Today I have two Pretty Pink Posh floral cards to share with you. I tried a new technique I had never tried before and I (((think))) it was a success! I will be posting a new "Making Backgrounds Ahead of Time" blog post this week. As I was making some with Distress Oxide Ink, I wondered if colored pencils would color over the ink. I love the look of colored pencils over colored cardstock. I thought maybe an inked background would give me a similar look.
These two cards are made with backgrounds made entirely with Distress Oxide Ink. I then stamped the flowers on the ink with MFT Natural Ink and colored over the ink with colored pencils. The only warning I have is that the ink didn't stay on the background for long - as I colored the flowers in, some of it disappeared. I bet it just wiped off on my hands since it was on top of the inked background. So the warning is to color fast or at least color the edges that you need to see first before the ink disappears!
Card 1:
I created the background by using a Ranger Blending Tool and white cardstock. I rubbed three colors of ink over the cardstock - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch. I then stamped the flowers and leaves from the PPP Wild Rose stamp set. I used MFT Natural Ink and the images showed up perfectly with just one stamping. But as I mentioned before, the ink started to wipe off or disappear after a while so I should have colored the outlines of the flowers first. I used white pencil first and it didn't show up as opaque as I wanted. I then added some lavender pencil just to get better coverage. The Prismacolors worked better for this since they are wax based. My polychromes didn't work very well at covering the ink. I used a white Uniball marker to add some white to the flowers since I couldn't get the coverage I wanted from the white pencils. I used a fine tip black marker to outline the flowers after I was done - I guess stamping in black ink would have been a good option - just not sure it wouldn't have smeared. I'll try that next time.
I flicked some white paint over the background. I use a Hero Arts white Liquid spray, but I think it's been discontinued. You could use white gouache or any white paint. I like the white blobs as it ties in the white letters. I die-cut the words "get well soon" which is a script die by PPP. I die-cut it from both black and white cardstock and layered them. I added some Lemon Drop Jewels to the centers of the flowers.
Card 2:
I made the background for this card using Wild Honey (on the outsides) and Fossilized Amber (on the center). I then stamped the images with MFT Natural Ink again forming a bouquet of flowers. These are the PPP Geranium Flower stamps. I used colored pencils in oranges and reds. Both of my colored pencils worked fine (Polychromos and Prismacolors) for this one. Using a darker color than the background is much different coverage wise than on the last card where the flowers are lighter than the background. Again I added some white lines with a White Uniball marker.
I used the PPP Hello Friends die for the sentiment again die-cut from both black and white cardstock so I could layer it. I so love this font! I flicked some white drops on the background again and used Lemon Drop Jewels over the centers of the flowers.
So what do you think? Do you like the look of this technique? I want to try it with all different background colors. It would be fun to go with a light color and then a darker color of pencils in the same shade. I am excited to try some more florals on it! Thanks so much for visiting today. I'll be posting my third installment of my background posts later this week so come back and visit! Suzy xoxo
So who am I to suggest anything to a PRO like you but what about if you used like the Misti to stamp your flowers? This way if your outlines disappeared, you could always restamp them???
Posted by: diane manzi | February 22, 2019 at 08:42 AM