No Surface Border Taping… Part 2

Thank you for returning for the instructional part of the last project. 

For this phase kept the Aperture in place. 

FLOWERS AND STEMS: If you glance at the material list, the colors are listed as they were used. Usually, I prefer to apply the lightest first. When applying and blending in the darker shades, go lightly over the lighter and build up the color blends. After applying several layers, try using a blending stick. That drags the colors together. 

BACKGROUND: The Eye-Shadow brush may seem like a strange item. They work beautifully, especially with PanPastels (powdered pigment color). A little goes a long way! Just lightly touch the brush onto the surface (do not dig into the color), tap off excess from the brush and “paint.” The results on blending these colors is really thrilling. Let this set a few minutes. You may want to lightly blow the excess color off and let the color settle. Now carefully remove the tape and lift the aperture. (Clean both sides of the aperture with a damp cloth.)

To set the color, use a spray finish sealer to apply one or two light coats. Let dry between coats.

OPTIONS: This was another area I wanted to explore: how older colored pencils would react with a VersaMark application. In the past, I found that moisture with most colored pencils does pull the color but far from what occurs with watercolor pencils. Use the brush end of the VersaMark brush. Then apply the embossing powder and tap off the excess. Heat set per normal.

The white boarder was a little more than I preferred so I trimmed it back to approximately ¼”.

Assemble the card to your liking!

Material List:

• Artistico Extra White 100% Cotton Hot Press 140 lbs., 5” x 7” pre-cut watercolor paper

• Sweet Poppy Stencil, Rectangular Aperture SP6-125R 

• Penny Black, Awaken, 40-507

• VersaFine Claire, Morning Mist

• PrismaColor (colored pencils): Lavendar PC934, Lilac PC956, Parma Violet PC1008, Mineral Orange PC1033, Lime Peel PC1005, Marine Green PC988, White PC939

• Blending stick

• PanPasels, shades of yellows (lights to darks)

• Eye Shadow Brush applicator 

• Spray sealer

• VersaMarker pen

• Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder

• Embossing Gun

• Sentiment stamp of your choice

• StarDreams – Amethyst (I think)

• Double-sided tape 

• A7 (5.25” x 7.25”) Envelope

Thank you again for stopping by. I am looking forward to sharing a few more ideas for making cards. Hope you will join us again.