| Chances are your craft room or child's | | | | Proceed to stamp your project with this |
| play area has a handful of colorful | | | | watercolor-crackled look!4. Embossing |
| markers. Since markers are available in | | | | Powder Power! Gently dust a piece of |
| so many different colors and often come | | | | vellum with corn starch. Using embossing |
| packaged in coordinating shades, markers | | | | ink, stamp the vellum and cover with |
| are the perfect mediums to stretch your | | | | your choice of embossing powder. Using a |
| color options without breaking the bank. | | | | heat tool, melt the embossing powder. |
| Using markers with rubber stamps is a | | | | Take a handful of similar colored |
| perfect way to make classy paper craft | | | | markers and draw various sized triangles |
| projects and bright vibrant scrapbooking | | | | in a random pattern on the reverse side |
| pages. Here are five great tips for | | | | of the stamped vellum. Color in the |
| getting the most from your markers and | | | | triangles with the markers in a random |
| rubber stamps and making marker magic.1. | | | | color pattern. Gently spray the surface |
| Mark up those ink jet transparencies! | | | | with a light water mist and allow to |
| Using any ink jet transparency, ink the | | | | dry. Using spray-on adhesive, lightly |
| rubber stamp for your project with the | | | | set the ink on the reverse side and cut |
| desired marker color and stamp the print | | | | out around the embossed image. Attach to |
| side of the transparency. The glue on | | | | your next project for an amazing stained |
| the ink jet transparency will bond the | | | | glass raised vellum embellishment!5. |
| marker ink to the transparency film and | | | | Shade These Threads! Markers are the |
| will dry in a short period of time. You | | | | perfect mediums for coloring in the non |
| can then cut around the stamped image | | | | inked areas of a stamped fabric image. |
| and mount on your project!2. Color | | | | Simply start by stamping the fabric with |
| Metal! Using any silver brads, paper | | | | the desired color dye-based ink pad. |
| clips, or any other silver metal | | | | Allow to dry. Using markers, color in |
| embellishments, color the metal with the | | | | all remaining areas accordingly. To |
| marker of choice. If you are using | | | | soften the marker lines, gently spray |
| water-based markers, bond the ink to the | | | | the fabric with water. You can dry the |
| metal with a light mist of hair spray or | | | | fabric with a hair dryer or allow to dry |
| acrylic spray-on glue and allow to dry. | | | | in the air. Cut out your fabric and |
| This technique will allow you to make | | | | place on the desired project!Using these |
| many different custom colored metal | | | | simple marker techniques is a fantastic |
| embellishments coordinated with your | | | | way to gather a large variety of colors |
| current project.3. Cellophane Crackle | | | | and inexpensively fill in the color |
| Color! Take a piece of clear cellophane | | | | wheel areas for which you have no stamp |
| and lay it on a flat surface. Tape the | | | | pads. Markers are a wonderful solution |
| edges to hold the cellophane in one | | | | for vibrant colors on a wide variety of |
| place. Using a watermark stamp pad, | | | | surfaces. Go ahead, try those markers |
| stamp the surface of the cellophane the | | | | and stamps out today!Kathy Williams |
| desired size according to the stamp you | | | | loves rubber stamps |
| will be using. Using your markers, color | | | | and scrapbooking. When she is not |
| the stamped cellophane, blending the | | | | working on her online rubber stamping |
| colors with q-tips, brushes, or light | | | | store,Rubber Stamping Fun, she enjoys |
| mists of water. Taking your rubber | | | | writing stamping and scrapbooking |
| stamp, cover the surface by gently | | | | articles and working with all of her |
| tapping the stamp to the cellophane. | | | | rubber stamp projects! |