Hi everyone! Welcome to Satur-YAY! We're celebrating the weekend by getting our craft on. And I'm here with one of my favorite Copic techniques, Copic coloring on vellum.
Today's card features the Oh Hello Friend stamp set from Flora & Fauna. It's a fun, whimsical floral set that can be used for Copic coloring, watercolor, and even for a fun and funky black and white background.
I started by white heat embossing my images on some heavy weight vellum from the Essentials By Ellen line. This is my FAVORITE vellum. I created a grouping of stamped images and masked the images to overlap them.
Once my images were stamped and white heat embossed, I flipped the vellum over to color on the backside using my Copic markers. You'll want to color on the backside of your vellum because the Copic markers can eat away at your heat embossing and leave the tips of your markers in bad shape. Also, by coloring on the backside, the color is defused and helps to disguise the streaky appearance that you can sometimes get when coloring with Copics on vellum.
Here are a few more tips for Copic coloring on vellum.
- Choose colors that are a little bolder than you may think you want. The colors are a bit muted when looking through the vellum. The transparent nature of the vellum leaves you with a more muted tone than the same color on white card stock. You may want to do some test swatches on a scrap piece of vellum prior to coloring on your project.
- If you mess up...don't scrap the whole thing. Copics can easily be removed using a bit of rubbing alcohol or the Colorless blender. Sometimes you are left with a slight trace of the color left behind, but once you color it again with a new color, you're good to go. This works better with lighter tones than darker tones.
- You can create a watercolor effect by coloring large areas and then blotting it with some Colorless Blender Solution or rubbing alcohol. I love to create faux watercolor backgrounds using this technique.
I'll walk you through the creation of this card in the video tutorial below. Be sure to check that out. I think you'll pick up a few tips along the way AND I know you'll see me mess up a time or two. ;) That's okay. It's the end project that matters, right?
Now that you've seen it, it's your turn to create something. There's not better way to spend your Satur-YAY than by celebrating with a little crafty session. Get your craft on and show me what you made using #EllenHutsonSaturYAY! I can't wait to see what you create.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you've enjoyed this project. Until next time, I hope you have a fabulous day!
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