"Let's play with colors" is the motto of this colorful course by Nina-Marie Trapani. This course aims to give you more confidence in working with colors and color combinations. Polychrome (multicolored) and monochrome (one color) cards will be designed and one lesson is called "Watercoloring with Similar Colors", that means using colors from the same color family.
Nina-Marie points out to the participants that the materials used in the course can be replaced with others at any time. This gave me the idea of designing a project with similar colors and coloring it with Alcohol Inks and Blending Solution. I hadn't tried this before.
Some of my Alcohol Inks are more than 10 years old, but they are still good. Of course I also bought new colors, because in the meantime there is much more choice. I chose the following similar colors: Shell Pink, Pink Sherbet, Salmon and Wild Plum.
I used my absolute favorite set from Altenew: âWallpaper Artâ. As in the lesson, I wanted to emboss part of the motif (leaves) on the background. I chose a golden embossing powder because it harmonizes well with the colors. First I tried embossing with a kind of glossy paper. That didn't work well, because with the Versamark the glossy layer stuck to the stamps. I know that Yupo is plastic and you can't emboss it. However I thought if I embossed it very quickly, it might work: it didn't go well, I melted the Yupo very quickly. But I didn't want to give up and found some encaustic paper. I was finally able to emboss the leaves with gold and the flowers on separate papers. Then I generously distributed Blending Solution from Ranger on the background. Afterwards I dripped my selected Alcohol Inks on it and let them flow back and forth by holding the paper at an angle until I was satisfied with the result.
The Altenew watercolor boxes can be bought empty. Here I âmisusedâ one as a color palette. I put the Alcohol Inks where the paints are supposed to go. The colors then dry out after use, but can be reactivated at any time with Blending Solution.
Now to the flowers: First I distributed Blending Solution on the flowers to be painted and then brushed them with Alkohol Inks. If I didn't like a certain area, I applied Blending Solution over the color or dabbed the color again with a brush. I got really addicted to this coloring method and made roughly 20 flowers which I will be able to use to make some more cards. After drying I punched out all the flowers with the coordinating die set. I glued three of the flowers on the background and a branch from the stamp set embossed with gold. A few black Enamel Dots and a "Happy Birthday" from Memory Box punched out of black Cardstock completed the card.
Have fun trying it out and experimenting!
Gabriele
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 GMT Views: 309
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Wed, May 29, 2019 @ 4:14 PM
What a FEAST for the eyes, Gabriele! Your use of alcohol ink shading and coloring is spot on! I know it is not easy to work with alcohol inks and am glad that you persevered! Thanks so much for entering your beautiful work in Altenew AECP assignment Gallery. Beautiful colors and design. Well done! Wunder scheon wie immer!
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I have never worked with alcohol inks! You did such a fantastic job and I am glad you had fun doing it. Nina is an awesome teacher and I can see you really enjoyed this course by looking at your work and reading your card making process!
Thank you for entering your gorgeous work to the AECP gallery. Well done!