I simply couldn’t resist this adorable stamp set from MFT. Too cute!! I couldn’t settle on one medium to use on it, so I colored it in with Inktense watercolor pencils and polychromos pencils.
I used Arches cold pressed watercolor paper for the Inktense pencils–this is a lovely cotton-like paper that will take on a lot of water. I used Strathmore Colored Pencil paper for the polychromos pencils. This paper is new to me, and I loved coloring on it a lot better than on smooth white cardstock. This colored pencil paper has more tooth to it, and it pulls the pigment from the pencils a lot better.
I also used two different kinds of inks. I used VersaFine Onyx black ink on the Arches paper. This ink is waterproof and leaves a very strong pigment on the paper, so it can ink up easily over the textured paper. I used my favorite Simon Say Intense Black Ink on the colored pencil paper.
I stamped the cat first, masked it and then stamped the witch, the frog and the pumkin. I wanted them all grouped closely together.
I taped down my watercolor paper onto a board with some low tac tape. This helps prevent the paper from warping. I colored in the image with my inktense pencils and shown on the left. After all the coloring is done, I used my watercolor brush to melt down the watercolor pencils. Look how vibrant these Inktense pencils are!
Next, I colored in my second panel with some Faber Castell colored pencils. I used Gamsol which is an odorless mineral spirit to add vibrancy to my colored pencils.
After my panel where finished, I picked out some pretty Halloween pattern paper to matte them, and my cards were complete!
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