Flowerbug's Inkspot: Blends Markers

Blends Markers

October 08, 2019

It's not too early!

Set a date to plan your Christmas cards and tags. I know that if you don't make time it won't happen!

I like to make hand made tags for our Christmas gifts each year and the #Elfie set is adorable and the 'no peeking' image is just plain fun!

We made a few of these and put them in a pizza box; you can get quite a few in there!

The Ovals Collection dies work nicely for these. Cut quite a few and then stamp, color & layer. The Blends markers sure color beautifully; with NO LINES! If you get frustrated when you color with markers you need to try our Blends; I can't recommend them high enough! See our Blends here.

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June 21, 2019

Good Morning Magnolia & Stitched Nested Labels card

Here is one of the cards we made at my June card clubs. Sweet & simple; with a fun; double stamping technique.

We stamped this pretty magnolia image twice on the large White CS. Die-cut the Stitched Nested Label die from it and use it for both the front AND the under side. So cool!

The colors are Petal Pink, Black, White and a bit of Old Olive. These flowers were colored with our Blends markers which allow for beautiful blending with NO LINES!

I hope you can watch the video to get the tips on die-cutting and coloring with these amazing Blends markers.

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April 03, 2019

All That You Are with Blends & Card Stock saving Tip!

This beautiful floral image in the 'All That you Are' stamp set is sure fun to color!

My colors are kind of unusual in my opinion but I think they work. Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo with just a bit of Daffodil Delight.

I stamped the main image in Black Memento ink and colored it in with our Blends markers. Remember that our Blends are alcohol based so you need to use water based ink as your base.

I wanted the main flower to be two toned. My inspiration came from my mother's favorite rose; it was the Peace rose and it was yellow and pink. I started with the Calypso Coral marker at the bottom of each petal. Then I blended with the Daffodil Delight and filled it in. You don't have to use the same light and dark Blends markers; you can mix our colors easily!

Notice I also heat embossed this pretty greeting with White embossing powder. Each of these pieces are die-cut with our new Rectangle Stitched Framelits on page 28 of the Occasions catalog. I love to use my card stock layers when I can; here's what I did!

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January 31, 2019

Hey Love; super easy, cute fun fold card!

I received this Hey Love card in a swap earlier this month. I loved it so much we made it at a workshop last week. Unfortunately I lost the name of the stamper who created it.

I love quite a few things about this card:

The perfect way it shows off this fun How Sweet it Is designer paper.
the clean and simple layout and how it makes the gorilla from Hey Love the star of the card
I get to color with my Blends markers!
It's an easy fun fold!

Here's another one I made with a birthday version: (the inside is shown above)

Same layout as above in a birthday version.

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape 5 1/2" X 4 1/4"
Whisper White 7" X 5 1/4", scored at 4"
How Sweet it Is designer paper 1 1/4" X 5 1/4"
White stitched shapes circle 2 3/8"
Scalloped circles 2 1/2"

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Posted at 07:11 AM in Big Shot projects, Blends Markers, Card Ideas, Fun Folds | Permalink | Comments (3)

August 29, 2018

See 3 versions of the same card with Blended Seasons & video

Sometimes the clean & simple look is best. I created three versions of the same card with the most versatile stamp set and framelits bundle we've had in awhile. I'm so sad it's only available in August!

It's easy to create seasonal cards with this stamp set. There are flowers, leaves and holly images. Then look at the many different greetings I had to choose from. And there's more yet!

One of my favorite things in this bundle are the stitched framelits. We've NEVER had anything that has stitching on the inside and the outside of our dies before!! I had to showcase it so I created a stitched frame to highlight the greeting by using the middle and smallest framelits.

The pretty stamped and colored images add that pop of color on this mostly white card. My colors are Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Lovely Lipstick here. I used Blends on the Christmas card and our new Watercolor Pencils on the second card. By the way did you know the Watercolor Pencils, assortment 2, is only available in August also? Get them while you can!

I hope you can watch my video to catch the coloring tips on using our Watercolor Pencils with a blender pen.

Remember that you can get a 15 cards tutorial FREE when you purchase this bundle from me in August. Don't miss this opportunity to get this incredible bundle.