Hello stampers! Welcome to Week 3 of Stamp Camp here at Two Peas in a Bucket! This week, I am excited to show you some cards using Markers. First, we will create a card with multiple colors and then second, create a card by omitting parts of the stamp with markers.

The first card show is the pink/green/brown "Thinking of You" card. For this technique, you will need some markers (I love markers that have the broad/thick tip on one end and the fine tip on the other), cardstock and a stamp (fine line stamps work great for this - anything that you want to color different colors).

I used this awesome flower stamp from a new set in the store from Amy Butler. I put it on my acrylic block and then colored the petals of the flower with my pink marker. I like to use the broad/thicker tip for coloring on my stamps. If you need to get into a tight corner, you can always use the fine tip.  I then took a darker pink marker and colored over the middle/center of the flower to give it some shading so there would be two tones of pink on the flower.

I then took a brown marker and colored the stem. Then, I colored the leaves with two different shades of green markers to, once again, give them a very 'real-life' look with the shading of two tones.

Once your image is completely colored with ink from the markers, you will need to breathe or "huff" on your stamp to re-moisten the ink and then stamp it on your cardstock. When you remove the stamp, you will see that you have a beautiful multi-colored stamped image.

I also colored the "Thinking of You" stamp with a pink and green marker, stamped it on Kraft cardstock and cut it into a strip. I assembled the card with some sewing and attached the saying strip with pop-dots so it stood off the card and flower a bit for added dimension.

For the SECOND card, I used the technique of using markers to omit parts of a stamp that I do not want to be on my project. I used this great damask stamp, again from Amy Butler, that had the word Cheers in it. I didn't want that to show for the background, so I colored the stamp with the broad/thick end of my brown markers and didn't color the word 'Cheers' in the middle. I huffed on the stamp and stamped it on the brown notecard. I repeated this process until the entire background of my card was covered with the brown damask image.

I then cleaned my stamp very well. I took a brown and red marker and colored the word "cheers" on the same stamp (colored the letter 'h' red and the rest brown) and then stamped it on cream cardstock. I then cut it out in a small strip and glued it to the card in the upper left hand damask shape.

I added a few strips of cardstock, some machine sewing and a die-cut butterfly from Amy Butler.

I love using these techniques on my projects! I love getting different colors on one stamp so quickly and easily. I love the way that it looks when you stamp the image. And I love using markers to omit parts of stamps - it really helps me to be able to get a lot of different uses out of my stamps.

Try looking at your collection of stamps and think about ways that you can use them with markers - both to get multiple colors and also to omit parts of the images for a new image all together!

If you have any questions, please head to the thread in the Education Forum where I will be around to help and chat!  Also, don't forget to download the PDF here so you have easy direction to follow while you are creating! I can't wait to see your projects! Be sure to post them to the correct challenge so that you can be entered to win some stamp goodies!

Thanks for playing along with us at Stamp Camp!  Click here for class PDF with instructions and photos.

Hugs,
Robyn Werlich