Stampin’ Blends Techniques 101

• Press fit seal prevents air from entering the barrel and causing evaporation.
• The nestable lids are easy to keep track of and have a tight fit for long-lasting colour.

Here’s the Stampin’ Up! Video all about them

What’s the fuss?

• Not only are they easy to use, they make you feel like a real artist!
• Add just the right amount of colour where you need it with the brush tip or fine-point.
• Each colour (except Ivory and Bronze) has a light and dark shade marker, available individually or in a combo pack.
• If you love colouring or even if you are just wanting to get started with colouring, I’m sure you are going to love these markers as much as I do! (Don’t forget you’ll need to use Memento ink with the new markers).
• They give stunning results.

Here’s the inside of my card for Stampin’ Blends Techniques 101. I left the inside of my card uncoloured so the recipient can colour it. The envelope is stamped using a flower from Birthday Blooms and coloured with Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends.

How to use them tips:

• • Put down a layer of colour using the brush tip and the lightest colour
  • Try not to colour right to the edge as you need to leave some light areas to give proper lighting effects and as they are alcohol markers, they may bleed a bit though your stamping
  • Go in with the darker of the shades and use the fine tip to create some shadows or darker areas
  • Then go back with the light and blend the dark and light together, so the line created when you added the dark, disappears
  • You can give a little extra layer of light on light
  • Now go back to the edge which you didn’t colour before, and add a layer of light. So now the rest of the flowers has 2 or 3 layers of colour and the very edge of the image only has 1 layer of colour
  • You can use the Bronze to just add a few dots of colour in the shadows and then use the light colour to come back and feather over the Bronze.
  • Use the Color Lifter to create more shades in your colouring and to blend

What can you colour with them?

• Stampin’ Up! recommend Thick Whisper White Card
• Colour images on envelopes (be careful you don’t add too much colour or it will bleed through the envelope)
• Glossy Accents
• Pearls
• Rhinestones
• Ribbon – 1 colour or make it Ombré using the light and dark and blending in the centre
• Faceted Gems
• Timber
• Book covers
• Black and white Designer Series Paper such as Just Add Color and Petal Passion
• Images using Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp them

One more look at my card for Stampin’ Blends Techniques 101. You really should give Stampin’ Blends a try. Download the flyer below.

So, that’s it from me today. Make sure you hop to all the other blogs to see the inspiration they have for you. You can download the flyer by clicking on the image below.

Now, don’t forget to visit all the other blogs in the hop today and leave a comment. We love to read your impressions of what we present to you.

Stamping Techniques 101 – January Blog Hop – Stampin Blends

• Amanda Fowler
• Ann Craig
• Carmen Sahadat-Morris
• Delys Cram
• Heike Vass
• Leonie Schroder
• Libby Dyson   – YOU ARE HERE
• Pam Jorgensen
• Robin Merriman
• Tamra Davis

Have you ever thought about joining Stampin’ Up!?  Maybe you don’t want to sell it but you want to be a Happy Shopper and receive a discount on your own purchases? To learn more, visit my website.

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 Remember, your creativeness is only limited by your imagination. Keep smiling and until next we share…

 

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Product List

Color Me Happy Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144069] $33.00	Color Me Happy Wood-Mount Stamp Set [144062] $47.00	Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137] $19.25	Flourish Thinlits Dies [141478] $49.00	Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045] $15.50
Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058] $15.50	Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter [144608] $7.75	Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection [147475] $209.25	Banner Triple Punch [138292] $38.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock [144252] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $11.50
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189] $7.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $17.00
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Big Shot Platform [142802] $45.25	Stampin’ Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin’ Scrub [126200] $30.00	Stampin’ Mist [102394] $8.00