Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Two Color Blending + Pastel Accents

Studio Monday with Nina-Marie

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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Clearly Besotted Happy Hibiscus Stamp…
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Clearly Besotted HAPPY HIBISCUS Die Set
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Clearly Besotted SCRUMPTIOUS THANK…
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Prima Marketing METALLIC PASTEL…
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Tonic MORNING DEW Grande Nuvo Crystal…
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Inkon3 BLACKOUT Hybrid Ink Pad 98711
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  1. 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!!

  2. Beautiful card! The shimmery accents are wonderful. I also like the dimension you Free on the card. Have a great day!

  3. So pretty, Nina. I don’t have Zig markers, but I’m going to try this with my Tombows. You definitely have inspired me!

  4. 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!

  5. 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.

  6. I love to watch you watercolor and I especially wanted to see someone use the zig clean color markers. The card is beautiful!

  7. 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!

  8. Thank you for showing your technique. Love the beautiful colors and the way you made a frame out of the colored flowers.

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