Hello and welcome today’s Tropical Fiesta Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop! Be sure to head to the Altenew Blog if you didn’t start there.
I’ve created a vibrant card using the Totally Tropical stamp and die set and I used all but two colors from the set.
I stamped the images using Versafine Vintage Sepia pigment ink on watercolor cardstock and then applied the colors directly to the images where I wanted them to appear the darkest. Then using a damp watercolor brush, I dragged the pigment out to create the lighter colors.
After “shading” the images with the first layer, I went back a second time, adding direct pigment to draw the bolder lines on the flowers and leaves to make it bolder and more vibrant.
When I was done coloring, I die-cut the images and arranged the floral spray over a card base ink-blended with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink. Then I splattered the images with some white paint and attached a sentment from the same stamp set.
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 ALT Watercolor Brush Markers – Tropical Fiesta |
 ALT Totally Tropical ALT | SSS | EH |
 ALT Totally Tropical ALT | SSS | EH |
 Versafine Vintage Sepia SSS | EH |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad 140 lb SSS | EH | AMZN |
 Recollections 110 lb |
 Black Cardstock SSS | EH |
 TH Distress Oxide Set 1 SSS | EH | SBPal |
 Wagner Heat Tool HA | SSS | EH | AMZN |
 Embossing Powder Bag SSS | EH | HMSB |
 Versamark Ink SSS | EH | HA | HMSB |
 HA White Detail Embossing Powder HA | SSS | EH |
 3M Scotch Foam Tape SSS | EH | AMZN |
 ATG Gun SSS | EH | AMZN |
 Absorber |
 Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board SSS | EH |
 MSP Mini MISTI SSS | EH | MSP | HA |
 MSP Mini MISTI Mouse Pad SSS | EH | MSP | HA |
 Teflon Bone Folder SSS | EH | HMSB |
 Tonic Glass Media Mat TS | SSS | EH |
Caly Person 
The detail you created is amazing! Thank you for sharing.
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Caly, what a beautiful rainbow of brilliant and bold colors. I need to get these markers.
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Wow! Beautiful card and flowers. And great technique. I’d love to see a video of this technique. Thanks for the inspirtion!
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Caly, your card with the bright happy colours & the flowers you used makes me think of our visit to the Hawaiian Islands & brings back good memories. So very very pretty! Thanks for explaining your colouring process.
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Very unique coloring, very pretty.
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Such a fun card! I love the flowers you used for those colours!
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Very cheerful card. This is one way I can get watercolors to work for me, but I’m not as good at it as you!
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You make watercoloring look so easy 😍
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So Tropical! Gorgeous colors on those flowers – lovely!
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So very lovely. Those bright colors are so cheery.
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