Lindsay Dickason Designs: Stamp Highlighting Beautiful Flowers with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a card I made using a special technique called stamp highlighting. I was inspired by Kelly Latveola - an exceptionally talented cardmaker! I saw her do this technique in the video What Would Kelly Make Series: Stamp Highlighting on the Simon Says Stamp YouTube channel. This idea has been sitting in my back pocket for some time, and I finally garnered up the courage to try it!

I used the Beautiful Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp - this is one of those stamp sets I go back to time and again because it really is just so beautiful, and there's so much you can do with it. For this card, I am highlighting an inner rectangle area with colorful reds and pinks and juxtaposing it against subdued grays on an outside frame.

It can be really scary trying something new. And it can be even scarier sharing that experience with others. But it is through practice that we grow and practicing anything naturally comes with its share of making mistakes.

Yes, it's difficult to make mistakes so in addition to the new stamping and art techniques I practice, I am also practicing being more kind to myself during the process. The discomfort that comes along with making mistakes does not need to be compounded with unhelpful self-criticism. Instead, I practicing appreciating that I had the courage to try something new and to see it through to the end. And this doesn't always come easily for me, but I guess that's why I call it a practice.

You can watch the process video below or in full HD on my YouTube Channel:

Here are the colors I used for this piece:

Colorful flowers:
no. 220 tea rose
no. 021 light carmine
no. 029 geranium red

Gray flowers:
no. 095 dark gray
no. 091 light gray
no. 099 cool gray 1

Leaves:
no. 400 marine green
no. 048 emerald green

Gray leaves:
no. 093 green gray

Flower centers:
no. 050 yellow
no. 061 light brown

So I'm super proud that I tried this new technique! What new technique will you try? Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog! Have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used:

Strathmore Bristol Vellum Surface Paper [Amazon]

Tim Holtz Design Ruler [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Post-It Full Adhesive Sticky Note [Amazon]

Tombow Mono Sand Eraser [Amazon]

Tim Holtz Stamping Platform [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

MISTI Creative Corners [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Pentel Arts Aquash Waterbrush Pen [Amazon]

Crystal Katana [Amazon]

Ranger Multi Medium Matte [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Ranger Black Super Fine Embossing Powder [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

EK Success Powder tool [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Mini MISTI Stamping Tool [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Versamark Ink [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

Fiskars Paper Trimmer [Scrapbook.com] [Amazon]

3M Foam Tape [Amazon]