Thursday, 2 April 2015

Playing with colourless blender

On day 20 of Kathy's 30 day colouring challenge, Kathy created this wonderful textured background using a piece of cloth and Copic blending solution. Since I did not have a bottle of blending solution on hand, I tried to moisten a piece of paper towel using the chisel end of my Promarker blender pen and then pressed the paper onto my background. I really love how this turned out, even though the texture is not as pronounced as on Kathy's cards.


I used Promarkers to colour the image and the background and added clear Wink of Stella and Glossy accents for a little sparkle and dimension. I used the darkest of my red colours to add a red border to my mat. Below is a close-up showing the effect of the Wink of Stella and Glossy accents.


Materials:
Stamps - Boughs and berries by October Afternoon
Colouring medium - Promarkers
Memento tuxedo black ink
Clear Wink of Stella
Glossy accents
Neenah Solar white cardstock


I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


ABC Christmas challenge - G is for glitter
CCC - 17 Anything Christmas goes
ATSM - 138 Holidays

I thought I would also share the card I made with one of the 2 coloured pieces of this post.


I cut the panel to size using a die from the Stitched rectangles set by Simon Says Stamp and die cut the sentiment using a die by MFT (Happy Hellos). I added clear Wink of Stella behind the die cut letters and popped up the panel using foam tape.



12 comments:

  1. Love the sparkle on your pretty poinsettia. thanks so much for joining us at Christmas Card Challenges.

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  2. Such a beauty, your poinsettia! Love the glossy aacents and how it sparkles! And the "hello" is another pretty product from your creative nook!

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  3. Very pretty, and it is CAS too, I love it. Thanks for joining us at ATSM.

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  4. Lovely poinsettia, Marianne! I love the background you created. Thanks for joining us at Sunday Christmas Card Challenges. Marsha DT @ SCCC

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  5. gorgeous cards LOVE the poinsettia and the background too! Thanks for Playing along with us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge, hugs Samantha :0)

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  6. Gorgeous card!!! Really love the poinsettia!! Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to Stamps and More!!

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  7. Your card is so pretty and I love the sparkly flower:) Thanks for joining us this week at ATSM xx

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  8. LOVELOVELOVE this beautiful Poinsettia! They are one of my favorite flowers. Great job coloring it and I love the shimmer and shine! TFS!

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  9. So beautiful but, my fav is the one you created with the tape!! wow

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  10. Such a gorgeous Christmas design! Love the sparkle! So happy you could join us at ATSM!

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  11. You are very clever, Marianne, with your makeshift idea for the fantastic background! Your shimmering poinsettia is divine! I also love the stained glass look of your "hello" card!! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell

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  12. Love your shimmering poinsettia and the second card is just fabulous! Always love graphic things!

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