Coloring Techniques, Part 15

Today is the last entry in my technique journal... at least for now.  The nice thing about a journal like this one is that I made it so that it would be easy peasy to add more pages as I learned more techniques that I wanted to save and use for future projects.

Today's technique is one of my favorites... simply adding color by sponging.  When sponging over a heat embossed image, the embossed area resists the color, thus getting its name emboss resist. 
 
Here's the card I made using this technique.

Once again, I've made my card pretty inside and out... with a stamped, coordinating envelope.

I've used several complimentary colors of ink, sponging them on in a circular motion, and then burnishing with a tissue when finished, to remove excess ink.

Please do me the honor of leaving me a comment about how you've liked all the techniques, which is your favorite, which ones you've tried out yourself, and/or any questions you may have.  I hope you've enjoyed all the techniques as much as I have enjoyed creating and sharing them.

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Coloring Techniques, Part 10

Today, we'll be completing Part 2 of my technique journal.  This coloring technique involves using our fabulous new Blendabilities.  It does involve some skill to color with the Blendabilities, but it is easy to learn how to do it.  It mostly takes jumping in and experimenting to find the look you like.  I've found that I like starting with the darkest color first and working toward the lightest shade of the trio.  Here's my page.

Here's a card I made using this gorgeous flower.

The leaf sprigs are from our new Flower Frenzy Bigz Die.  Are you wondering about that embossed border all around the top layer of the card?  It's a sneak peek at a new embossing folder that will be coming out in our new Holiday Catalog.  I love it!  I've spritzed the entire card front with a shimmer mist.

Speaking of our new Blendabilities, I've shown you all the first set of colors that we could purchase.  Since then, all the other colors have become available.  Take a look and leave me a comment about which one is your favorite.

... and we have several neutrals as well, that can be used in any way you can push your imagination.  Some of the skin tones are great for highlighting darker colors, too.

That's it for section 2 of my technique journal.  Come back as we travel through section 3.

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Black and White... Classic Elegance

Yesterday was a great day.  I passed 100,000 hits on my blog and the scale showed a new loss of 18 pounds.  Woo hoo!  Life truly is an adventure.  Now, on to today's cards... classic elegance in black and white.

These represent some doodling and some Zentangle... which really is the most fun doodling ever!

I've kept them simple, to add to the classic elegance and to let the flower totally be the star.  Leave me a comment if you'd like to know more about them.

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Playing Around With My New Blendabilities

I've been playing around with my new Blendabilities and oh, is it ever fun!  It's an entirely new way of coloring and it is beautiful.  Here are some samples of the same flower, each one colored with a different set of Blendabilities.  So far, I think my favorites are Cherry Cobbler and Rich Razzleberry, but that may change when I order the next batch of available colors.  Which one do you like the best?

Other than the set of 6 skin tones, all the other markers come in sets of three --- a light, a medium and a dark.  Each flower I've shown here has been colored using all 3 markers in the set.

 

I'm not sure there are actually green flowers like this one, but I wanted to try every color.

I added some orange highlights to the center of the green flower.  The other flower centers are done with shades of yellow.

These are all the colors you can get right now.  I've shown all but the skin tones.  You can actually use those to highlight other colors, as well.  Demonstrators can now order the next batch of colors (available to you in August), so I'll soon be sharing more ideas and more gorgeous colors with you.

Here are some other examples, including one for 'what NOT to do' in your coloring.

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