Hello! Today I am excited to be joining Newton’s Nook for day 2 of their September release week. They have released an awesome new stamp set called Touchdown Tails today! I just love all of the animals dressed up in their uniforms ready for the football season.
I am also going to be using the Zig Clean Color Pens without water and give you a close in depth look at how to blend them. I will be providing many tips along the way!
To create this I used Canson watercolor card stock, the paper is very important if you want these pens to blend well. I colored in the image using many different shades of each color and blending them out. You can also use the Clean Color Pens with water, but if you want a very vibrant color you should blend them without.
I white heat embossed a “happy birthday” sentiment on a banner and popped it up with foam tape. I also used some white gel pen and Glossy Accents to add some detail and dimension to the background.
This stamp set will be available on September 25.
Enjoy the video!
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What a lovely background you made with those pens!
Super FAB card Simon – just adore your colouring. I really like how you added the white pen and gloss for texture. You always manage to go that one step further and I LUV your creations 🙂 Thanks for the Tips. 😀
Hugz
IKE xxxx
LOVE! perfect and amazing watercoloring!
Super cute card. Great idea on not using water, you achieved a glorious background and lots of texture.
Super cute card – I love this stamp set. So perfect for the sports loving guys in my life. Your blog is awesome – can’t believe you are 13!!!! WELL DONE!
You make magic with those pens! I had them, couldn’t get them to work for me, so I sold them. Now I am wondering if that was a bad idea. This card is gorgeous.
You are just AWESOMEsauce 🙂 So young and talented! Beautifully watercolored – the colors literally pop off the screen. Fabulous work, looks like you had fun with this one, too! 🙂 TFS!
Clean and simple and so pretty.
Love the watercolor background.
thanks for sharing a great card.
Love your scene Simon! You colored so beautifully with those markers!:)
Cute football bear–I like your coloring.
Love your card! Fabulous video showing enthusiasm, great tips, and skill!
Darling card, Simon! LOVE your coloring ♥
Terrific card! So glad you could join us for the release! You are so lucky to have some of those Zig pens – I am saving up! 😉 ~ Meredith
Super cute card and awesome water coloring! 🙂
What a fantastic card Simon! You are extremely talented and I thoroughly enjoyed your video! You can be sure as soon as I have time I’ll be watch every one of them!
Another great card. Great video. Keep up the good work.
Fabulous card and your watercoloring is great- thanks for the video and tips along the way – great job all around
Simon, thanks for the informative video! I’ve been looking at the Zig brushes for a while now but do not have any. Your video made me want them even more! I love your card! This is a great stamp set, and in Montana where I’m from, our state rivals are the Grizzlies and the Bobcats! So, this is the perfect set for me! Thanks for the inspiration!
Fabulous card and your watercoloring is great-Love your scene
Adorable. What a great idea using the Watercolor brush pens. I love those!
Looove this stamp set. It is one of my favs. You did an awesome job coloring with the zigs. Love your design.
This is a great video! I love how you shared your coloring process with us! The card turned out so great! I love the watercolor effect and the little details with the white gel and glossy accents! Thanks for the awesome tutorial today and for being our guest at Newton’s Nook Designs!
WOW fabulous card! love your coloring work. Well done!
AWESOME Card!! I LOVE the Colors and the Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Cute card! This is a fun stamp set! Congrats on being a guest designer!
Fabulous card! Love the little white dot details, they are the perfect finishing touch!
He is cute!!! Love how you colored your scene. TFS
This is great!!!!! LOVE your card!
Great card! Congrats on being a guest designer!
Watch out, Tim Holtz …. here comes another guy crafter that is awesome!
Wow what an awesome card! I like the way you went with the vibrant colors on this one . Using the white dots and glossy dots helps to keep the jersey from getting lost in the BG sky. Thanks for showing how you can get intense saturated colors from these wonderful pens.
I adore this site – its so usefull and helpfull.|