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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Online Card Class ~Clean and Simple 2 Day 2 - 3

Still playing catch up with yesterday's cards...I think I mentioned struggling with Jennifer's technique...still not pretty, but I managed to pull it together and get it done...I obviously need a lot of work...is it possible to learn to get a 'steady' hand?
So here is the idea....stamp off the page with your sentiment...in a light color.  Stamp it on your water color paper very lightly, just enough so that you can see the lines and trace over it.  Using water color pencils I traced it using an assortment of colors.  Then this is the part I had trouble with....go over your letters or design with a water brush to give it the water color look.  I die cut a half and half die using transparent paper and then I used some Tim Holtz distress ink to shade in the blue...I added some red hearts.  That is it, people...pretty simple

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

Your card turned out beautiful and is a great example of the technique.

Linda said...

Col, I love how your watercolor turned out. Lovely....

Stephanie said...

What a gorgeous technique! Great job :) x