MORE NO LINE COLORING

HEY BLOGGIES,

Thanks to all who have been supportive and commented to me regarding this 30 Days of Coloring that I have been participating in.  You are very kind and make me want to keep trying to get better.

A few of you asked me to explain what makes no line coloring.  How do you stamp if there are no lines?  I am glad you asked that because at first I wondered about that myself.

There are several ways to stamp your image you are going to color.  The way I did it on this card below was I stamped with a very light color that was going to be in my color palette.

I have seen on the blog that some people use a light box and trace the image with a very very light pencil.

Others have used an pale ink that has been stamped once or twice off FIRST before then stamping it onto the water color paper.

I am sure there are other ways, I am sure and I would love to hear from you out there in bloggieland if you have used other methods for this no line technique.

On to my card:

 Here is my finished thank you card.  I  L.O.V.E. butterflies and have had butterfly gardens at my previous house just for the butterflies to be able to lay their eggs and the pupae to hatch. Just so you know WHY I am so happy with this card.

 Here is a close up of the largest butterfly.  The lines you see I added with a very very fine brush.  And the sparkle is none other than Wink of Stella clear.

I made the smaller butterfly to be darker around the edges and the shadows also darker.  The body is darker too.  You can see some very light extra small butterflies uncolored on the card as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  You still have time to participate in The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge.

NO LINE STAMPING AND WATER COLORING

HEY BLOGGIES,

I LOVE BLOGGIE LAND!!  All the amazing talented crafters who are willing to share their knowledge and talents with everyone is awesome.  That is how I found this technique called NO LINE STAMPING.

Basically you stamp your image with a very very light color ink and then you use either water colors, or aqua pen and ink to color in your image.

I used stamped off Hello Honey ink for my faint images.  Then I tried both water coloring AND aqua painter and ink,..the smaller of the butterflies is my water colored image and the larger one is reinkers.  Which do you like better?

 I did the small butterfly with water colors first.  AND because no lines is a new technique for me, I ended up shading all around the outer edge which kind of defeated the purpose of the technique.

 The larger butterfly was the second one I did and I used an aqua painter and ink for this one.  I felt a bit more confident after practicing on the first butterfly and think I did a better job as well.

 Here is a close up on the large ink colored butterfly.  I used hello honey, coastal cabana and a little touch of soft suede,.  Then because all butterflies should be absolutely awesome, I used Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on the insides of the wings,

The other two accessories I used are mini square sequins and a die cut "thanks".  I layered the water color paper on a very thin piece if black cardstock and then onto coastal cabana.

I like that I stamped two very small butterflies with the stamped-off hello honey on the card as well.  Makes it look a bit like an architectural drawing I think.

Thanks for stopping by.  I have entered this card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - anything goes.  Stop by and see what else was entered for their challenge.