Friday, January 30, 2015

Mix-Ability - Raindrops and Puddle Jumps

Lydia's Mix-Ability challenge this week is a fun one - she has some steps for drawing water droplets, and the challenge is to incorporate them into a mixed media project. I had this background in my stash from an experimental day gone by, and I decided to use it for a rainy day card.


I *think* this was a piece done with Inktense blocks and Embossing Folder Monoprinting... but I've slept since then.

 From Millan.Net


Here are Lydia's steps, if you'd like to try this yourself:



  • Draw a circle with a pen.
  • Shade half of the circle a bit with the same pen.
  • Using the same pen, do some stippling below the shading on the inside of the droplet, as well as OUTSIDE the droplet opposite the shading.
  • Using a white gel pen, add a highlight to the top of the shaded part of the droplet as well as to the unshaded side of the inside of the droplet.



  • My focal image is a new release stamp called Puddle Jump - she's stamped in hybrid ink and then colored over with a Distress marker for a deeper black image. The sentiment is from my Warm Fuzzies clear set.


    Hope you'll come play along with us!
    Thanks for stopping by!

    9 comments:

    1. I love this and honestly thought your raindrops were 3D! What a brilliant technique. I'll check out the monoprinting tutorial a bit later. The colours on your card are perfect and 'Puddle Jump' is gorgeous.

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    2. Dina, your cards are beautiful! The raindrops look so very real, and the stamp is lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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    3. Cool technique! Thanks for sharing! This is a really graphically beautiful card.

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    4. wow, this looks fabulous. Love the raindrops and colors.

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    5. Such a beautiful card. The droplets add the perfect touch. Thank you for sharing the technique with us.

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    6. Oh wow Dina this card is a work of art! Thought the droplets were some kind of glass glued down, how wrong was I :-).

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    7. Really a beautiful stamp an card with great effects.
      Hugs Anja

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    8. Wonderful card! I looked and looked and looked at the waterdrops after reading your technique. They still look like liquid glass. I'm very impressed!!

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