Sunday Fun Day: Spotlighting technique Cottage Rose card

Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring the Spotlighting technique with our cards. It's been a while since I used this technique and I don't know why, because I love it! I am not a huge fan of coloring as many of you know, and using this technique means I don't have to color the entire image!!

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Want to know how I did this?

I started with a sheet of basic white card stock cut to 5-1/4" x 4" and one cut to 3-3/4" x 2-1/2".
Did you know that Tombow multipurpose adhesive is temporary when you let it dry - it becomes tacky and will hold something in place temporarily, but then you can remove it later with no damage? I used a teeny bit of the liquid adhesive on the back side of the smaller piece of card stock and, once dried and tacky, attached it in the center of the larger piece.
I inked up my image with Memento Tuxedo black ink (VERY important that you use this ink when planning to color with stampin' blends markers) and stamped in the lower left corner making sure the image overlapped both pieces of card stock. There will be a halo where the ink doesn't make contact with the paper - that is okay, you'll hide it with your mat.
Next, I removed the smaller piece and colored the flower with both Highland Heather stampin' blends as well as the darker Daffodil Delight stampin' blend, colored the leaves and stems with both Old Olive stampin' blends and the tiny flowers with the lighter Daffodil Delight stampin' blend.
I then added a mat of basic black card stock cut to 4" x 2-3/4" and then added that to the larger basic white card stock piece, making sure to line up the image.
I added a few rhinestones and sentiment then put that on a basic black base card. Easy-peasey!

Here is a close-up of the colored flower... such an easy but fun technique!

For the inside of the card I simply stamped a portion of the large flower image in the lower left corner, leaving lots of space to write.

And here is one final look at my card. For even more spotlighting technique card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

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