Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Two Color Blending + Pastel Accents
Hello everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here with you. Welcome back to my latest, Studio Monday tutorial! I have fun playing with color, plus I adore a bit of sparkle and shine. So today I thought I would share a technique of blending two colors of Zig Markers together to create a variegated coloring; plus the addition of Pastel Metallic Accents from Prima over top of the coloring for some gorgeous shimmer!
The images and sentiments I am using in this card are brand new from Clearly Besotted. The pretty florals are from the Happy Hibiscus set (and I used the coordinating dies), and the greeting is from the Scrumptious Thank You stamp set.
For the coloring part of this technique, I used a few pink, purple and yellow Zig Markers: Dark Pink 027, Light Pink 026, Light Carmine 021, Pink 025, Purple 082, Yellow 050, Bright Yellow 052. The leaves were colored with Light Green 041 and Turquoise Green 042, and I added Light Brown 061 and Dark Brown 062 to the stems. Over all the coloring, I dabbed on Pastel Metallic Accents from Prima. Don’t you love all that shimmer???
Behind the florals, I ink blended Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, and Squeezed Lemonade Oxide Inks; there are splatters of water and Pastel Accents to create texture. I also tucked a few Colorful Confetti sequins around the flowers and covered them with a layer of Morning Dew Nuvo Drops.
I had so much fun creating this card, and I hope you are inspired by it! Be sure to watch the video below to see how it all came together!
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Beautiful Coloring, I love the vibrant look of this card.
Your flowers are just gorgeous. I am going to try blending those colors. I don’t have Zigs, but do have Copics. I hope that I can figure out how to make my coloring look better—it’s always flat and boring. But I’m going to try!!
You are right — the shimmer from the Metallic Accents is gorgeous.
Bold. Bright. And beautiful! I need to use my Zigs more.
Wow! What a breathless card! Love the vibrant colors!!!
Nina Marie, this is stunning and loved your depth and vibrant coloring!! Simply the best!
The shimmer makes this beautiful card a real stand-out! Love the card design as well!
This is gorgeous! LOVE those colors ♥
Beautiful card! The shimmery accents are wonderful. I also like the dimension you Free on the card. Have a great day!
Very pretty card. I love the embossing powder
you used for the sentiment, too. It’s lovely.
Love the framing with the flowers.
Beautiful card.
thanks for sharing
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The shimmer is stunning! Love the card.
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful coloring and details! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful video!!
Such gorgeous colors! Love how you did the flowers!
Beautiful card! I love the design.
this card is so colorful – love it:)
A very beautiful card by Nina-Marie!
Very pretty, thanks for the video!
Wow, this is a work of art.
Such a bright, vibrant card!
This is so beautiful :)
Gorgeous! I love the recessed background. The flowers are so pretty.
So pretty, Nina. I don’t have Zig markers, but I’m going to try this with my Tombows. You definitely have inspired me!
Beautiful coloring. Love how you added the prima on top! Lovely.
So pretty! Love the design & the gorgeous vivid colors!
Beautiful! I love your vivid colors mixed with the softer pastels!
Such a bright and vibrant card! Brightened my mood right away!
sooooooooo pretty
beautiful. Love the shine
Beautiful card and I love all the colors!! And I love how you put the metallic color over the watercolors!! I love all things Prima watercolor!! Thanks for sharing!
Wow–love these beautiful colors.
Simply stunning. WOW!
This is so pretty! :) I love your coloring skills.
Love your coloring and great that you use zigs—sometimes it’s difficult to blend those, of course paper makes a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
I love all the bright colors on this beautiful card! Thanks for the video.
This is stunning! I love the color choices, fabulous!!
Beautiful, I love all these gorgeous colours!
Beautiful coloring!!
Great card!
Such a cheerful card with those bright colors!
I love to watch you watercolor and I especially wanted to see someone use the zig clean color markers. The card is beautiful!
Really pretty card. Love colors.
Gorgeous card and colors. Love the beautiful blended colors.
Beautiful card, your flowers are so pretty!
Absolutely gorgeous card! Love the shimmer.
Thanks for sharing…
Stunning color…love this technique. TFS!
Beautiful card~! I love the metallic accents, although I don’t own that metallic watercolor, you inspired me to try with the Nuvo Mousse. TFS!
Great colors!
Thank you for showing your technique. Love the beautiful colors and the way you made a frame out of the colored flowers.
Amazing card, Nina-Marie. Love the coloring and how you framed the sentiment/