Copic Whiff of Joy Card

hello everyone from a very Sunny South Africa! it is a beautiful day - the butterflies are butterflying, the garden is full of birds chatting away, the garden is happy-happy because it got lots of water last night!!

i joined the Copic Crafters group last night - and boy, did they inspire me!! after re-arranging some of my stuff to fit into my new drawers, i saw my poor Copics lying there - all nice and new and nothing to color!!! so, this morning i decided to use one of my new Whiff of Joy stamps and my Copics, and attempt at coloring! i have to admit - it was a difficult one - lots of little leaves and fruit and VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE with the medium!! the tree's pot drove me crazy - it bled ALOT outside the lines where i shaded it a bit (to the left) i tried to use my colorless blender to get rid of it, but i think the cardstock is just not right. i then went over the detail of the pot with my Spica Glitter Pen (thanks Paola) and also in the veins of the leaves. i added some red Stickles to the fruit and mounted it twice - once on red CS and then on some Que Sera Sera Patterned paper by K & Co. used Tea Dye DI to do the edges of the image and the card. what i found amazing was all the colors i had to use for the little image!! WOW!! it was fun, though, but now i need to PRACTICE!!