This card was painted with a mix of white craft ink and classic inks (Vintage Violet & Elegant Eggplant) You can just use a dinner plate as a palette and daub on some inks--Then you mix away!
This is done with the wet into wet technique:
An easy trick used to get this feathery two-toned look is the...
...wet into wet painting technique:
1. Stamp & emboss your image (this one is done with glue pen embossing) The raised lines of the image make it SO easy to paint.
2. Paint an area with a wash--I love an aqua painter (brush with water in handle) for this.
3. While that area is still wet go in with two colours of 'paint': 1st a light hue then immediately after the 2nd dark colour. Watch them bleed. The more water you have, the more they will bleed, so you can control the look with a little practice. You can go in with darker shades after to add depth. It's always good to keep some little puddles of pure colour (especially white & the darkest shade) to keep dipping your brush into. That keeps your colours from looking muddy.
Card Details: Stamps: Flowers are by Stampendous: Peony Square (about 8 cm SQ) Circle of Friendship, Wanted, & Loonies for Littles. Cardstock, retired Vintage Violet (distressed with tone on tone ink.) Accessories: retired SU ribbon (V.V.) Silver e.p. and a Sakura quickie glue pen, Circle punches (1" & 1 and 3/8") , Scallop (circle) punch (to create the scalloped edge with stamped detail along the side of the main image), retired corner rounded (to create scallop along bottom of card.)
Stamps: Stampendous: Peony Square (about 8 cm SQ) Circle of Friendship, Wanted, & Loonies for Littles.
Paper: retired Vintage Violet (distressed with tone on tone ink.)
Ink: painted with a mix of white craft ink and classic inks (Vintage Violet & Elegant Eggplant)
Accessories: retired SU ribbon (V.V.) Silver e.p. and a Sakura quickie glue pen, Circle punches (1" & 1 and 3/8") , Scallop (circle) punch (to create the scalloped edge with stamped detail along the side of the main image), retired corner rounded (to cre
Techniques: reinker painting, wet into wet technique
Your card is "stunning," it really caught my attention. Thank you for sharing the details on how you did it. I will be looking for something similiar in my stash to try out your techniques. Your card has been saved on my computer. Great job!!!
Registered: August 24, 2005 Location: northwest Ks. Posts: 1501
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 @ 1:53 PM
Wow this is just gorgeous. Love the colors you used. Thank you for sharing the details on how to do this technique. This goes into my favs..
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Evelynn
Registered: June 29, 2005 Location: I'm actually lost... if you find me, could you let me know where I am?? Posts: 3476
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 @ 6:42 PM
OhMyGosh... this is absolutely gorgeous! Looks like a lot of hard work went into this! Incredible technique... thanks so much for the instructions! I Love your design and all your details too!
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