One Stamp Set // Five Summer Cards + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here today and for today’s cards and video I decided to try out the new Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers along with using the Summer Friends stamp set from the brand new release! This new release is so much fun, I love everything so so much and there really is something for everyone here. So in addition to using the new stamps I decided to use my new Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers. I just received these in the mail and could not wait to try them out. Watercolour is one of my most favourite things and I’m so excited to use these markers in five ways today to make five very different, but yet coordinating cards at the same time.

For my first card, I decided to just use the markers for simple water colouring – which is the most obvious way to use them. But to get the full use from the markers, I decided to make my own patterned paper with the Summer Friends stamp set. I first stamped all my images and the water coloured them in with the markers. These markers are already in liquid form, so I used no water with them at all. I love how the colours moved and honestly, to colour this entire background was so super fast and took no time at all. My colouring isn’t perfect, but I love how vibrant and fun this background is!

For my next card, I decided to do some stamping with these markers. I took the ball image from the Summer Fun stamp set, flipped it upside down on my block so the lined part is adhered to the block and then coloured on some of the marker onto the stamp, spritzed it with water and stamped down onto my paper. I used two blues and a yellow to resemble the sky and sand and I loved stamping with these markers. You get a different look every time with how the watercolour dries, I love all the harsh lines you get when a pool of water dries next to a less wet part of the image, it looks so fun – I love this.

Next up for my third card, I decided to try the dripping watercolour. I was completely inspired by the melting crayon art for this, but tried to replicate it with watercolours. I tilted my paper on the side, pressed on the marker to let the colour drip down the panel. This for sure didn’t work the way I pictured it at all, so I helped the colour move with spritzing on a little bit of water and this worked, but it also made the colour spread around like spider veins, which in the end, once I repeated all the colours I wanted to use actually looked pretty cool. I did like how this turned out in the end, but perhaps it would have worked better if I sprayed the entire panel first and then let the colours do their thing.

For my fourth idea, I decided to try watercolour with alcohol. I’ve never tried to use alcohol with watercolours before, but I thought the reaction would be fun. I first took a piece of watercolour cardstock and dripped some of the green marker on top. I then added a little water to help the colour move and spread around and then began to spritz it with rubbing alcohol solution. You could also have used Copic blender re-inker if you didn’t have rubbing alcohol. I loved how this looked, the bleached look you get in the centre of your concentrated colour and then the small green splatter that you get from the pressure of the spritz on your paper looks so amazing! Moving watercolour with alcohol gives a whole different look rather than just regular water and I will definitely be doing this again.

For my final way of using these watercolour markers I decided to do a simple watercolour resist. I love the look of watercolour resist, so I decided to make my own patterned paper again, masking off a square first with painter’s tape, stamping out the ball, drinks and bucket images all over with Versamark ink and then clear heat embossing the images. I then proceeded to take the different colours of markers and paint over the background. The colours blended seamlessly between each other and created a nice blended background overtop of those images peeking through. A simple resist is sometimes all you need to create a fun subtle background.

Watch the video above   I  Watch the video in HD on YouTubeTo finish up the cards I just used various dies from Pretty Pink Posh, the Stitched Borders 1 Dies and Scallop Frames Dies also to create different layouts on my cards. I also stamped and coloured all the images from Summer Friends with Copic Markers and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I arranged them all on my different cards and then to finish them up I used the sentiments in the stamp set to white heat emboss them on black cardstock and then adhered them to the cards accordingly.

I really hope you enjoyed my cards and video today. I loved playing with these markers, they are a lot of fun. I also sort of created a five cards with one stamp video for you too, which I didn’t plan it just worked out this way!

Thanks so much for watching and stopping by today. Make sure you check out the brand new release if you haven’t already and I’ll catch you all next time!

Eloise