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I love cake. LOVE. And, I love cake's petite counterpart:
The glorious cupcake
Something about a cute, luscious little cupcake that makes me so SO happy!
Mini hi-jack: Um, if you love cupcakes as much as I do, here's a great tip for reducing the calories... ;) > Diet Soda Cake/Cupcakes I also frost mine by combining sugar-free instant vanilla pudding with a tub of fat free whipped topping... You'd be surprised how yummy these taste... Ask me how I know! *chinkle*
OK, mini hi-jack over! Back to your regularly scheduled programming, which is about using your water-based dye inks as a watercolor method.
TIPS:
- Smooth bristol is my favorite paper for this. The smooth surface enables you to stamp and get a nice crisp image because it's not lumpy-bumpy like traditional water-color paper.
- Stamp with a specifically formulated bleed-proof (water-resistant) ink, such as Ranger Archival or Hero Arts Dye Inks
- For water-coloring itself, water-based dye inks, such as Adirondack and Distress, tend to be the best performers with this method. I've also used Memento dye inks with success, but sometimes this ink's fade-resistant properties can affect how well some of the colors bleed out.
- Tap your ink pad against an acrylic block, load the color onto your water-brush (you can also use a cup of water and a regular paintbrush, but I find it more convenient to use a water-brush) and start slopping the color around
- A wider brush will create nice washes of color but you can also use a fine nib water-brush to watercolor tiny details/images with the same kind of accuracy you would get with a marker
- Loosen up; go with the flow and don't worry too much about staying inside your image lines. Trust me on that one! ;)
- For the fun spattered background, try flicking droplets of color from the nozzle of a bottle of your favorite Mister Huey or Dylusions Sprays (see how I do this in the video)
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SUPPLIES: In addition to the supplies shown below, I used a .3 Copic Multi-liner Pen to outline my card front.
