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Day 2: Color Block Technique


Welcome to Day 2 of Techniques Week! We made it through Day 1, I might have ink stains all over my hands, but they are stains of victory....and my husband was suspicious of why I wanted his shaving cream! Oh well, my mysteriousness is part of why he loves me!

For Day 2, we're making this beautiful color block background on the card. You see how it just makes this whole card come alive?



Step 1: Gather your goodies. You need a clear block ( I definitely recommend the stampin up blocks, they are the only ones this technique really works for). Get a piece of whisper white cardstock and the markers!


Step 2: Color your block starting on one end with real red marker. 



Step 3: Color with Tangelo Twist, right above the real red.


Step 4: Color with yellow marker of choice, over the orange! 


Step 5: Color with a blue marker of choice, over the yellow! 


Step 6: Get everything away that you don't want getting wet!! and...Spritz the block with water. The farther away you spritz from, the better! 


Step 7: Turn over the block and stamp the whisper white cardstock. It's this step!!! This is the step that really transforms the block. It's so therapeutic watching the colors spread and fuse together! 


Step 8: Let the paper dry! You can stamp any sentiment on this! My recommendation is to use a black to really give it a sunset look. 


This one looks really hard, but its really fun! I love this technique because it stamps so quick as well, I made about 15 cards with it in 15 mins!

One rule with this trick, don't worry about getting it perfect! Remember when you were a kid and the teachers would yell at you to color INSIDE the lines? Well, I had a few teachers like that. You can blame that for zapping your creativity. Well, this is your redemption time. Color in the blocks without worrying about it being perfect! Nature doesn't have defined lines, so the less defined you make it, the more real it will look! Go Nuts!! and try it out. You've already started since you saw how to do it. The other half is just getting it done.



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