TECHNIQUES

USING VERSAMARK

Just ink the rubber stamp with the VersaMark Pad and stamp on your paper or envelope. You will get a translucent image on your paper. So cool! Try using on dark colored cardstocks or other card making paper supplies. You will love the look. For your envelopes, you can just use one medium size stamp on the left side of the envelope. Or stamp small images all over the envelope.

Card Making Tips: Brush Pearl-Ex over the stamped image and see the transformation. You can also use color chalks.

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Sizzix Texture Fades embossing folders

Sizzix Tattered Leaves

Sizzix Birds

Tim Holtz How to use Distress Inks Video

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How to color using Copic Markers for skin tone

New Coloring clothing/images with Copic Markers

This is Suzanne Dean's "new" technique
using copic markers.

These videos are using one of our new stamps by
LA-LA Land
image is Ballerina Marci

These videos are using a new stamp called Scout Marci
by LA-LA Land
Copic coloring skin tone and hair

Copic coloring clothes

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RESIST/BACKGROUND

- Use BOLD stamp

- Stamp around edge of main card

- Emboss with clear

- Rub cats eyes or other pigment inks all over embossed areas

- Rub off inks with a cloth

- Clear emboss all over card

- Make a center card

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BLEACH

- Black paper

- Stamp black ink emboss with gold (center card)

- Color with bleach and heat set

- Can use straight bleach or water down for different effects, add more to different areas for a different contrast.

- Dip stamp in bleach and dab off on cloth, stamp card several time (main card)

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WATERCOLOR PENCILS

APPLYING/BLENDING WATERCOLOR PENCILS:
When using colored pencils start with lighter colors first and work to the darker. Let the colors overlap and blend for interesting shades It is more effective to apply several light coats of pencil shadings, adding more until the desired intensity is reached, rather than one very heavy application. Stray marks can be erased with an art eraser.

Once the coloring is completed, you can stop here, or achieve different effects by adding water.

Color your image with dry pencils, blending and shading as desired. Dampen a paintbrush with water and paint over colored areas. A barely damp brush gives brighter color, with pencil lines showing. Adding more water will blend the colors more smoothly. The more water you add, the less intense your colors will be. But adding excessive amounts of water will cause the colors to run together, and the paper to buckle.
Blend the colors instead by stroking with a blender pen eliminating the need for brush or water.You will find that this is a great use of the blender pen!