Tuesday Tip - Multicoloured Polka Dot Ribbon...

So this is a card we made at our last Monthly Training event... featuring the Bike Ride stamps and co-ordinating Build A Bike dies... along with a Happy Birthday Gorgeous greeting...

Along with a lovely colour combination using 2 new colours from our new colour palette! Balmy Blue & Grapefruit Grove meets Pear Pizzazz ... with a little Basic Black and Crumb Cake...

But I had to wait to get my card home...as I just wanted to try something before I put it all together...

So out came the Balmy Blue & Grapefruit Grove marker pens and the Light Old Olive Stampin Blend marker pen... and 5 minutes later... multi-coloured Polka Dot Tulle ribbon to match!!

And a bonus tip for you... the white would need colouring on both sides if you can see the ribbon from both sides...

Love it when a test works out positive!! And great card design too Julie...

Stampin Markers... Blending Tips...

Ok... yes, you have seen this little card before... click here for the card fold details...

But 3 variants to show a quick comparison between the currently-not-available-for a few-weeks Stampin Blends... and Many Marvellous Markers (aka Stampin Markers)

First up... the original Stampin Blends version... click here for more details on the colouring...

Second up... straightforward Stampin Markers colouring... looks somewhat... flat! Lovely coral colour... but no colour variation at all...

Look in comparison to the Stampin Blends at the top... 

And lastly... after a bit of a Eureka moment in a class... the Blended Stampin Markers option...

Now isn't that better than the first marker version! Just a little bit of marker direct colouring... blended out with a Blender Pen... colour variation a go go... quicker than Blends... and nice and controllable if you do one flower/leaf at a time... and actually my preferred colouring method with the Springtime Foils papers... as they have a slight sheen to them... which allows the marker ink to be moved round brilliantly in this way...

Here are the Fully Marker (top) and Blended Marker cards side by side... what a difference...

Oh and the ribbon was also coloured using the Stampin Markers too... just had to wipe the ink off (particularly off the metallic silver edge)... and leave the ribbon to dry a bit longer... 

So grab your Blender Pens and Stampin Markers... and blend your inky heart out!

And I would love to start a new Stampin Markers Club if there is enough interest... £45 per month plus P&P for 2 months starting now (so you could get 1 Sale A Bration freebie with your March order too!!) OR £33 per month plus P&P for 3 months starting in April . So contact me by clicking here if you would be interested...

OR for anyone that can order all in one go by the end of March... so £99 now... and 2 free Sale A Brations... order direct online here... and I will refund you the £4.95 postage (by cheque) and send you a gift worth over £10 too...

OR as the best value option... you could sign up with Stampin Up! for £99... which pays for the markers... and select another £31 product... plus 2 free stamp sets (any value)  if you sign up by 31st March... Free P&P... And I would be very happy to send you that £10+ gift too... Click here for more information.... and /or Click here to join my Team...

Garden in Bloom - the Pink one!

 

Told you it wouldn't be long before I was sharing another Garden in Bloom creation...again keeping it simple for now... just enjoying playing around with the stamp set to see what is in there!

But first - a quick picture of this weeks Weekly Deals. Click on the picture for more product details. But I know that those embellishments and star dies will please some of you!

Right back to the card....

So this is my Pink Pirouette and Rose Red version. 

Note that the flower centres are coloured with the blob stamp in the stamp set! Cool!

Just dressed up with a bit of Dazzling Details on the butterflies and a bit of white cotton ribbon.Yes it is white - well... actually was white to be more accurate... 

So a quick Tuesday Tip for you - it is so easy to colour the white cotton ribbon armed with just a marker pen - or an ink pad... 

I just pulled the Rose Red marker pen along the ribbon - both sides- and then left it to dry for a while (or you can speed up the drying process with a quick blast of a heat gun...but do be careful... of both your fingers and not scorching/overheating your ribbon...) 

You can also colour the ribbon armed with an ink pad and a dauber. Place the ribbon on the ink pad with the dauber on top of the ribbon - drag the ribbon through between the ink pad and dauber - turn the ribbon over and repeat... leave longer to dry...

In fact if there is one ribbon reel I recommend to buy - it is this one - it is so easy to colour and dries pretty quickly too - an asset in your craft stash until you can afford to buy lots and lots of co-ordinating ribbon....