Color roses with Tombow markers and spritz with water ... this
will allow the colors to run into the background giving your
stamp art a watercolor look.
When dry, re-apply color to the roses and blended with a brush
and water.
The card stock I use is available from The Artful Stamper and
is called MARL. I have only found it in Canada but if you
know a dealer who sells that company you could probably find
it locally. If you need to substitute cardstock then use
watercolor paper that is not considered rough, but it is also
not smooth and at least 90-140 lb weight. I like 140 because
it flattens better than 90.
Stamp Artist - Judy
Hiam
Image - StampaRosa
Stamp Artist - Judy
Hiam
Color your image with markers,
the colors you want to have in the finished card. The petals,
leave, stems and butterfly but nothing on the background..
When you spritz use enough water to wash off most of the color
on the image and spritz in a direction you would like the color
to flow(usually from the center). Do not spritz the
background. I hold the card for a while so I can turn it while
I spritz. I let the paper curl, it curls under, while
I spritz and only for a few moments after until I see enough
color run off the design but not the card stock. Next I
tilt the paper in different directions to prevent it from pouring
off the card and do this until I don't have big runny areas. Then
I flatten it with weight only on the edges, and let the color
settle. Sometimes I only weight the corners. If the water puddles
inside the embossing should be blotted away.
My object was to remove
the color as much as possible inside the embossing but leave
the flowing streams all around it. The flowers were left
a very pale pink, that is still visible on the finished card
along the outer edges of the petals. The other colors all mingle
in the flow and give the background a mix of each.
This has to dry completely before you can re-color the roses.
I let mine dry overnight but a heat gun would be ok to
speed it up. Heating will cause the card to curl the other
way.
Once dry I took a dark pink and applied it to the dark areas
of the flowers. I used a brush, nylon, with enough water
to blend the color into the color that was still on the flowers
after the spritz bath.
Stamp Artist - Judy
Hiam
Here is a simple
task to try out your spritz.
I stamped a shadow 3 times, overhang a little and changed the
angle.
I used several colors of blue on the stamp.
Where I spritz with a lot of water the colors blur.
If there is a little water the colors feather out.
When the shadows dried I stamped and embossed in white on top
of the colors.
The larger pale piece of color next to the flower strip is a
tissue I used to catch the water when I cleaned the stamp by
spraying it.
Stamp Artist
- Judy Hiam
This is a similar technique
but with a solid image (flower, Posh), (leaves, PSX). I
colored the stamp with the markers, gave it a gentle spritz and
stamped. Then I gently spritz the paper and let the colors flow.
When they dry I add some color to the background and blend it
out with water. I spatter with a wet brush filled
with color from a pan of watercolors.
Stamp Artist - Judy
Hiam
This is a shadow stamp.
Same method as the previous shadows. I did a little more spritzing
to get it to blur. It is glued to a shaving cream background.
Stamp Artist
- Judy Hiam
Image PSX
This is embossed in platinum.
I did not spritz at all.
I colored with makers and blended with water. I spattered
with the brush full of color.
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