This card was painted with a mix of white craft ink and classic inks (Vintage Violet & Elegant Eggplant) You can just use a dinner plate as a palette and daub on some inks--Then you mix away!
This is done with the wet into wet technique:
An easy trick used to get this feathery two-toned look is the...
...wet into wet painting technique:
1. Stamp & emboss your image (this one is done with glue pen embossing) The raised lines of the image make it SO easy to paint.
2. Paint an area with a wash--I love an aqua painter (brush with water in handle) for this.
3. While that area is still wet go in with two colours of 'paint': 1st a light hue then immediately after the 2nd dark colour. Watch them bleed. The more water you have, the more they will bleed, so you can control the look with a little practice. You can go in with darker shades after to add depth. It's always good to keep some little puddles of pure colour (especially white & the darkest shade) to keep dipping your brush into. That keeps your colours from looking muddy.
Card Details: Stamps: Flowers are by Stampendous: Peony Square (about 8 cm SQ) Circle of Friendship, Wanted, & Loonies for Littles. Cardstock, retired Vintage Violet (distressed with tone on tone ink.) Accessories: retired SU ribbon (V.V.) Silver e.p. and a Sakura quickie glue pen, Circle punches (1" & 1 and 3/8") , Scallop (circle) punch (to create the scalloped edge with stamped detail along the side of the main image), retired corner rounded (to create scallop along bottom of card.)
Stamps: Stampendous: Peony Square (about 8 cm SQ) Circle of Friendship, Wanted, & Loonies for Littles.
Paper: retired Vintage Violet (distressed with tone on tone ink.)
Ink: painted with a mix of white craft ink and classic inks (Vintage Violet & Elegant Eggplant)
Accessories: retired SU ribbon (V.V.) Silver e.p. and a Sakura quickie glue pen, Circle punches (1" & 1 and 3/8") , Scallop (circle) punch (to create the scalloped edge with stamped detail along the side of the main image), retired corner rounded (to cre
Techniques: reinker painting, wet into wet technique
Registered: November 5, 2007 Location: Folsom (not IN the prison) Posts: 2326
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 @ 9:14 PM
Wow this is really incredible. tks.
Also, thanks for the great description. I would have had NO CLUE how to do this. I'm not sure if I eve can, but with your wonderful detailed description, you can bet I will give it a try.
Beautiful Beautiful!
Registered: March 18, 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 7021
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 @ 6:41 AM
What a beautiful effect!
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Registered: November 28, 2004 Location: the Florida wilderness Posts: 20588
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 @ 7:16 AM
Oh, my word....this is stunning....breathtaking.....WOW!!!!! I hope to try the technique you have so graciously provided in your description!!! Wow!!!!