How I made my card...
First I made a card base. I cut two circles from a white cardstock paper and glued them together on top.
For a panel, I cut a circle form a watercolor paper, slightly smaller than the card base. I stamped a sentiment on the panel, following a circular shape of the panel. Between sentiments I stamped the tiny heart.
Next up was coloring of the panel. I went with ink smooshing technique. I used blue tone Stabilo markers, a plastic pocket bag, a sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on the plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between with a heat tool, until I was satisfied with color.
My panel wrapped quite a lot, so I flattened it with an iron. I placed the panel between two printing papers and ironed it. Flat. :o)
I love dimension on my cards, so I added a bit of dimension to the panel. I used white cardstock paper scraps for it. I cut two circles from the scrap paper, slightly smaller than the panel, glued them together and glued the panel on them. Then I glued everything on the card base.
Next up was an image. I used a gorgeous
Orca (also known as
Killer Whale,
lat. Orcinus orca). Find more about Orcas on
National Geographic pages (
here).
I stamped the Orca on the watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Stabilo markers. I used two colors: black and grey for shading a white part of Orca.
How? I scribbled a color on an acrylic block, picked up the color with a damp paint brush and colored the image. With a clean wet brush I spread the color and blended where needed.
Coloring (and watercoloring) with Stabilo markers is a technique I've learned couple years ago from a very talented crafter/cardmaker,
Julia Alterman. She filmed and shared few video tutorials on how to use inexpensive Stabilo markers (find them
here).
Thank you Julia!!! :o)
After drying, I fussy cut the Orca and traced edges with the black marker. I stamped another Orca on a piece of the white cardstock paper, colored it with the grey marker, fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it, and glued the watercolored Orca over it. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image. :o)
Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the Orca, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)
