Blooming Tulips

 Hello, Today’s blog is about coloring techniques. Polychromatic and monochromatic colors gives a different mood and feel to a card. It is interesting to know that colors adds vibrancy and adds interest to the images and overall card composition.  My first card features Altenew’s Build-a-flower: Hibiscus stamp and die  set. I used shades of yellow, red, purple and green ink to stamp the flowers and leaves on Neenah 80lb card stock. These contrasting colors adds vibrancy to the card.  Once the stamping is complete, I die cut the images with the coordinating dies and set them aside. I die cut a square window from another white card stock and added a piece of accetate at the back. I prepared a card base measuring 4.25” by 5.5”. I added some iridescent glitter onto the card front and foam mounted the square window on it. I splattered some black paint on it and allowed it to dry. Once the panel is dry, I foam mounted each hibiscus flower toward the left of the card. I sta...

 Hello, Welcome back! I learnt how to use different watercolor media to color my images on my cards. There are many watercolor media out there. Today, I’ll be using Altenew’s watercolor brush markers, Dr. Ph. Martin’s India ink and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. I used watercolor paper for all my cards. Together with Altenew’s famous floral images, I had a blast coloring them. My first card uses Altenew’s Flower Garden.  I stamped and embossed the floral images with clear embossing powder. Then, I spritzed the whole watercolor paper with clear water. I used Dr. Ph Martin’s India ink to color my images. While the images were wet, I added my colors on the flower petals and watched the colors disperse with the water. This wet on wet coloring technique is really quite magical as the colors work their way with the water. I added some darker colors for some contrast.  India ink is permanent once dried. Once the whole panel is dry, I spritzed the whole paper with clear water...