Magical Marker Techniques

What's that saying about old dogs, new tricks? Learning new tricks with your stamping supplies is valuable as it stretches not only your supplies but also your wallet. In Altenew Academy's Magical Marker Techniques course I learned that there are more ways to use alcohol markers than just for coloring. I really liked the brayering technique for making backgrounds as it gives a more "organic" look to the backgrounds.

For the background of this card I used Altenew's Artist Marker in  Evergreen and a brayer on white cardstock. To add a little more interest I stamped the tiny leaves from Altenew's Ornamental Flower set in a random pattern in Altenew's Frayed Leaf dye ink. The dark Evergreen is lighter when brayering it over the background and the lighter Frayed Leaf ink matched well.

The flower and leaves are from Altenew's Ornamental Flower set and were stamped in Altenew's Crisp Dye inks in Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk, Desert Night, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Fresh Lemon, Honey Drizzle, Orange Cream, and Autumn Blaze. If there were any missed edges from the layers I was able to touch them up with the Artist Markers in the same color. These markers match the dye inks so well that you can add more details after stamping the layers if desired. After stamping them I cut them out with the matching dies. The sentiment is from Altenew's Halftone Circle set and was stamped with Jet Black, also from Altenew.

The pearls were white but colored with Artist Markers in Desert Night and Dusk.

To put the card together I added the background to a piece of dark blue cardstock, added a strip of the blue with a layer of white across the card. I positioned the leaves and flower so that I could see where to stamp the sentiment and after stamping that, added the leaves flat and added foam tape to the back of the flower. Then added the pearls for the final touch.

Thanks for looking and I hope you can find new ways to use your markers!