Here is another example of the gorgeous effects you can get when using the Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Once again Donna worked her magic and created this great card with the markers and colorless blender. The key to working with the markers is to use watercolor paper. This will allow you to work the colors and not have the fibers of your paper start to break apart. The other thing to remember is that the Dual Brush Pens can be used on any stamp instead of an ink pad. This way you can coordinate colors. Donna did this with the zig zag stitching stamp at the bottom of the flower. The green stitching now matches the flower's stem perfectly!
After Donna watercolored the flower she cut it out and applied it to the card front with Tombow's 3D Foam Tabs. This gives the image some dimension. It would look great stamped and colored directly on the watercolor paper but the raised image really adds to the card.
stamps used: Heart Flower, Homegrown Sentiments & Stitches
Courtney shows another coloring technique using the Tombow Dual Brush Markers. This technique uses the markers to color the actual rubber stamp. It allows you to color certain areas of the image with different colors. This is a look you will not be able to achieve with an ink pad. The next step is to use the colorless blender (a paint brush or waterbrush can also be used) to pull the color of the stamped line into the open areas of the image.
Courtney then cut out the stamped images and glued them back together with Tomobow's Mono Aqua Liquid Glue. The images where then attached to the card with the 3D Foam tabs.
These are darling! I just love the look of the markers on the watercolor paper.
Posted by: Toni Storie | September 21, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Love the clean and simple cards. It is so hard for me to use lots of white. I need to try to do it more
Posted by: Debbie Fisher | September 21, 2011 at 03:12 PM
great cards girls
Posted by: julie | September 21, 2011 at 03:52 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Jen W. | September 22, 2011 at 02:34 AM