| Chances are your craft room or child's play area has | | | | water. Taking your rubber stamp, cover the surface |
| a handful of colorful markers. Since markers are | | | | by gently tapping the stamp to the cellophane. Proceed |
| available in so many different colors and often come | | | | to stamp your project with this watercolor-crackled |
| packaged in coordinating shades, markers are the | | | | look! |
| perfect mediums to stretch your color options without | | | | 4. Embossing Powder Power! Gently dust a piece of |
| breaking the bank. Using markers with rubber stamps | | | | vellum with corn starch. Using embossing ink, stamp |
| is a perfect way to make classy paper craft projects | | | | the vellum and cover with your choice of embossing |
| and bright vibrant scrapbooking pages. Here are five | | | | powder. Using a heat tool, melt the embossing powder. |
| great tips for getting the most from your markers and | | | | Take a handful of similar colored markers and draw |
| rubber stamps and making marker magic. | | | | various sized triangles in a random pattern on the |
| 1. Mark up those ink jet transparencies! Using any ink | | | | reverse side of the stamped vellum. Color in the |
| jet transparency, ink the rubber stamp for your project | | | | triangles with the markers in a random color pattern. |
| with the desired marker color and stamp the print side | | | | Gently spray the surface with a light water mist and |
| of the transparency. The glue on the ink jet | | | | allow to dry. Using spray-on adhesive, lightly set the ink |
| transparency will bond the marker ink to the | | | | on the reverse side and cut out around the embossed |
| transparency film and will dry in a short period of time. | | | | image. Attach to your next project for an amazing |
| You can then cut around the stamped image and | | | | stained glass raised vellum embellishment! |
| mount on your project! | | | | 5. Shade These Threads! Markers are the perfect |
| 2. Color Metal! Using any silver brads, paper clips, or | | | | mediums for coloring in the non inked areas of a |
| any other silver metal embellishments, color the metal | | | | stamped fabric image. Simply start by stamping the |
| with the marker of choice. If you are using | | | | fabric with the desired color dye-based ink pad. Allow |
| water-based markers, bond the ink to the metal with a | | | | to dry. Using markers, color in all remaining areas |
| light mist of hair spray or acrylic spray-on glue and | | | | accordingly. To soften the marker lines, gently spray |
| allow to dry. This technique will allow you to make | | | | the fabric with water. You can dry the fabric with a |
| many different custom colored metal embellishments | | | | hair dryer or allow to dry in the air. Cut out your fabric |
| coordinated with your current project. | | | | and place on the desired project! |
| 3. Cellophane Crackle Color! Take a piece of clear | | | | Using these simple marker techniques is a fantastic |
| cellophane and lay it on a flat surface. Tape the edges | | | | way to gather a large variety of colors and |
| to hold the cellophane in one place. Using a watermark | | | | inexpensively fill in the color wheel areas for which you |
| stamp pad, stamp the surface of the cellophane the | | | | have no stamp pads. Markers are a wonderful solution |
| desired size according to the stamp you will be using. | | | | for vibrant colors on a wide variety of surfaces. Go |
| Using your markers, color the stamped cellophane, | | | | ahead, try those markers and stamps out today! |
| blending the colors with q-tips, brushes, or light mists of | | | | |