Monday, 27 January 2014

Be my Valentine

Here is my January post for Letraset, just in time for those needing a romantic card. 

I started with a printout of this cute bunny image, drawn by Jay. 


I printed it out onto watercolour paper and then used Aquamarkers and a fineliner to colour it in. I find the best way to use Aquamarkers is to scribble onto a non porous sheet, spritz that with water and then pick up the ink with a brush. 


I built up washes of colour this way, dabbing the ink on rather than using smooth strokes. I wanted the bunnies to look like worn toys from a child's playroom. Who says the toys can't come to life and fall in love?

Once the bunnies were done, I used the wide nib to dab on colour for the background flowers. Using the nib direct to paper makes for a vibrant colour, so i gently spritzed the flowers with water to soften them. I then used a fineliner to write the sentiment onto deli paper. 



Would you like to win some Aquamarkers? i have this set of 6 colours to give away. 

To win you must do TWO things,

 first add your name to the linky below,
 then go to the Letraset blog and leave a comment on my post over there. (THIS LINK)

Only names that appear in both places will be entered. 

I will announce the winner on Mon 3rd Feb


January - aquamarker giveaway. 

1. Amy M  11. DeniseC  21. Poppy-Cordelia  
2. Sunny  12. Annie Claxton  22. Lottie  
3. Katelyn  13. Glenda Hoagland  23. Helen J  
4. Brenda  14. Louanne  24. Kate S  
5. debi kibbee  15. Kat Lakie  25. Steven Macari  
6. April Lopez  16. Glennis F  26. ionabunny  
7. Colleen Darlling  17. Sarah Dunkley  27. Katina Hronas  
8. Erika G.  18. Pam T  28. Kate  
9. betty wisse  19. massofhair  29. Marykay  
10. anne gaffney-iehl  20. Gina Shillitani  

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3 comments:

  1. Very cute bunnies, love the colours very much. Fab Valentines Day card:-) xxx

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  2. Cute bunnies. Love the effect of the spritzed flowers

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  3. Darcy does cute - brilliantly, of course!
    Alison x

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