tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26152088745952797132024-03-12T23:08:56.872+00:00Wiccababe's TutorialsTutorialsWiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-45884094143975864312016-01-03T01:21:00.001+00:002016-01-03T01:21:40.296+00:002014 Limited Edition Promarkers - Blending Suggestions<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oooooops, completely forgot to do this chart - and because I'm sorting out a load of stock at home I thought I'd just get it done and uploaded for you, so without further ado....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember for best results, print the chart onto the cardstock that you normally use for promarkers. I highly recommend Diamond White Super Smooth from <a href="http://thepapeterie.com/" target="_blank">Papeterie Crafts</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can download your own chart by clicking on the link below</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.4shared.com/office/AJWSNPvaba/2014_limited_edition_chart.html" target="_blank">2014 Limited Edition Promarkers Blending Suggestion Chart</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbi x</span><br />
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<br />Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-45453697415640665182013-09-29T15:16:00.001+01:002013-09-29T15:16:22.829+01:002013 Limited Edition Blending Suggestion Chart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've finally got around to finishing off the blending chart for the 2013 Limited Edition Promarker release. Remember, these are just my suggestions - and its always fun to find your own blending groups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can download the blank chart from this link:</span><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_BL-tDtBgXpRm1udFd6bFhkUXM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 Limited Edition Blending Suggestion Chart</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope this is helpful</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbi x</span><br />
<br />Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-81879615973932944822013-01-01T18:44:00.003+00:002013-01-01T18:54:25.064+00:002013 Promarker, Flexmarker and Aquamarker Charts<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy New Year folks, to kick off the year I've uploaded my new combined pro- and flex- marker chart to Google so that it's easier for my readers to download. And while I was at it I uploaded my current Aquamarker Colour chart and my 2012 Limited Edition Blending Suggestions chart. Please note, the charts you download are blank for you to colour in yourself. </span><br />
<b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Important: please feel free to let others know about these charts, but can you please pass on the link to this post so that they can download the chart themselves</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you can download them here.....</span><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_BL-tDtBgXpSEZZV1ZEX1puUk0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 Promarker & Flexmarker Colour Chart</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">features all the current promarker and flexmarker colours as at 1st January 2013 (including the new flexmarker colours added December 2012) Remember to print this chart onto the paper/card that you normally use for colouring with pro- and flex- markers, to ensure you have a true representation of what each colour will look like when you use them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">features all the current aquamarker colours as at 1st January 2013 (including the new colours added in 2012) Remember to print this chart onto watercolour paper/card.</span><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_BL-tDtBgXpVVRFbTJySDFUdms" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012 Limited Edition Promarker Blending Suggestion Chart</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">features all the limited edition promarker colours released during 2012. Remember to print this chart onto the paper/card that you normally use for colouring with pro- and flex- markers, to ensure you have a true representation of what each colour will look like when you use them.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBJuBz2Il2lUyhg-6t7ivhJJEC5tMTTRAp5MWOFnXtxUEqTGcYGtm5DS_iRbAax4wMRI46Y6sof5_VH6GRnUJIKNY4u4N5AJPUrnx5AQoR4or0Hw3xtv_H7rcPwHoOUPRjuMz_pUWT5yM/s640/2012+LE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBJuBz2Il2lUyhg-6t7ivhJJEC5tMTTRAp5MWOFnXtxUEqTGcYGtm5DS_iRbAax4wMRI46Y6sof5_VH6GRnUJIKNY4u4N5AJPUrnx5AQoR4or0Hw3xtv_H7rcPwHoOUPRjuMz_pUWT5yM/s640/2012+LE.jpg" width="640" /></a>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-68192031940027502812012-11-28T09:00:00.000+00:002012-11-28T09:00:01.044+00:00Flexmarker Christmas Tags<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a bit of a fixation for tags at the moment in my crafting, and I think it's probably because my crafty time is very limited now that the Christmas shopping is well underway. I usually use the water based <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/27-Aqua-Markers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/27-Aqua-Markers/">Aquamarkers</a>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/">Metallic Markers</a> or <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2199-Neon-Markers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2199-Neon-Markers/">Neon Markers</a> to colour backgrounds on tags and cards, but I thought I'd show you a super quick and effective way to use your <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/">flexmarkers</a> and<a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/8-ProMarkers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/8-ProMarkers/"> promarkers</a> for backgrounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly I cut strips of Diamond White card a little larger than I required</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then selected a few <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/">flexmarkers</a> that were in the same area of the colour wheel - in this case I used Imperial Purple, Red Violet, Vermilion and Shocking Pink </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using the broad chisel nib end, I coloured the strips horizontally, overlapping at each colour change. Now you can take your time to get a nice smooth blend between colours, or be as rough and ready as I was for a more textural effect. (I also used the brush nib to get some more defined flashes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then die cut the tags, but you could just as easily cut to size with a paper trimmer or scissors and a hole punch. I then chose some Christmas stamps and stamped over the tags using Archival Ink. And here are the finished tags - quick as a flash!</span></div>
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<li><a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Letraset Flexmarkers</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diamond White cardstock from <a data-mce-href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">The Papeterie</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates die</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas stamps - I used ones from MME and Inkadinkado</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbi x</span></div>
Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-26602428134080334482012-11-13T17:03:00.000+00:002012-11-13T17:03:01.865+00:00Magical Metallics<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of Letraset's special promotions this month (November 2012) is <a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/">20% off Metallic Marker Sets</a>, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to go all Metallic & Magical for my project this week. Metallic Markers are ideal for all your Christmas craft projects, and I decided to use them to make these little tags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I created a multi-coloured background by scribbling two different metallic marker colours onto a non stick craft sheet, spritzing with water and pressing the tag onto it. I did quite a few layers until I got the effect I liked. For the pink tag I used Pink and Gold metallic markers, for the blue tag I used Blue and Silver metallic markers and for the green tag I used Green, Light Green and Gold metallic markers. I used the colour that was left on the craft sheet to also colour some white seam binding to match each of the tags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the metallic markers in various colours to ink up some snowflake stamps, and stamped these onto the tags randomly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I diecut a couple of snowmen and a small deer from chipboard and coloured these in with either Silver or Gold metallic markers, then added some glitter and attached the diecuts to the tags as shown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is how my finished tags turned out. If you use a heat tool to dry the tags in between layers, then this is a nice quick project - perfect for those last minute creations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed this tutorial - we'd love to see what you do with your Metallic Markers too. Remember to pop over to my blog for a festive marker giveaway.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plain white card and chipboard from <a data-mce-href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">The Papeterie,</a> Aberdeen</span></li>
<li><a data-mce-href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/" href="http://www.letraset.com/shopaff.asp?affid=13&directurl=http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metallic Markers from letraset</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hero Arts CL622 Designer Snowflakes stamp set</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Holtz Alterations dies: Tag and Tie, Winter Wonder, Mini Reindeer & 25</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, Seam binding</span></li>
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Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-56163402978097435502012-10-30T13:07:00.001+00:002012-10-30T13:10:39.306+00:00Rainbow Hair<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, you all know how much I love funky coloured hair, so I thought I'd put together a rainbow colour combo chart with colour suggestions for each colour - and this is what I came up with...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image used is a cropped version of <a href="http://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/krafty-kate">Krafty Kate digital stamp from Saturated Canary</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope this is of some help to you - I certainly enjoyed putting it together.</span></div>
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<br />Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-8150646283255223852012-10-05T14:07:00.004+01:002012-10-05T14:07:57.450+01:002012 Limited Edition Blending Chart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2012 Limited Edition Winter set of promarkers has just been released so I've managed to complete my LE Blending Chart. I've tried to choose colours that will blend with the Limited Edition colours, just to make life a little easier when you colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what the coloured in chart will look like...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can download your own blank chart below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope this is of some use</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbi x</span></div>
Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-53327047922112383132012-09-18T17:00:00.000+01:002012-09-18T17:00:10.158+01:00Aquamarkers and Heat Embossing<br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Letraset have released 20 new colours in their Aquamarker range, so I thought I'd show a cool technique using 2 different stamps, some clear heat embossing and some of the new Aquamarkers</span></span></h1>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">1. Firstly, I “inked up” a script background stamp with the wide nib of the Carrot aquamarker and stamped it onto a piece of watercolour paper</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">2. Next I inked up a silhouette stamp with Versamark embossing ink and stamped this over the script background. Then covered with clear embossing powder.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">3. I then heated the embossing powder with a heat tool until it was all melted and shiny</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">4. I then scribbled the Dusky Plum aquamarker onto an acrylic block and used a waterbrush to pick up the colour and paint onto the image that has been left by the clear embossing. Layering up the colour to create darker areas on the flower petals.</span></div>
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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="482" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_1906_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="447" /></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">5. I used a selection of greens plus the new Lagoon aquamarker to colour the stalks</span></div>
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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="599" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_1907_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="447" /></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">6. Once the image is dry, I trimmed it to size, mounted it onto dark brown card, and attached it to my card base along with a greeting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Supplies List:</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Hero Arts CG268 Thankyou Definition </span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Hero Arts CG140 Poppy Background</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Hero Arts CL497 Find Joy</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Carrot, Dusky Plum, Lagoon aquamarkers</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Versamark embossing inkpad</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Clear embossing powder, white embossing powder</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Watercolour paper</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Brown and Taupe card from <a href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">The Papeterie</a></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Thanks for looking, would love to see your aquamarker projects</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Debbi x</span></div>
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Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-6125950579178933872012-09-11T18:34:00.002+01:002012-09-11T18:34:21.041+01:00New Aquamarker Colours<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have my sticky mitts on the brand new Aquamarker colours, and boy are they lovely! Letraset have released another 20 colours in the Aquamarker range. And you know what happens when they release new colours...... yup, I have to make up a new colour chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one should be printed onto watercolour paper/card or whatever surface you normally use the Aquamarkers onto. When colouring in the chart, be careful not to touch the lines or colour names as most printers use water based ink and you'll get smudging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debz x</span>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-87912315978767051742012-08-01T21:07:00.000+01:002012-08-01T21:07:28.385+01:00Autumn 2012 Limited Edition Colours<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hiya,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know a lot of you already have the Autumn LE promarkers that were released the other week, and if you don't already have yours then you are going to need them :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I managed to squeeze in a quick half hour playing with the new colours - I was going to make up a colour chart like I did with the Spring and Summer limited edition colours. But I got a bit carried away and decided to make up a printable chart that anyone can use.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 2 versions, the first one has the names of the limited edition colours printed on, but all the other sections are blank so that you can put your own blending ideas down... I've coloured in what I think are blendable colours from the main promarker range, to illustrate my point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second version is the same as above but I've added the names of my blending suggestions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debz x</span></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-19736859492291251232012-07-25T17:30:00.000+01:002012-07-11T15:58:46.874+01:00Skin Tone Colour Combos<br />
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Following on from the Flexmarker hair colour combos I posted a few weeks ago, I thought I would post some of the skin colour combos that I use. I'm frequently asked at demos and classes what colours to use for various different skin tones. I've tried to illustrate a darker skin, an Asian skin, a Hispanic/Indian skin, a couple of light skin tones and I've thrown in a wild colour - the digi image I've used is <a data-mce-href="http://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/salute-her" href="http://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/salute-her" target="_blank">Salute Her</a> from Saturated Canary, which has a combat/army feel, so the last colour combo is a camouflage effect :)</div>
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It's fun to play around with colours, these are just suggestions. Why don't you see if you can come up with your own colour combos</div>
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Debbi x</div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-5155162099971691302012-07-23T13:29:00.000+01:002012-07-25T13:31:01.037+01:00Printable Blank Colour Charts<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi there,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here are the two colour charts I have made up for promarkers/flexmarkers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first one is for the standard promarker colours and the second one is for all the current standard promarkers and flexmarkers together</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.4shared.com/office/wWDnSD-p/pm_and_fm_blank_chart.html?refurl=d1html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://dc392.4shared.com/img/wWDnSD-p/pm_and_fm_blank_chart.pdf" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All you need to do is click on the pics above to take you to the download site. You then download the chart(s) for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recommend that you print the chart(s) onto the same cardstock that you use normally with promarkers/flexmarkers - then you can colour in your chart(s)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By using the same cardstock that you normally use for colouring, you ensure that you have a true representation of what each colour will look like. (You'd be surprised how different each colour can look on different types of cardstock)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also print the chart(s) onto copy paper to keep in your purse/handbag as a handy reminder of the colours you still need to collect.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-66793373518174613482012-07-11T15:55:00.001+01:002012-07-11T15:55:46.777+01:00Personalising with Safmat<br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I have a wee <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/124-Safmat/949-Safmat-Film-A4/" style="border: 0px; color: #3088ff; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy Safmat">Safmat</a></strong> project to share with you. Now I racked my brains for something a little bit different to show you. I’ve used <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Safmat</strong> for various projects in the past, and I think my favourite has to be the personalised body lotion I made up for Christmas presents for the kids’ teachers last year. <a href="http://wiccababe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/off-to-sew-room.html" style="border: 0px; color: #3088ff; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Safmat - Bodylotion">Click here to see that project</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">So I had a think about what else I could personalise, as a gift or for myself. Well, I’ve just had to buy a mobile phone for my 12 year old son and he had the opportunity to custom design his own phone cover online for the model I bought him. So I had a lightbulb moment and decided to personalise my own iPhone case.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">So I ordered an inexpensive white plastic iPhone case from eBay – there are cases for most brands of mobile phone there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><img alt="" height="513" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_1297_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="383" /> <img alt="" height="367" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_1298_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: 13.63636302947998px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="383" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I used MS Publisher to make up an A4 sheet of designs that I wanted to print onto the Safmat, but you can use MS Word or any graphics program.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">If you don’t want to print off a whole A4 sheet, you can always cut it in half to make 2 x A5 sheets – but remember to change your printer setup to reflect that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I have a few projects planned over the next wee while, so here’s the sheet I printed off . A quick tip… if you’re not sure which side of the<strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Safmat</strong> to print onto, just fold over one of the corners so that the film lifts away from the backing and you’ll be able to tell which is which. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Carefully cut out the design you want to use – I used some clipart for my design and added my own sentiment in a fancy font</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">You can cut a lot closer to the design but be careful when removing the backing if your design is quite intricately cut, as it’s quite easy to rip.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">And all you have to do is remove the backing sheet and stick it onto the phone case, making sure you remove any air bubbles as you go.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">You can create your own designs with digital crafting cd-roms and downloads too – you’re only restricted by your imagination</span></div>
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<a href="http://wiccababe.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Debbi's Blog">Debbi x</a></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-37241187954191443792012-06-27T20:03:00.002+01:002012-06-27T20:03:39.931+01:00Flexmarker Hair Combos<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m always asked at demonstrations “<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">what colours do you use for blonde/brown/red hair?</strong>“</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But because I’m always experimenting with colours, the answers are usually different all the time. Now that we have <a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/2143-FlexMarkers/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy FlexMarkers"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Flexmarkers</strong></a>, we have even more colours to experiment with! So I’ve spent this afternoon trying out some new hair colour combinations. I’ve selected colours for a brunette, a blonde, and a redhead as well as 3 wilder colour combinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By using flicky strokes – yes that <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is</em> the technical term – you can achieve a more realistic, textured effect to the hair, so you don’t need to worry about blending the shades too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the “<a href="http://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/double-take" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Double Take” digital image</a> from Saturated Canary for my sample chart, printed onto Diamond White card from <a href="http://www.thepapeterie.com/Pages/default.aspx" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Papeterie</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hope these colour combos inspire you to experiment with your <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FlexMarkers</strong> and <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ProMarkers</strong>, we’d love to see how you get on in the comments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbi x</span></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-18398018609186112602012-06-27T19:58:00.000+01:002012-06-27T19:58:00.355+01:00Flexmarkers - Skin & Fair Hair<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hiya</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another quick video tutorial, this time featuring the new Flexmarkers</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Materials List</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flexmarkers: Rose Peach, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Nutmeg, Light Fawn & Buttercup</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diamond White cardstock from <a href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">The Papeterie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seasons Greetings - Sassy Stamp from <a href="http://www.funkykits.co.uk/catalog/">Sugar Nellie</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Materials List:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Promarkers: Burnt Orange, Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Tan & Almond</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ultra Fine Nibs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diamond White cardstock from <a href="http://papeteriecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">The Papeterie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. 1 Fan - Simply Sassy Stamp from <a href="http://www.funkykits.co.uk/catalog/">Sugar Nellie</a></span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9yGQri8TnJ4?rel=0" width="853"></iframe>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-56614967654220461242012-06-13T17:30:00.000+01:002012-07-11T16:01:52.692+01:00Aquamarker Tags<br />
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As much as I love my <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Promarkers</strong> and <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Flexmarkers -</strong> there are some things that they just can’t do – and this is where the <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aquamarkers</strong> come in ready to try out a whole host of different crafting techniques.</div>
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I decided not to use the <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aquamarkers</strong> for traditional water-colouring, I thought I’d try to show a few quick and easy techniques that you can use on cards, tags, altered art projects etc.<br />
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<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/27-Aqua-Markers/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="AquaMarkers">Letraset Aquamarkers</a>: Mediterranean, Sunburst Yellow, Fern Green, Flame Red, Gold Ochre, Mahogany, Puce, Cranberry, Royal Purple, Storm Blue</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Letraset Metallic Marker</a>: Silver</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Embossing Ink pad and Clear embossing powder</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tim Holtz “Attic Treasures” stamp set</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tim Holtz “Mini Papers Rosettes” die</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">white card</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">seam binding</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">buttons and rose cabouchon, foam adhesive letters</li>
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I stamped my background stamp with embossing ink onto a plain white tag, then covered with clear embossing powder</div>
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I then used a heat tool to melt the embossing powder so that it appears glossy…</div>
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Next up, I took 2 <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aquamarkers</strong> - <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mediterranean</strong> and <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunburst Yellow -</strong> and scribbled with the large nib onto a non-stick craft sheet. I also added a wee bit of<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Silver Metallic Marker</strong>.</div>
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Then I spritzed the colour with water to make it a bit more dilute and fluid.</div>
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<img alt="swirled" class="aligncenter" height="513" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1076_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="swirled" width="383" /></div>
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I placed the tag face down onto the colour and swished it around to make sure the whole tag was coloured, which also further blends the colours. You can also just press the tag down onto the colour and lift it straight up for a different effect. I used a heat tool to dry the tag, but you can also just leave it to dry naturally.</div>
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<img alt="dark" class="aligncenter" height="343" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1078_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="dark" width="463" /></div>
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As you can see, the embossed areas resist the colour, so it remains white. Next I used a <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fern Green Aquamarker</strong> to ink up the same background stamp and stamped directly onto the tag, overlapping the embossed area.</div>
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<img alt="binding" class="aligncenter" height="315" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1077_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="binding" width="460" /></div>
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I wanted all my trims and embellishments to match the colours I used on the tag, so I scribbled some more of the <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mediterranean</strong> and <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunburst Yellow Aquamarkers</strong> onto the non-stick craft sheet, spritzed it with water, then swirled around some seam binding and dried it with a heat tool.</div>
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<img alt="ruffle" class="aligncenter" height="513" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1079_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="ruffle" width="383" /></div>
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I attached a strip of double-sided tape near the bottom of the tag and stuck a length of the seam binding to it, ruffling it as I went. Then, I used the remainder of the seam binding to tie onto the the top of the tag.</div>
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<img alt="dad" class="aligncenter" height="513" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1080_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="dad" width="383" /></div>
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I die cut some rosette strips from white card, coloured these in the same way I coloured the tag and then attached them to the tag with a button. And as Fathers Day is coming up this weekend I added the word DAD in foam adhesive letters</div>
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<img alt="detail1" height="209" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1081_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="detail1" width="186" /><img alt="detail2" height="199" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1082_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="detail2" width="266" /><img alt="detail3" height="201" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1086_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="detail3" width="230" /><img alt="detail4" height="206" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_1090_resize.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.699219); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="detail4" width="230" /></div>
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Here are some close-ups of the details.</div>
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I made another couple of tags using the same techniques but different colours</div>
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I hope you’ve been inspired to have a go at these easy techniques – we’d love to see how you get on</div>
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<a href="http://wiccababe.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbi x</strong></a></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-946342722225835202012-06-01T17:30:00.001+01:002012-07-11T16:07:49.362+01:00LE Summer 2012 Colours<br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">So I got some new Gorjuss Girls stamps for a demo I’m doing soon, and when I saw this one, “Awashed”, I knew it was just crying out to be coloured in the gorgeous (pardon the pun) <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ProMarker</strong> <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summer Limited Edition colours</strong>.</span></div>
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<img alt="Awashed Card - Summer Limited Edition Colours" class="aligncenter" height="616" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0989_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="647" /><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"> I’ve used <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Island Lagoon</strong> on her tail (with Marine for shading), <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pink Lobster</strong> for her hair (with Rose Pink for the paler shade), and both <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tequila Sunrise</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summer Sun</strong> for the shell she’s holding.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">To give more texture to her scaly tail, I used the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blender</strong> by just touching the nib onto the coloured area randomly like in this close-up…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"> </span><img alt="close up of blender on tail" class="aligncenter" height="324" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0983crop_resize.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: block; margin: 0px auto 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="331" /></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I also used the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Island Lagoon</strong> to colour the fancy cut border and to edge the card. Colouring trims and embellishments with your <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Promarkers</strong> are a great way of ensuring everything colour-matches perfectly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Supplies used:</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/2179-Limited-Edition-ProMarker-Items/" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">ProMarker Limited Edition Summer 2012 6 Set</span></a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/8-ProMarkers/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="ProMarkers">Letraset Promarkers</a>: Marine, Rose Pink, Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Gorjuss Girls stamp “Awashed”</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Diamond White and plain white card from The Papeterie</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Hero Arts stamp set CL383 Antique Engravings</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Memento Dewdrop inkpads in Summer Sky, Pear Tart and Lulu Lavender</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"> Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ironwork Accents</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong><a href="http://wiccababe.blogspot.co.uk/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Debbi's Blog">Debbi x</a></span></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-32110632557756811232012-06-01T17:30:00.000+01:002012-07-11T16:00:22.842+01:00Summer 2012 Limited Edition Colours<span style="background-color: #e5cbff; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Just like I did with the Spring colours, I've put together a wee chart to show where these Limited Edition colours fit in with your existing promarkers...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Today I’ll be sharing a project that I put together using the new <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Metallic Markers</strong>. At the moment I think I have to say that the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Metallic Black</strong> from <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/2164-Metallic-Marker-Sets/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Metallic Marker Set 2">Metallic Marker Set 2</a></strong> is my favourite <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://letrasetblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /> .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />To make this tag,</strong> I coloured a kraft tag with Distress Inks in Wild Honey and Fired Brick. I then used the<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copper Metallic Marker</strong> from Set 2 to ink up the “Watch Gear” cling stamp from Hero Arts, which I stamped randomly over the tag.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">(<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tip:</strong> <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">because the metallic markers are water based, if they dry on the stamp you can “reactivate” the ink by breathing on it!</em>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I stamped a Tim Holtz greeting with Archival Ink at one side of the tag, over the top of the metallic stamped pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I die cut some Tim Holtz “Mini Gears” from chipboard and kraft card and coloured these and a washer with<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Black</strong>, <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copper</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Silver Metallic Markers</strong> from <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Set 2</strong> then stuck them to the tag with Glossy Accents.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To finish off the tag,</strong> I scribbled the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Black Metallic Marker </strong>onto a non-stick craft sheet, spritzed with some water and then used this to colour some seam-binding. I coloured two more pieces of seem binding in the same way with the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Silver</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copper Metallic Markers, </strong>then tied the 3 pieces of seam-binding to the tag.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I hope you liked my project! I’d love to see what you do with these gorgeous new<a href="http://www.letraset.com/products/84-Metallic-Markers/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy Metallic Markers from Letraset"> <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Metallic Markers</strong></a>.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: #d9d2e9; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbi x</strong></div>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-66702605357343087572012-03-01T17:30:00.000+00:002012-07-11T16:00:54.119+01:00Spring 2012 Limited Edition Colours<span style="background-color: #e5cbff; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The question I'm most often asked when Letraset release new colours is... "where do they fit into the existing promarker collection?" So to take a little of the guesswork out of it for you I have tried to show this for you...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e5cbff; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Debbi x</span>Wiccababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655766677593741167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615208874595279713.post-45321820083047948372012-02-14T17:30:00.000+00:002012-07-11T15:59:31.557+01:00Valentine Tutorial<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/products/valentines">Valentines</a> digi stamp from Saturated Canary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To begin with I have printed my digital stamp (<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaturatedCanaryDigis" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Making Valentines from Saturated Canary</a>) onto smooth white cardstock (<a href="http://thepapeterie.com/default.aspx" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3088ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Diamond White from The Papeterie</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be using Burnt Orange and Coral promarkers and Sunkissed Pink and Blush Flexmarkers for the skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first colour I use is Burnt Orange (with an ultra fine nib fitted).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This looks very dark – but it is toned down with the blending as we go along – it gives the skin a nice healthy glow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve very lightly coloured underneath the hairline around the top and sides of the face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using the bullet nib of the Coral Promarker I have coloured over the Burnt Orange areas then moved slightly further out into the white areas of the face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use small circular strokes and by colouring over the darker shade, I’m blending as I go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Repeat the last step using the Sunkissed Pink Flexmarker (you can use the Promarker instead), again colouring over the already coloured areas and slightly further into the white area of the face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have also made a few light strokes to accentuate the contours of her face e.g. her nose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember to be a little lighter-handed with the Flexmarkers as they are slightly juicier than the Promarkers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to finish off her face I have coloured over the Sunkissed Pink area and the remaining white areas with the Blush flexmarker (again you can use the promarker instead).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It does look a little dark, but as you can see from the later pictures it dries lighter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For her hair I will be using Black Flexmarker, Walnut,Cocoa and Cinnamon Promarkers (all with ultra fine nibs fitted).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly I use the Black flexmarker and lightly lay down a little colour at the centre parting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I used the Walnut promarker with the ultra fine nib fitted to make light wispy strokes over and outwards from the parting and inwards from each side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find the quicker I do this, the more random the lines are – for a more natural effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Repeat this process with the Cocoa Promarker with ultra fine nib fitted, moving further into the uncoloured area of the hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then colour, lightly over the whole hair area with the Cinnamon Promarker (bullet nib).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can repeat the steps with the Walnut and Cocoa Promarkers if you think the hair needs more depth or definition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I have coloured the rest of her hair, her eyes (using Walnut, Cocoa and Cinnamon Promarkers with the ultra fine nibs attached).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I coloured her lips with Coral and Burnt Orange Promarkers (with ultra fine nib attachments) leaving a tiny bit uncoloured in the middle as a highlight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the bullet nib of the Walnut Promarker to colour the areas of her trousers that I imagined would be in shadow (if the light is coming from the front left).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I coloured over the Walnut and further out into the white area in small circles with the Cocoa Promarker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And repeat this step with the Cinnamon promarker, colouring over everything to blend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to leave her t-shirt white, and added a little shading with the Dolphin Blue Flexmarker to the right hand edges of her sleeves and body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then used Burgundy, Crimson and Poppy Promarkers with the ultra fine nib attachments to colour the details e.g. the patch on her trousers, the crayons and hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And lastly a very simple way to “ground” the character I used Cocoa Promarker with the ultra fine nib to make some sweeping random lines, then coloured over the top with Light Fawn Flexmarker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I painted an empty heart-shaped chocolate box with Annie Sloan paint (you could also use acrylic paint or cover with paper) then stamped with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and a Kaisercraft grunge texture stamp. Then stuck a burgundy grosgrain ribbon around the side with double sided tape.</span></div>
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