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Thursday, 27 March 2014

Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 1: Lesson 4 (Watercolour Pencils)

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Welcome to Day 4 of my Use It! class. I am so enjoying this week...
A recap on my key supplies for this class:
Hello Sunshine and Into the Woods 6 x 6 pads
Let Lesson 4 begin…

 Lesson 4: Watercolour Pencils

 Creation
Stamp the balloon image five times onto watercolour paper with black ink and Versamark. Apply Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.
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Roughly colour the balloons with Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils, following a rainbow type pattern.
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Using Calico Shine Mister Huey's in place of water, wash over the colour to reveal the intense brightness of these water-colour pencils. They really are fabulous pencils. (I received my first set of Derwent pencils when I was 8 years old… mum and dad bought them from the factory! I have always loved colouring and Derwent are the BEST. Seriously. And not just because they are British, or because their web address is www.pencils.co.uk… awesome!!!)
Cut out all the bunches of balloons.
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Stamp the balloon image several times on white card stock. (It doesn't matter that I messed up the right hand side as I will be covering over this.)
Add some pen lines at the bottom of the bunch.
Stamp the sentiment.
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Adhere the coloured balloons to the card to create a fabulous multi layered bunch.
Adhere the white panel to a piece of black card stock and then to a folded card.
And it's done!
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Here you can see the shimmery goodness of the Calico Shine.DSC_0078w

 Variations
If you don't have any shiny mist like Calico Shine, try mixing Perfect Pearls with water and using that on your paintbrush instead.
Any other celebratory sentiment would be perfect for this card. You could colour the balloons in silver and gold for a pretty wedding card too.

Tomorrow is Lesson 5: Distress Inks. The final lesson…
See you then.
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14 comments:

  1. Lyngo27 March 2014 at 14:43

    such a cheerful card - thank you for sharing . I really should use my water colour pencils more often.

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  2. Cornelie27 March 2014 at 20:43

    Nice!!

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  3. Sarah G27 March 2014 at 21:40

    Wow, love this mega bunch of balloons! The shimmer, rainbow of colours and dimension are just great. Love all of the ways you are using these supplies!

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  4. Lou27 March 2014 at 21:46

    wow..the effect you have with those watercolours is fantastic x

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  5. Leni27 March 2014 at 22:19

    Such a fun and festive card! Love your lessons Lucy! and you are right: Derwent pencils are GREAT to use! Always a lovely result!

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  6. Lisa's Creative Niche28 March 2014 at 01:25

    Wow this is beautiful!

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  7. Lisa Petrella28 March 2014 at 02:49

    Lucy, that giant bunch of colorful balloons is just FABULOUS!!! Such a happy creation! Love it!

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  8. Sheryl28 March 2014 at 05:08

    Just saw these, but I love this idea! I use inktense, but will definitely try with the calico chine.

    TFS.

    Now to go get caught up.

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  9. jintyoo728 March 2014 at 18:18

    What a transformation, Lucy! Fabulous card :)

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  10. anja curvers31 March 2014 at 08:49

    Wow great all those balloons.

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  11. Anonymous11 April 2014 at 01:41

    This is so perfect! Great idea and dimension.

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  12. Lisa Cornwall22 August 2014 at 17:53

    Lucy I love this card and I hope you won't mind me casing it. I will be using other products tho as i don't have this stamp. So cute.xx

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  13. Tammy H29 November 2014 at 05:45

    Balloons just scream "celebrate". You could use this for so many occasions. Love that!

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  14. bbunch29 November 2014 at 18:39

    I just received this Mama Elephant balloon stamp set and am anxious to try a similar card. Thanks Lucy for the tutorial!

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Thanks for your lovely comments. I really appreciate each and every one.