So far I've been using distress markers and Zig clean colors markers for watercolor cards. I always feel that when coloring a stamped image, watercoloring and Copic marker coloring look just the same. I was not able to generate beatiful watercolor blooming effect and it probably because I was not able to let go. On top of that, Copic markers bring more contrast to shadings. So I used Copics for most of my cards.
Lately I had the opportunity to try Daniel Smith artist grade paints and was amazed by how easy it is to create blooming effect and bring bright contrast to the images. My skill certainly didn't improve. Or rather, it was rusted because the frequcny of me using watercolor was dropping. Then I realized it was the fine granularity pigment in watercolor markers that might be making it hard for me to generate watercolor texture. I don't know if that makes sense...
Nonetheless I was really amazed by the special texture these artist grade pigments bring. Below is the card I made with a DS watercolor palette.
My favorite of all is the texture this green apatite brings!
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I'm sharing a pirate birthday card today with the inspiration from MFT sketch challenge. Pirate is a popular birthday theme among small kids. I'm sure this card will become handy one day :)
For the background, I used the following distress inks.
It was a little out of control when I spritzed some water on the background. The water dots went everywhere instead of around the sun. It looked a bit messy but I decided to continue.
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I wanted to play with this cute stamp set and thought that they are perfect for tags. While I was making them, my sister and niece came over and joined me. My niece enjoyed it so much!
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