Magic(al) Marker Techniques

I’m going to be really honest - this card took hours to make. I’ve had an image in my head that I’ve had to get on paper for quite a while, but never could figure out the implementation part.

I’ve had a frame on my desk for months. Ever since I saw the Thin Frame 3D die, I had to have it, and I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to use it on a project. This was the project! It was a little time-consuming, but it was so much fun to work in 3 dimensions.

I decided to use the Mini Flower Cluster die set for the flowers. Each cluster has 7 layers, and I wanted to have a different color on each layer. I started by cutting seven 3” strips from vellum paper, then seven more 3” strips from double-sided adhesive sheets. Each strip would fit through the Mini Blossom Die Cutter, and give me 3 images per strip.

I got out the Sunshine Valley Marker set and used the markers to color the backside of each vellum strip. After all the strips were colored, I spritzed each strip with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol reacts with the alcohol in the markers and gives it some texture. This goes against my nature since the results are unpredictable, but I went with it.

You can see the mottled look left by the alcohol spray.

For the sentiment, I used one of my favorite sayings which just happens to be in the Better Together 2 sentiment set. I stamped that onto a top-folding card, making sure it was centered in the frame. I glued the frame to the card, and all that was left is adding the flowers.

Because of the adhesive backing sheets, I was able to easily attach the clusters to the front of the frame and one underneath the frame.

I finished it off with some black dots, and walked away!

This one is going to sit on my worktable for a long time!

Thanks for following along!

Take care and be kind

XO

Suee