Tuesday Tutorial

Hi Everyone, Shellie here with this week’s Tuesday Tutorial.

My favourite way to colour my stamped images is to watercolour them!  I find it so quick and easy and very versatile!  Below I will show you two ways to use your Memento Markers to watercolour your favourite stamps.

Start by Stamping your images (I used Inkadinkado’s Doodle Flowers) on watercolour paper, I use StazOn to ensure that my images do not bleed.

Scribble onto a painter’s pallet using your Memento Markers.  Your markers will not dry on your pallet making it the perfect ‘paint’ tray for your inks.

Using a wet watercolour paint brush dip your brush tip into your ‘paint’ or scribbled Memento Marker.

Starting with your lightest colour start colouring your images.  It is important to start with your lightest colour first so that you can layer your colours giving your image depth.

I layered a few of the colours to create this look.  My fave part of watercolouring is the fact that you do not have to worry about staying in the lines, in fact if you look at the famous watercolour artists they colour outside of the lines all the time!!

I cropped my artwork down to a more desirable side for the size of my project!

Here is the finished project!  I made a frame for my watercoloured collage using the Inverted Scalloped Squares Nestability Die from Spellbinders and papers from the Crate Paper paper pack Baby Bee.  I added a few layers, some May Arts Ribbon and some Kaiser Craft Pearls to finish my card!

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Another way to watercolour using your Memento Markers is by using the direct to stamp colouring technique and a spray bottle.

Starting with your lightest colours first colour your image ( I used the Asian By Design  stamp set from Inkadinkado).  I layered a dark pink over a light pink to create a more realistic cherry blossom.  I am not sure if you can see in the picture but the flower is light pink with dark pink only detailing the center of the flower.

Sprtiz your coloured image a few times with a mister spray bottle.  I sprayed my image 3 times while holding the spray bottle approx 6 inches away from the stamp, but it all depends on your spray bottle and how close you hold it as to how many times you will have to spray.  I recommend you do a test run to see how your spray bottle wets your ink.

Once you have misted your stamp, stamp your image onto watercolour paper.  Your image will look like the one above.

To watercolour the edges of your project, first colour your Memento Marker onto a sponge ( I use grouting sponges from Home Depot cut into small squares)

Sprtiz your sponge a few times using your misting spray bottle.

Scrape your sponge over the edge of your watercolour paper leaving a soft edge of ink.

Your finished artwork will look like this.

Here is my finished card.  I used the Crate Paper line Avenue for my background paper.  I added some gold accents from the Peel Offs package Decorative Lines to both my Bazzill cardstock mat and my May Arts ribbon.  I mounted the card front on a piece of Core’dinations cardstock that matched the pink watercolouring perfectly!  The card is simple yet very pretty!!

Well I hope this inspires you to try some watercolouring of your own!  I would love to see what you come up with!  upload your cards to our Members Gallery for everyone to see!

Until Next Time,

Happy Crafting,

Shellie