RobsCreations

Today I want to show you some cards I've recently created by using watercolors. The cool thing here is that by using ZIG watercolors and an acrylic block , I created colorful backgrounds in just few minutes! How does it work?  👉First, get a thick  drawing paper suitable for water colors (I've used 100% cotton-made paper). 👉 Second, scribble the colors of your choice on the acrylic block. 👉 Third, spray water, abundantly, on the acrylic block. 👉 Fourth, with a steady movement place the block (face down) on the cotton paper. 👉 Fifth, put a small weight on the block and leave it there for a minute (or longer if you're using thinner paper) What I've noticed is that if you press the block firmly (almost squashing it), you obtain a continuous layer with no white spaces. ...but, if you just place the block on the paper you get something more discontinuous, like a marbled design. I really liked both versions! Here you have a VIDEO ...

I haven't been posting in awhile: laziness, some days of vacations, drop of creativity (mainly due to the lack of raw materials, hahaha 🤣) and days and days went by... Today I want to show you some bo ok ma rk s I recently made by using a cute digital stamp , some scrap paper and a magazine's paper . The digital stamp is from the Glimps series. I stamped it on 100% cotton watercolor paper , and I've colored it with ZIG  watercolors and Stabilo Swano markers. I added some interest to the little photographers with a fine tip black marker, a white gel pen and glossy accents (on camera's lens and flower-shaped hair pin). After watching this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d3irNsptSw ), I decided to try 3 different color combinations to create these skin tones I cut and rounded the corners of scrap paper and matching colored card stock. I punched either flowers or circles in the paper and added some magazine's shiny paper containi...

All you need is: a ruler , colored markers (I've used the Stabilo Swanos), white card stock and lot of patience 😅. It's a cheap and funny way to create card backgrounds and I find it interesting because you can match the color of the stripes with the image or embellishments you already have and not the other way around that usually implies buying more expensive crafting paper (not sure I'm explained myself properly.... 😔😕) Anyways, I made diagonal stripes for three different cards, but you can choose the pattern you prefer: vertical, horizontal and, if you have a curve ruler, you can go for something even fancier! For my own sake, I changed color every 4 or 5 lines. For example, I drew 4 or 5 parallel lines with the yellow marker and then moved to the orange one and so on. If you are brave and patient enough, you can try the one line/one color approach (good luck with that! 😂) This is totally optional, but once you're done making the stripes you c...