LOVE the card
Posted by: Karen | June 26th, 2007 23:55
Well, what a cool use for the markers, T — will definitely try this!
Posted by: StamperSharon | June 27th, 2007 01:01
I love this card!!!
Posted by: Lonny | June 27th, 2007 07:01
Ahhhhhh, all these enablers! I wish I was rich! Beautiful card, by the way.
Posted by: lacyquilter | June 27th, 2007 07:08
OMG! This is a gorgeous card…and the ribbon dye is to die for idea! Thanks for the tip!!
Posted by: Diane Lapointe | June 27th, 2007 07:17
Awesome everything!!! I had not thought to dye ribbon with my Copic Markers…OMG, it works so great! thank you so much for letting us know!!!
Posted by: diane mcvey | June 27th, 2007 08:21
wow, I love that card… the crinkled Marigold background piece is really a nice touch - gotta love those markers, too…. great job!!
Posted by: GinaP | June 27th, 2007 09:53
I love it…and I’m dying for your advice about the markers…what do I buy? Can you recommend certain colors that match our SU colors?
Posted by: Rhonda Brander | June 27th, 2007 14:15
Marvelous, I’ve added your link to my blog and putting these on my WISH LIST!
Posted by: Lee | June 28th, 2007 06:10
Hi Trudee:
I found your blog while looking at another one that I belong too. I hope that you don’t mind me stopping by. I absolutely love the idea of coloring white ribbon. I always have a hard time finding the right shade of color ribbon that I am looking for . This way I will always be guaranteed that I have the right color that I am looking for.
Your cards are absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Carol Lee
Posted by: Carol Lee | June 28th, 2007 10:48
Looks much less messy than dying with ink refills. Nice card, love the colours and the custom made ribbon. Not sure what Copic markers are or where one might get them.
Posted by: bettyannmanghi | June 28th, 2007 10:58
…but you can bet I’ll find out…
Posted by: bettyannmanghi | June 28th, 2007 11:01
Absolutely stunning Trudee! I can almost smell the sweet scent of lavender. Love the color pop against that white background.
Linda
Posted by: Linda (LSN on SCS) | June 30th, 2007 07:03
Wow! Just found your blog and I must say, very inspirational! I am wishing for a set of Copics. Perhaps the birthday fairy or Santa might bring some this year…. One can only dream!
Great solution for ribbon color. Love it!
Posted by: Tautchia | July 3rd, 2007 21:27
The more I see uses for the Copic Sketch Markers, the more I tell myself I have to own them. So what if I just invested in Prismacolor markers….these Copics seem to be the ones everyone loves.
The card is gorgeous. Oh what I wouldn’t give to be able to color my stamped images like you. The shading is what I love.
Posted by: Judy Giluk | July 12th, 2007 05:18
[…] Supplies used for this card are as follows: Shake It Up patterned paper, hydrangea notecard, It’s Your Day stamp set (All from Rubber Soul/Wordsworth), wasabi cardstock, papertrey white, Primas, Making Memories green glitter brad, AMuse bling, ancient page coal black ink, and the following colorbox fluid chalk inks: chestnut roan, warm red, yellow citrus. I also custom colored my white grosgrain with my Copic markers B23, and BV02. I did a mini tutorial for that about a month or so ago. If you missed it, check it out HERE. […]
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