Hi there! I'm Brandi, and I'd like to show off some of our specialty Stampin' Blends.
As you may know, Stampin' Blends are our alcohol-based blending markers, and they
come in a large array of colors. Within the collection, we have two skin tones
and we also offer a Color Lifter. These ones are a bit different, and I want to
start by showing you some of the amazing things they can do. Let's start with the
Color Lifter. This is just one single marker, and it actually has no color in
it at all. But this is a must-have, no matter what other Stampin' Blends
colors that you've collected. For being one single piece, it definitely adds a
whole lot of versatility to your collection. So I'm going to show you four
things that you can do with it. As the name suggests, this marker will lift the
color away. So the first thing it will do is erasing. So I'm just coloring my
little turtle here, and of course sometimes as you're coloring, you might
make a mistake. So I've gone out just a little bit right there. And of course
that happens sometimes. All you have to do is grab your Color Lifter and clean
it up with that. I'll flip it around so I can get to it, and just come right in
here with the tip. If it's a larger stain you can scrub it away with the bullet
tip as well, which is on this side. It's a little bit harder, so you can press it in
and just scrub that right away. And if it doesn't go away all the way, you can let
it dry and come back to it. There is some alcohol on the project here and so if I
let that evaporate and come back to it, I can lift away whatever's left. If it's a
very large booboo, you might have to work on it quite a lot. But for your average
"I just got crazy coloring and went out of the lines a little," this is going to work
very well to tidy up your mistake. And so, that's erasing! The next thing that your
Color Lifter can do is highlighting. You can add that little shine to a bubble,
and apple, or anything you want by using the Color Lifter. Here I've got a couple
of balloons that I've already blended. And then I'm going to come
right into the color, and pick some up where I want to highlight. You can
actually let it dry, and continue to come back to it to lift more and more... until
it gets as light as you want. Until here are some that I have already let dry,
where I've got my highlights all ready to go. And that's your highlighting. The
third tip that I want to share with you is blending with the Color Lifter. If
you're coloring along (I've already started here on my turtle.) and you start to get a
harsh line... so let's come over here, fill this in. And if I go back over this side,
I might have a little bit of a harsh line here that I'd like to blend. So I
can grab my Color Lifter and do it. You want to go quickly, and just soften up
the line. Don't keep going over it a lot, or you'll get a light line across there.
Now, you also can use your Old Olive light marker to blend that up, but that
will continue to add color to the project. So using your Color Lifter is
one way to do a quick blend with a light hand, and not add more color. I did the
same thing with my seahorse right up here. I only colored this using the
darker marker. If you only have one shade to work with, you can build up color for
a darker effect in some areas, and then use your Color Lifter to get lighter
areas and blending on your project, too. This allowed me to create a nice multi-
tonal image even though I only had one color to work with. Here's a set of three
little seahorses, and I did these all just with the darker shades of my
markers. I used dark Calypso Coral, dark Pumpkin Pie, and dark Daffodil Delight.
But look at all the great blending and highlights in here. This leads me to my
fourth and last tip with the Color Lifter. Adding texture. Let's check out
the water around the seahorses. To create this watery look, I colored
with my Pool Party dark marker, and then I came back in with the Color Lifter and
did a lot of lifting all around it. As you swirl the lifter in one place, the
alcohol will pool a little bit. I've got some color here. Then I will come in here and do lots of lifting. The color starts to pool, and even
creates little watery edges around where the alcohol has gone. And that's how I
got all of this color through here. I even did the highlights on my bubbles
with the Color Lifter, too. Here's my finished sample. And this is all done on
our Just Add Color Designer Series Paper. Now that we've learned all about the
Color Lifter, let's turn to the skin tones. There's a Bronze and an Ivory, and
they're each sold separately. Both of the colors can be layered, blended, and
lightened to create a whole range of skin tones. So let's look at a couple of
samples. Here's my fancy holiday lady. I started here by coloring her with one
layer all over to get that light brown tone with my Bronze marker. Then I came
in and added a lowlight just to the shadowed areas, like around her face and
around her shoulder. And last I came in and blended the line with a lighter tone,
and I used a little color lifting to get that blended, finished look. You can use
the Ivory marker to come in and blend on top of here, or if you use a light hand
you can use the Color Lifter, too. Here's my finished sample. This one's done in Ivory.
I colored my ballerina almost the exact same way. I started with one layer of the
Ivory color. Then I came in and added some highlights around her arms and hair.
And last, I came and blended with the color lifter to get that line softened.
Here's my finished sample. Now those samples were both done with very simple
one-toned blending. You'll get that shaded effect just by going over the same area
twice. I created a whole range of different tones by layering these colors
on, and even adding Smoky Slate or Crumb Cake in the light tones.
I also loved how it looked to bring in some light Pumpkin Pie or the dark Pink
Pirouette for those more peachy or rosy tones on your skin. As you start to blend,
the possibilities really are endless! I've never considered myself to be a
great artist, but the Stampin' Blends make me feel like I am. I can't emphasize
it enough, the more I play with these, the more
confident I get, and the more I want to try my next project. So I recommend that
you get these critical tools: The Color Lifter and the skin tones right away. To
place your order, go to stampinup.com or contact your demonstrator! Happy Blending!
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