I'm about to overwhelm you with roses in this post! I spent a bit of time over the weekend coloring the same Mariola Budek image, but with the roses and sentiment done in red, yellow, and pink, respectively. I made one card for each color and they were all for Mother's Day - due to the sentiment which is part of the image. See below and you'll understand immediately.
I used my Sanjoki markers on the pink and yellow roses, but the red ones were colored with the few Copics I have left. I really have shifted away from the more expensive Copics and have very few of them remaining. I no longer invest in Copic refill colors because, truthfully, I can replace either ProMarkers (which I've used almost exclusively for almost 8 years now) or my newer Sanjoki markers for less money than what the Copic inks cost. The Sanjokis are also less than the ProMarkers, have the brush tips which I prefer to the bullet tips, and they blend a little bit better, IMHO.
Let's start with the 'red' image: colored with Copics and water color paints, then cut with a QuicKutz square die. The red CS circle was also cut with a QuicKutz die. I mounted those two onto a white card front, then added one of my signature hand-sewn bows, this time with a pearl.
