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Watercolor Illusions
By
Ken Pesho
Rubber Roadsters
Advanced Stamping Team Designer
Blending with markers is a quick and easy way to give the
illusion of blended water colors. No blending pens are needed. If you simply
remember to work light to dark you’ll have no problems.
Supplies
Stamps:
- Teapot U1962 (Art Impressions)
- Friendships Free saying stamp WOR 037E (The Stamp
Barn)
- Four Daisy Vases P2586 (Art Impressions)
- Delightful Daisies saying stamp 1444 (Hampton Art
Stamps)
- Two Tulip Vase Q2585 (Art Impressions)
- Old Writing French saying stamp D2359 (Hero Arts)
- Rose Q2007 (Art Impressions)
- Just for You saying stamp SWS017 (Stampendous)
- Hat Lady (KK Originals)
- Panache! saying stamp E2815 (Art Impressions)
- Garden Flowers H2817 (Hero Arts)
- Sketch Tulips E3020 (Hero Arts)
- Meadow Rose C3238 (Hero Arts)
- Rosebud C3239 (Hero Arts)
- Nature saying stamp C3029 (Hero Arts)
- Floral Chorus Line J2661 (Print Works)
- Forever saying stamp C2764 (Hero Arts)
- Three Mailboxes (Visual Image Printery)
- Great Day saying stamp SWS017 (Stampendous)
- Vase of Roses 3291K (Penny Black)
- Lots Of Love saying stamp (Rubber Soul)
- Lots Of Hugs saying stamp A2917 (Hero Arts)
- Three Little Vases Slender 3134E (Penny Black)
- Gentle Gaze 3138D (Penny Black)
- Clay Vase 3141F (Penny Black)
- Forever Friends saying stamp JD0002 (Hampton Art
Stamps)
- Nestling Petunias 3311K (Penny Black)
- Is Warm saying stamp (Hero Arts)
- Tiger Lilies 3306k (Penny Black)
- Cherish….Love….Dream….saying stamp C3322 (Hero Arts)
Other Supplies:
- Small Cluster of Dots (B&J’s Art Stamps)
- Large Cluster of dots (B&J’s Art Stamps)
- Ten Dot ‘Stick’ (Stamps by Judith)
- Markers (Tombow ABT)
- Magenta, Orange, Cherry, Violet, Ochre, Bottle Green,
Turquoise, Black Ink Pads (Marvy Matchables)
- Black Archival Ink (Memories)
- White card stock for card fronts: cut to quarter sheet
size 4¼”x5½”
- Assorted colors of cardstock for folded cards
Instructions:
- One 8½”x11” sheet of cardstock yields 4 quarter
pieces. Pre-cut the card front pieces to 4¼”x5½” and pre-trim these to
4”x5¼” pieces.
- Stamp your image on white cardstock with Archival ink.
- Choose the two colors of markers you want to use and
start with the lighter one.
- Completely color in the desired area with the lighter
color.
- Touch the tip of the lighter color to the darker color
and start working in the shaded area to your liking. When you’ve achieved
the desired effect, simply wipe the tip of your marker onto a paper towel or
piece of scrap cardstock. I always use just two colors per area.
- The vase of roses and the three little vases are
colored directly onto the stamps. Huff onto the stamp with your breath and
impress the image to the paper. Now come back with the lighter or darker
color and shade the images.
- When finished coloring, use a coordinating color stamp
pad and stamp your dots in any desired pattern on the card front. The final
touch is to put shadows around the images. Use N089 Tombow light Gray marker
to draw the shadows around the images.
- Stamp your saying and your card front is complete.
- Attach the card front to any coordinating half sheet
of cardstock cut to size 5½”x8½” that has been folded in half.
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