Copic Markers...a new way!

Today's tutorial makes your Copic markers a millions times better! I love the rich vibrant shading you get when coloring line art images with Copic markers. But I also enjoy the softer look of watercoloring that you can get when you color directly on a stamp and spray it lightly with water. Up until now, we've been told that that technique is something you can't do with Copic markers. Not anymore.

As I sat and thought about my favorite watercolored look, I realized that water based markers could be reactivated with water but that alcohol markers could not. But then it hit me, "What about rubbing alcohol?" Hmmmm.



For this technique, I used one of my favorite Stampin' Up stamp sets, "The Art of Life," Copic Ciao Markers from Box D and a small spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol.

I began by coloring my flowers with a rich red marker.



Then, I added a little bit of bright orange around the outside of the flower petals. It's hard to see any difference in the photos.



Next, I colored the stems and leaves with a dark sage green and added a little lighter green to the edges of the leaves.



Then, I worked my magic. I spritzed the entire thing with rubbing alcohol.



And check out the results!!



The small picture above is before I mounted it and the larger image is after I matted in on some Prism dark brown card stock. (It looks a little black in the photo but it's dark brown.) I stamped the textured background stamp with "Haystack" palette ink first and them stamped my flower on top.

The color comes out more vibrant than using water based markers and the detail is beautiful!

Here is my finished card.



Here is another view.



One of the things that make the flower look even better in person is the card stock that I used. It's Prism card stock with that super cool orange peel texture. It looks like watercolor paper but it comes is so many color choices. I used a cream color for this card and it really adds to the whole look of the card.
For the patterned paper, I used another piece from the K-ology/Hannah scrap pack. My card base is also Prism card stock in dark brown. My only little embellishment is the gold cording.

I like having generic cards like this in my stash for whenever I need fast card. All I have to do is choose the right inside greeting and I have a "thank you," "birthday," "anniversary" or "sympathy" card in a hurry!

So, for all of you who have purchased some Copic markers, now you have a whole new way to play!

Hugs,
Gina K.

EDITED TO ADD:
Many of you are asking me if the alcohol spritz will damage your rubber stamps. The answer is no. Just clean your stamp after you are done with any good quality stamp cleaner like Ultraclean, Stazon cleaner or Stampin' Mist. (Ultraclean will remove all of the color and your stamps will look like new.)

Posted by Gina K at 2/27/2008 9:12 PM
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