I absolutely love colouring with alcohol
markers. I love how easy it is to shade and highlight an image. I selected
these adorable cupcakes from The Crafty Witches to demonstrate how lovely alcohol ink is
and it doesn't matter what alcohol marker is that you use. The digital stamp
that I selected is the Cupcake Feast Trio. I often hear people say that they are afraid
to use their alcohol markers or that they do not know which one to buy. My
suggestion is to buy the ones that fit your budget. I do not have a full set
of any one brand, but I have a few from Spectrum Noir and Spectrum Noir Illustrators,
Copics, and Dick Blick markers. I love brush markers, but not all of mine have
a brush nib. You can use your markers interchangeably. For these cupcakes I
used one brand for each cupcake. I wanted you to see that the brand really
doesn't matter as much as you think.
The purple and pink cupcake wrappers are
coloured with Spectrum Noirs. I have Illustrators and Classiques. I use them
interchangeably. The icing and cherries for these cupcakes are also coloured
with Spectrum Noir markers. I think that they are wonderful.
The two green cupcakes are coloured with
Promarkers. Again, I used Promarkers for the icing, cake and cherries. The ink
blends so well. I love them.
I used my Dick Blick markers on the yellow
cupcake. I used light brown and dark brown for the icing and a lighter green
for the icing near the cherry.
Lastly, I used Copics on the blue cupcake. I
used a brown Copic for the icing and reds for the straw. Copics are the most
expensive and they do blend really well, but you can use any of the brands. The
point is to colour and have fun.
Looking at the cherries, which were all coloured
with different markers, do you really see a big difference?
I plan to make cards with all these lovely
cupcakes and will post them soon. I am pleased to announce that I am a DT for the Crafty Witches and will be posting lots of cute cards.
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