I seldom get around to playing in the Mix-Ability Challenge, but the raindrop drawing technique shared by Lydia had me intrigued! I started with this scrap of textured CS where I had used gold embossing paste with a Tim Holtz burlap stencil. I white embossed the flower and leaves on the rough side of Tim Holtz watercolor paper, then scribbled some watercolor pencils and blended with an aquapainter. I fussy cut and popped them over some looped jute twine. My white gel pen did NOT want to cooperate (I have 2 pens and neither of them ever work right!). I drew the raindrops using a Copic 0.3 multiliner black pigment ink pen and tried to add the white gel highlights. I felt like it looked like two bedbugs on my card...UNTIL...I added an ancient dew drop from my archives to the large drop and a wee bit of Glossy Accents to the smaller drop. I'm open for suggestions for a working white gel pen. I currently have a Signo Uni-ball white and Inkssentials white opaque pen. Neither work well for me. :-(
STAMPS: Peony Scrolls by Altenew.
ACCESSORIES: Jen Hadfield tag by Pebbles from Simon Says Stamp; Tim Holtz Burlap stencil; Wendy Vecchi Metallic Gold embossing paste; Jute twine, Dew drop, Glossy Accents.
Date: Friday, January 30, 2015 GMT Views: 992
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92338
Fri, Jan 30, 2015 @ 11:25 AM
I have the same problem with those white gel pens....never found the perfect brand that doesn't die way before its time. Love how you solved your problem and they do look like real water on your flower. A lovely card.
Registered: February 6, 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON. Canada Posts: 5613
Sat, Jan 31, 2015 @ 3:41 AM
I love your card it is beautiful. I gave up on gel pens and went out and bought the copic opaque white. I use a caligraphy pen with the paste. It never dries out and works beautifully.
dea
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