Take your die-cutting to a whole new level with water colors. Instead of using colored paper to die cut your images try cutting from white cardstock and color them with water color paints or watercolor markers
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Project: Digital Stamped Sparkle Key Chain
The Spectrum Noir Markers blog has directions on how to print a digital stamp onto shrink plastic
and color it with their cool Sparkle Markers for a fun key chain. Click here for directions.
-Heather
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Review and Project: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Looking for a new way to water color? Jessie Banks gives her first impressions and a review of the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers along with a quick project tutorial using them over on her blog. Click here to … Read More ...
Technique: See Though Card with Alcohol Inks
This fun see-through card was made by embossing clear acetate and tinting it with alcohol markers, it gives it such a cool glazed look. You can find a video tutorial for this technique over on Ellen Hutsons Classroom blog.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Realistic Coloring for a Bunny Stamp
Marika is an expert at coloring stamped images for a realistic look. For this adorable bunny rabbit she combined Copic markers and Colored Pencils for an amazing look. It looks like you could reach out and pet the bunnies fur! … Read More ...
Project: Rainbow Panda Card
Visit the W Plus 9 stamps blog and learn how to use Zig Clean Color markers to make a pretty rainbow background. I love the adorable panda on this card too! Check out Kelly Latevola’s video tutorial on their blog.… Read More ...
Project and Technique: Wild Flower Garden Handmade Card
This stunning wild flower card has so much depth. Mary Prasad got this look by using Ink Potion No. 9 solution over paper and then stamping the flowers using markers colored directly on stamps, this along with second generation stamping … Read More ...
Project: Snail Mail Card
Skip the text or e-mail and make someone’s day by sending them some good old fashion snail mail. Using stamps, die cuts and markers Nina-Marie created this adorable snail scene. Visit her blog for a video tutorial.
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Card Making Technique: Water Coloring with Copic Markers
You can achieve a soft dreaming water color look with your Copic makers
using this technique from Michele Boyer. She has a tutorial over on her blog Paper Cuts.
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Card Making Technique: Water Color Lifting
Here’s a really cool stamping technique from Jennifer McGuire called water color lifting. First Jennifer applied water based markers all over her paper then added water, then she heat embossed stamped background images with clear powder, then she lifted off … Read More ...
Technique: Blue Bird Card with Embossed Stencling
Using stencils with texture paste is a great way to add dimension to your cards. You can even add color to the plain paste once it dries with markers. The Remembering Life’s Moments blog has directions for making this lovely … Read More ...
Freebie: Fantasy Dragonfly Coloring Page
Chameleon Pens has this awesome fantasy dragonfly lady coloring page, you can download a black and white version to color yourself for free. There’s also a video tutorial with some coloring tips using there unique markers, click here to check … Read More ...
Project: Wooden Love Banner
I love the unique combination of the rustic wood with the pink glitter on this pretty LOVE banner from Beth Watson. She’ll show you how to color, glitter and layer up wood and chipboard shapes in her project tutorial over … Read More ...
Technique: Water Coloring with Markers
Kristina Werner has a cool coloring technique on her blog that she’s calling a Dry Palette Marker Watercolor Technique. By scribbling your water based markers onto watercolor paper you can make palette that you can then use to pick up … Read More ...
Freebie- On-line Coloring Class
Kit and Clowder offer on-line coloring classes for markers and Colored Pencils for all skill levels with projects and techniques classes, these classes are a perfect way for stampers to learn how to use these mediums or to improve your … Read More ...