Promarker Backgrounds Tutorial

Hi all, I have another tutorial for you today using promarkers for backgrounds, through September I shall be doing weekly tutorials on backgrounds to give some idea of how easily they can be.

Promarkers, flexmarkers, copics and spectrum pens are alcohol based, you can find them on the shop here, or look out on facebook for offers here.  The idea came from having some Ranger alcoholic inks and their blending solution.  Problem is I don't have many colours which made me start thinking that maybe other alcoholic based mediums would work with the blending solution as well.   It is important to remember that being alcohol based they are highly flammable and very smelly so make sure your not near a naked flame and make sure you have a window open :-).

To start here is a picture of bits and bobs I shall be working with, I tend to add embossing or mica powder, hence why I use heat resistant acetate :-)

Next I would advise to have a practise.  Scribble the marker

onto the acetate, add some blending solution to some felt (I use a Ranger blending

tool but you could use some normal felt cut up, it does tend to leave bits sometimes

but just pick them up with twizzers), then all you have to do is dab onto the acetate,

to get lots of texture, dab, then leave a minute to dry, then go back and dab,

keep doing this until it starts to look like you want it.

 To start with I decided on some Christmas colours, I used promarker

Holly and Crimson. I scribbled on the acetate, then dabbed as I did on the practise.

I then went in with my second colour, always colour on spare paper after

application if your using two colours so you don't stain your nib.

As you can see I still have gaps between each colour, this is when I start

to go over the colours I have already done to help blending (picture next)

It is very important at this point to keep scribbling your nib onto some paper

to make sure it's clean.

This is where you can keep working at it to get more blobbing

as in the close up below

I really love the mottled effect it leaves :-)

I have then covered the acetate in versamark and added 

holographic embossing powder to give some sparkle

As you can see lots of sparkle, I did try stamping a bauble before

covering with the embossing powder but I didn't like the effect

so I got rid of it, you can just about see it in this picture lol

 Starting again with a different colour, I used promarkers purple

and aubergine for the below picture, same technique.

This time I swiped versamark over an embossing folder then embossed 

through my big shot, after I embossed with a purple embossing powder.

Can you see what a great effect it has, you can even die cut after.

A close up picture :-)

 Same again start with the same dabbing, I used promarker true blue and

royal blue.  This time I then dripped some blending solution on the

acetate, as you can see it makes huge dots, how cool is that (sorry I easily please lol).

I then went over again with my colours making sure I cleaned my nib straight away

by colouring on the paper.

This time I added pools of sparkly embossing powder, heat set, then

stamped in versamark and covered with some mica powder

(I used cosmic shimmer tropic blue).

Not a very good picture I'm afraid, it was so hard taking

pics of acetate lol.  But you can see the overall effect, below is a close up.

Look at all the sparkle, I also think I used some light blue

embossing powder in places as well by the looks of it!!!

For the next background I used promarkers spice and burnt orange, then

after I stamped a swirl (squiggly minis 8) all around the edge with versamark, then covered with

cosmic shimmer autumn lustre embossing powder.

I next stamped with versamark in the middle and used cosmic shimmer lava

red.  I actually made a card to show you this background but

slightly changed the middle (later on), the stamp I used was squiggly minis 11,

Lisa sells loads of paperartsy which can be found here.

Again started with a basic background of promarker hot pink

and carmine.  I then did the archival resist technique, where I inked up

a stamp (I used paperartsy squiggly minis 7 and 15) with archival jet black,

then I stamped on top of the acetate, I then straight away wiped off

the ink with a DRY kitchen towel (goodness knows why dry but the wet wipe

made a real big mess!!!).  Wow isn't that impressive, you can

really see the words, I really love the impact.  This actually is the first time I have

done it, why I remember it goodness knows lol.

 

Again chucked some embossing powder on.

And how cool is this, it would make a brilliant background.

And a close up picture.

Here is a simple card I made with the orange background

we made, I decided I wanted the centre piece raised so I versamarked

up a square, and used the autumn lustre, I then inked up my stamp with

versamark and stamped the hot square (must do when hot) then left

to cool. as this is not an ultra thick embossing powder you don't get a deep impression

and can sometimes see the card, but this didn't bother me as I was putting 

the mica powder over it.

This tag is the very first time I used the promarker background, 

of course, it does seem like we spend alot of time on our backgrounds

to then cover them up, but if you look closely as the close up picture

you can really see the texture underneath which looks like water and

in real life it does look a rather cool effect.

The stamp I used was Clarity Stamp Mermaid :-)

Right that's it from me, I shall be back next week with another background tutorial :-).  Thank you for visiting.  Kerry :-)