Hello. I just attended the Memories
Scrapbooking Expo in Columbus Ohio yesterday. I bought some new stuff just in
time to use it for another great challenge at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog.
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I worked with a great image by Kith
and Kim called Ella Ballerina. She is adorable. I had some orange dotted paper
that has been in my stash for a long time so I decided to use it. I chose the
card stock based on the flowers that I picked out. I colored the 2 small flowers with a copic
marker. I have a tutorial for the small side strip of paper that I made myself.
If you think it looks interesting read on, but first my card:
Tutorial:
Making Circular Background Paper
I learned a great technique for
making your own circle background paper. It is easy and fun. I used it on the
small side strip shown here:
It is made using Inktense watercolor pencils
and a water brush. Choose 3 colors to use (more if you want).
Wet your paper
with a sponge brush. Do not saturate the paper, but give it kind of a light to medium
amount of wetness.
Tape the edges down to your surface so that the paper
doesn’t curl so much. You should tape all four corners but here I just did 2. Dip
your water brush in water to make sure it is good and wet. Rub the brush on
your pencils and color the paper however you want.
Overlap your colors to
blend. I suggest moving your brush in circular motions to blend.
The wetter
everything is the lighter the color will be. If you use Post it Tape you can
remove it easily to apply color to that area. The tape will stick back down. Watercolor
paper works best, but I used regular cheap cardstock from Walmart for this
card. It seemed to work just fine. If you don’t like the look just apply more
color to get the combination and blending that you want.
Just be careful that
you don’t get the paper so wet that it pills. Dry your paper with a heat tool. Your
color will lighten as it dries.
Anyway, take a sponge dauber and cover it with white pigment ink. Rub it on the circles applying them to your paper however you want and whatever size you want. I did not make tiny circles, but if you want them you can use a pencil eraser dabbed on the inkpad. The dauber will also make circlesby lightly pressing on it. Lighter coats of ink make more translucent circles. I like the look of overlapping circles. It is pigment ink so you need to heat it to dry it faster. The white circles will darken as it dries.
Here is the recipe for my Ella card:
Image: Ella Ballerina by Kith and Ken
Stamps: W332 Wonderful You by CTMH
Inks: Copic Markers, Memento Brown, Inktense Watercolor
pencils, Hampton Art White pigment ink
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Ovals Lg, Spellbinders Classic
Scallop Ovals SM, Sizzix Susan’s Garden
Hibiscus
(leaves), Lifestyle Crafts Label It Kit
Embellishments & Misc: Flowers from Michaels (large
ones) and White paper Roses by Mikies
Favor Embellishments, Tim Holtz memo pin,
Scrappy Cat Glitter Glue.
Get your brains to spinning and
create those dotted projects. Just remember to use some kind of stamping. You
have 2 weeks to enter and 3 chances to win. We hope you will join us.
So pretty card!! Love the Bokeh Technique you used!! So beautiful!
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Annette - these orange and yellow citrusy colors make for an awesome combination. Lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteOh I am loving the bright colours of this card and fab tutorial as well. Thanks
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Great color combo and those flowers are so beautiful! (I didn't know you could color them with copics! Learn something new every day) Thanks for the tutorial, it's such a fabulous look.
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