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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So very pretty! Love the metallic accents on the flowers.
Gorgeous card. I love all the bright summer-y colors, and the little bits of metallic shimmer on top are the perfect accent. Thanks for sharing!
So beautiful!
bright and cheery!
Beautiful card! I love the dimension with the raised florals and the colours are fabulous!
Very pretty, interesting touch with the Nuvo drops on the sequins, I will try this.
Gorgeous vibrant colors!
These colors are amazing. Love the added shimmer!!!
Anne Marie, I love your work, have most of them pinned.
Your detail and color are excellent.
I am patiently waiting to see your work for
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This is gorgeous!! Such bright colors!!
Really Gorgeous card!!! Love the sparkle!!!
So beautiful and colorful, I love the shimmer!
I love these colors. Beautiful floral stamp.
Beautiful card and great video.
Beautiful card! Wonderful vibrant watercoloring. Great tips for watercoloring and I love the touch of shimmer.
Oh my goodness Nina, you have definitely nailed this! This is so beautiful and you can bet your boots I will be trying this out! WOW!
What a beautiful floral card! I love this!
Beautiful card! Love the colours, and the shimmer! Thanks for sharing such a fun technique!
What a gorgeous card!! So beautiful!
Wonderful colors & framing.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Really beautiful !
what a very pretty floral card Nina-Marie. Thanks for sharing with us.
Pretty, pretty,love the metallic. I already follow by email.
So much wonderful technique packed in this blogpost/video. Beautiful card!
This is so so pretty- love the colours
Absolutely beautiful!
Oh my, how luscious
this card is, with
the beautiful flowers
and colors!
Carla from Utah
Wow, your coloring is spectacular!
I love how this card is framed with the beautiful simmering flowers.
Wow to both the image and the colouring!
Such a pretty card! The shimmer is really beautiful, as is your water colouring!
Beautiful card!
I love the colors, the coloring and the card!
It really bugs me that I can’t watch the video right now, but I’ll be baaack! :o)
Gorgeous card! Beautifully coloured, and I will have to try adding Nuvo drops to sequins. : )
Loved the coloring tips! Gorgeous two toned flowers!
What a great festive card! Makes you happy seeing it!
Gorgeous colours!!
Love this!
Very beautiful card. Thanks for sharing the techniques!
I love the hibiscus and the blending of colors using the Zig Clean Markers. The card is gorgeous, so tropical and fresh!! It’s a card I would love to receive!!
What a very beautiful card!!!
WOW so pretty; love the blending technique, tutorial is so inspiring! Gonna try technique later today … making some cards … can’t wait !!
Beautiful colors! I just purchased some Zig pens. Can’t wait to try this. Thanks!
that is a very vibrant and happy card! i love it
Oh my goodness !! Your coloring is simply amazing !!
Love the vibrant colors!
This is awesome Nina Marie, I love the shine on the images simply gorgeous. Thank you for this great idea.
Wow thats gorgeous!
So beautiful Nina – thanks for sharing