One Layer Wonders - Day 4

Seriously you guys . . . this is a fantastic class!  Especially if you're looking to stretch those creative muscles and try something new.

This class was about using neutral markers for shading multiple colors on an image. . . and a bunch of other good stuff too.

I learned that this particular technique is something that I definitely need to practice.  I think it is an amazing look, but I totally over-blended the colors.  However, with that being said, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out since this was my very first attempt with this technique.

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Obviously, there was a whole lot of masking going on, which is something that I used to do way back when and then it kinda just went by the wayside.  I had forgotten how much I really like the look of masked images.

To create this bouquet, I used the Abundant Petals set by Power Poppy and the Beautiful Day set by Altenew.

I stamped all of the images in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  The sentiment was stamped in Onyx Black Versafine Ink.  For this card, I didn't use Neenah Classic Crest like I usually do.  I decided to use a different card stock because of the ink blending up in that top left hand corner.

Oh, HELLO!  The ink blended like butter on this stuff!  So, if you have a hard time blending dye based inks, including the Original Distress Inks, run! Don't walk . . .RUN and go get yourself some Cougar White Super Smooth Cardstock.  It's also really good for Copics.

Anyway. . .  to do that blending in the upper left corner, I used Frosty Pink Altenew Crisp Ink with a Mini-Ink Blending tool.  To get that sparkle, I splattered a bit of Perfect Pearls a la Kelly Latevola.

So glad you stopped by today!