ATC swap

The last ATC swap that I participated in had a theme of treasure chests, coins and something else (it was a while ago). It was a three card swap and one of the conditions was that something had to continue across two of the ATC's. So I went with a pirate theme and here's what I finished with.

Colouring with Marvy Markers on Darkroom Door Filmstrips

One of the techniques that Rachel showed us was how to colour their photochips and filmstrips using Marvy Markers. I absolutely love this effect. The photochips and filmstrips are a really good quality card and they take the colour so easily that the end finish looks great. You can colour the whole card or just parts of it. We only used the pale colours but I'll try the darker Marvy Markers soon and see what that looks like.

I coloured the tag using Distress Inks and a Blending Tool then inked up the Plaid Background stamp with Distress Ink (I think spun sugar - sorry I forgot to write the colours down) and sprinkled Clear Embossing Powder over then heating it. Then I used the pale colours in the Marvy Markers to "colour" in the Photochip. What do you think? 

You can see I've just done a little bit of the bear to show you the difference.

Darkroom Door workshop

I thought I would show you a few photos of the cards and examples that Rachel from Darkrrom Door had set up for the workshop. You'll have to forgive some of the glare as the tables were next to a window that had lots of sunlight coming in. If I had of thought of it I would have gone back in the afternoon to take some more shots but by that stage I was just trying to keep up with the class.

New colours

I've just finished uploading more colours of the Marvy Markers so if you were waiting on some new ones pop over to the website and have a look.

Adding to the list of ink pads we stock are a few of the Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Just eight for now but I'll be increasing the range shortly, if you have a particular colour you want just let me know. I find these are great for making backgrounds and just recently at the Darkroom Door workshop we stamped a lot with them and I was pleased to see how well they work. The two ways I use them most are with a blending tool or swiped onto a craft mat then spritzed with water from a mini mister and drag through the colour. Swirl the card around until you get the effect you want or dry it off in between to layer up the depth.