Yesterday, i tried to create a card for a challenge and silly ole me..i thought it was "Anything could be blurred". It was a coloring challenge so i needed to color the blurred part for the challenge.
Ah, ha! Today i gave it another try.. couldn't really find the tutorial i wanted so i really went wild with this idea.
So first, i thought i would try the technique that Tim Holtz shows when he uses his ink..i know that his is water based but i thought i could still "swirl" the ink and get the look i wanted. LOL... wrong..i got blots and they weren't really blurred they just bled. Oh yeah, and i was using light weight water color paper and my mat that you can "put anything on" (except not drops of copic ink which is what i did..and now i have some permanent looking blots.)
So, like i said i swirled my paper, not too happy with that look so i got out some markers and drew lines.. still no good. So i wadded it up.. and stuck it in a small amount of rubbing alcohol. Still nothing. It gets better, i then squirted dishsoap on it and wadded it all up. My paper was still holding together. I brought it to the ironing board and ironed it. At this point the paper could be pulled apart in two layers. I took the layer i liked best and brought it back to the work table. Next??? i got out my fingernail polish remover and started to apply that with cotton swabs.. and now i started to like it. Then i added circles around my blots and added more fingernail polish remover.. and then small dots all over and more fingernail polish.. and finally, i liked it. Whew!!
Here is my finished card..
The circles look like balloons and confetti so i thought it would be perfect to add the word "Happy".
Dies used:
Happy from Marianne Designs
Copics used:
skin- E000, 00, 11, 21
cheeks- RV21, 23
hair- E50, 51, Y21
top- R81, 83, 85, 35, 39,
jeans- B21, 23, 26, 02
shoes- R35, 39
Highlights with Prima Watercolor pencils
Background paper Copics:
B02, R85, R35, B23, Y21
Challenges:
Make It Crafty- Out of Focus
Ah, ha! Today i gave it another try.. couldn't really find the tutorial i wanted so i really went wild with this idea.
So first, i thought i would try the technique that Tim Holtz shows when he uses his ink..i know that his is water based but i thought i could still "swirl" the ink and get the look i wanted. LOL... wrong..i got blots and they weren't really blurred they just bled. Oh yeah, and i was using light weight water color paper and my mat that you can "put anything on" (except not drops of copic ink which is what i did..and now i have some permanent looking blots.)
So, like i said i swirled my paper, not too happy with that look so i got out some markers and drew lines.. still no good. So i wadded it up.. and stuck it in a small amount of rubbing alcohol. Still nothing. It gets better, i then squirted dishsoap on it and wadded it all up. My paper was still holding together. I brought it to the ironing board and ironed it. At this point the paper could be pulled apart in two layers. I took the layer i liked best and brought it back to the work table. Next??? i got out my fingernail polish remover and started to apply that with cotton swabs.. and now i started to like it. Then i added circles around my blots and added more fingernail polish remover.. and then small dots all over and more fingernail polish.. and finally, i liked it. Whew!!
Here is my finished card..
Dies used:
Happy from Marianne Designs
Copics used:
skin- E000, 00, 11, 21
cheeks- RV21, 23
hair- E50, 51, Y21
top- R81, 83, 85, 35, 39,
jeans- B21, 23, 26, 02
shoes- R35, 39
Highlights with Prima Watercolor pencils
Background paper Copics:
B02, R85, R35, B23, Y21
Challenges:
Make It Crafty- Out of Focus
