Cutting and coloring of a Poppies digital stamp!

What happens when you take a crafty secrets  digital poppies stamp and print and cut it with the Silhouette Cameo and color it in with Spectrum noir markers? You get a rich beautiful image perfectly trimmed with NO hand cutting! {yay!} 

I'm still really new at shading with spectrum noir markers, so I still make mistakes...and go out of the lines! :) I have copics, prisma pencils, and other coloring markers, all of them color beautifully in their own way, Spectrum noir markers are awesome for ease of saturation and build-able blending, I did add a few shaded areas with my prisma pencils because I don't own all of the markers yet.I added a pinch of flocking in the center, than a layer of glitter for sparkle and extra dimension!
*** my little tip, if you color your image after you cut it, use a tiny bit of adhesive to anchor it down to a flat surface so it doesn't slip and slide all over while you are ..ahem trying to color INSIDE the lines. :)

Now lets talk about how fantastically happy I am that I finally played around with my Silhouette and tried my hand at creating a cut file for digital stamps!!! I watched a few videos to get a feel for what I needed to do, this one by Connie Collins was really helpful. I used the same technique for the most part and it did take some time, a few errors, and bumbling around to finally get it right, but it cut perfectly the very first try!

 A whole new world was opened up to me when I realized how many cool ways I can use this technique with my favorite craft room tool! {I know its not new but it is new to me!}

So one more thing before I sign out if you want to pick up some Crafty secrets delicious deals check out the big blow out sale going on now!

happy shopping~ Shantaie