Good morning all!
Well, it's officially October so it's time for a new prompt.
This month I'm challenging you to look to your colouring supplies.
The theme is:
Pen and ink
You don't need to use both together but consider how you can showcase these humble supplies on your cards.
- First up, colouring with markers – it can be a really quick way to bring drawn images to life, or you can add detail by incorporating blending and shading techniques.
- What about hand-drawing/hand-lettering with pen?
- There are loads of techniques out there on YouTube for using different pens in crafting, whether Distress Markers (for stamped watercolouring techniques), Copic markers, Promarkers, Zig Clean Colour pens… Perhaps you've had your eye on one, but haven't had chance to give it a go!
- Ink… well, what is there to say? I'd be totally lost without my ink collection. First stop: stamping solid images. Try and see if you can give the black ink a rest and use other colours for sentiments as well.
- Ink blending techniques for backgrounds or to make die-cut elements really pop.
- Dye inks like Distress Inks can be used like watercolours for colouring and background washes.
- Ombre ink pads from Hero Arts are very popular, do you have one in your stash? If so why not use it in combination with some stand-out sentiment stamps.
- Ink layering – another great way to really put your ink pads to use is to combine different shades with ink layering techniques. You don't necessarily need 2-step stamp sets for this.
I hope you enjoy crafting for this month's challenge!
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