Black Magic Technique with Watercolor Trio

On Sunday I was browsing some blogs and came across this technique on Shari's blog and decided it was time I gave it a try. I have seen this technique over and over again for a long time and have been meaning to give it a shot but just kept forgetting about it. Seeing Shari's card gave me the inspiration to finally do it. Thanks Shari!

You can do this technique using any dark colored cardstock as the base for the stamped image. It is most commonly done using black cardstock but I really wanted to give it a try using Chocolate Chip.

The first step in this technique is to pick out a solid image stamp and ink it up with craft white ink. After stamping you can wait for it to dry or use your heat gun if you are impatient like me, lol. Once the craft ink is dry all you have to do is use either your pure color pencils, metallic pencils or your watercolor crayons to color the image how you want it to look. On this card I used my pure color pencils. The trick to this technique is to use to different shades, a lighter one and a darker one when coloring. This gives the image that POP factor. Once done, you can add more pop to the card by adding white highlights with your signo white gel pen as I have done.

I have decided that I really like this technique but just am not sure about this card. I am not sure if it is the color combo I used or maybe the layout but something about it is bothering me, lol. Yup you guessed it, I am very critical about my projects, my own worst critic. Hope you all like it and give this technique a try. I will be trying it again, maybe later today to see if I can make a card I like better, lol.

Have a wonderful week,

Happy Stamping and Scrapping,

Ronda