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Tuesday 14 August 2018

A Beautiful Day For Cherry Cobbler

Hi!

Are you excited for a new week of Colour Creations? This week's it's an old favourite - Cherry Cobbler.


I always try to do something a little different on my Colour Creations cards. It could be a new technique or stamping style, or just a new way to use my stash. I actually used two techniques for the first time on today's card.

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The first technique is called Ghosting - and it's why I had to photograph my card at a weird angle! I cut some Glossy White cardstock for the card background and then stamped the large flower all over using Versamark ink. I then used a sponge brayer to go over the top with Cherry Cobbler ink. The versa mark resists the ink, leaving a soft outline. It's just like Emboss Resist without the heat embossing.

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The second technique is called Pointilism, and it's how I coloured my focal flower. I used my Blends markers on Whisper White Cardstock, after stamping with Memento. Here's a little breakdown of how to do it

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I worked one petal at a time. First, I coloured all over with my Light Calypso Coral Blend.

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Next, I took my Light Cherry Cobbler Blend and used the pen nib end to gently add some dots onto the petal. I kept them fairly spaced and more towards the outer edge of the petal.

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Lastly, I used my Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend to add more dots over the top. These were a little closer together, especially towards the bottom of the petal where I wanted the shading effect to be darker. I used the same technique on the leaf using the Dark Pineapple Punch and both Old Olive Blends.

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I mimicked the front of the card on the inside, but in reverse.

Are you inspired to try Pointilism with your Blends? I think I need to practice a little more to perfect my technique, but I certainly had a lot of fun with it.

You can see what the other ladies participating have done with Cherry Cobbler by following their links on Catherine's blog. Don't forget that you can right click on each link to give you the option of opening the link in a new tab or window.

Bye for now,

Tina

11 comments:

  1. Stunning card and amazing techniques Tina, you really are the technique queen! Thanks for hopping along tonight!

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  2. Wow Tina, such a stunning card. I love your pointillism effect to colour your flower and then I noticed the ghosting. I love how you left the colour out of the centre like a halo effect.

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  3. I love the two techniques you paired together on your card. Perfect card for many occasions.

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  4. Very Pretty Tina, Love that flower stamp

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  5. Fantastic card, just stunning. Love both the techniques the flower is just gorgeous with the pointillism effect.

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  6. Wow Tina, what a great card and thank you so much for sharing those techniques with us. Such a stunning result and lots of work too creating all those dots on each petals.

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  7. Really love that pointillism effect. That isn't something I have heard about before, but looks fabulous. Great card!

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  8. What a cool techniques, Tina! I especially like the effect of the dotted shading. You've totally inspired me to try it! Thanks for posting!

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  9. very pretty effect, love it Tina

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  10. What a snazzy technique. Love that ghosting background too.

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