The Stampin’ Blends markers give a much deeper color than any of the other coloring methods. This is the only method that uses the marker directly onto the stamped image, rather than picking up color with a blender pen or aqua painter. It’s very easy to see this difference in the richness of color in the photo below.
Stampin’ Blends are dual tipped markers—they have a thin tip and a brush end. They now come in a variety of colors and each color actually has two separate markers for each color, one light and one darker. This allows you to blend the two colors together for a shaded look to your project.
Using a Black Memento Ink pad, I stamped a flower image from the ‘Love What You Do’ stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock.
For purposes of this demonstration, I used Stampin’ Blends in the colors Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler.
Using the Stampin’ Blends, color the stamped image as desired. Notice the leaf near the bottom shows the slight variation in the Old Olive color which is achieved by using both the lighter and darker markers. The same technique is used to color the flowers in Cherry Cobbler.
The finished product highlights the very rich colors produced by using the Stampin’ Blends. This really makes it stand out when used as the focal point of your card or project.
Next time I will discuss using Sponge Daubers to color a stamped image.
(Part 1 – Stampin’ Write Markers and Blender Pen)
(Part 2 – Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pen)
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