Very Punny "Hoppy for You" Giftcard, Sakura Pen Comparison

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Today I finished the other card I had started last Friday, and I have a comparison of the Sakura Glue pens. For the card I used The Lighter green from the familiar Botanicals Pack I picked up at Michaels, SU Whisper White and Chocolate Chip. I rolled the card base with the Spot On Jumbo wheel using Chocolate Chip. I embossed a strip of White using my Cuttlebug and the "Spots & Dots" Embossing folder. I cut a 1" strip and I punched a 1-3/8" circle of Chocolate Chip cardstock. I punched a 1 1/4" circle of the green.

Then I stamped in Chocolate Chip just "the frog" from the Very Punny stamp set, on white and the "Hoppy for you" on the folded card Base. I'll talk about the frog in a momnet. On the inside

I marked and punched the tabs like I did for the gift card in this post. The only thing I changed was I used Karen Foster Loopy brads to tie a ribbon in front of the gift card. Using a Chocolate swiss dot ribbon I picked up at Wal-mart.

For the frog image I colored using a light green water color pencil, just the perimeter of the image. After I used an aqua painter fine tip to blend the color towards the center of the image. For the eyes and spots I used the Sakura "Souffle" pen. It is very similar to the glaze pen except it's finish is opaque and matte. It only provides a slight puffiness to the image, it is definately thicker than the glaze pen. I had hoped it would be more like liquid applique except with a finer line, but it is not a comparable puff. The matte finish is nice, because I was able to

re-dot the eye over the dried surface, and it didn't wipe off.

Because I have been talking so much about the Sakura Pens. I made this small image to show a comparison both on dark cardstock and white cardstock and the different finishes of each and liquid applique.

1. Sakura Souffle white-opaque pen 2. Sakura Glaze pen 3. Marvy Liquid Applique 4. Sakura Stardust clear

I tried to load these images so they could be enlarged so you can see the differences. I hope they help. I did use my heat gun to dry the sample sheets and I found the heat gun made the matte pen spread out and flatten more on the colored cardstock.

Until Later... Happy Stamping!