Altenew • Distress Crayons Coloring

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Hi everyone!

I’m on Altenew blog today sharing a card and using Succulents stamp set and Distress Crayons coloring technique. I fall in love with this stamp set the moment I saw it. The succulents look so realistic! I love them as is, in the pots. However, for today card I wanted to try something different, by creating some kind of frame out of them. First, I cut a panel out of Kraft cardstock and stamped succulents semi-frames in the bottom left and top right of the panel. I used Ranger Archival Jet Black ink, which is a water-resistant one, as intended to apply water afterwards. I made a mask for each image out of masking paper and applied it on each stamped image so they’re not overlapped by a next one.

After finishing stamping I colored succulents using Distress Crayons. They’re so pigmented and buttery and are great for coloring. If my panel was white, I would have more options for coloring. I could use COPICs, Distress markers, etc. Since my panel was not white I needed to use a pigment colorant (as crayons are) to get more vibrant coloring. I was applying crayons inside the stamped images and then blended them with slightly wet brush. Slightly is the key here. Because my cardstock was not watercolor one, I couldn’t use a lot of water without risk of warping or ripping cardstock.

These Crayons are so easy to blend so I could do it with my fingers. But in this case I would go outside the image borders. Instead I used a water-brush for it. As silly as it sounds I like using water-brush without water lol. I prefer using it like a regular brush, dipping in water. It gives me more control. Why don’t use a regular brush then? one can ask. Well, I like bristles of these water-brushes, they’re made of plastic or something similar. While they’re flexible enough to do their job, they also resilient enough to blend medium on such small areas as a stamped image inside.

So I wet brush just a bit, it was enough to blend crayons (which blend easily), and wasn’t enough to warp my panel. Just a little bit of water, or I rather say – moisture, was enough to blend the crayons. They just needed a small “push” by moisture.After I had all my images colored, I traced them with black liner. Crayons covered stamping a bit and I wanted image outlines to stand out.

Next I stamped the sentiment using two stamp sets – Painted Encouragement and Calligraphy Alpha. The second set I used to make word prayers, as I wanted it to be a bit bigger. Fonts of these two sets match perfectly.

To finish off my card I adhered the panel to white card base, using a foam sheet between them to add some dimension. I could add some embellishments, like sequins or enamel dots, but I just didn’t see them here.

I believe this design could work for a masculine card, or even as wedding design for succulents themed wedding 😉

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