No Line Coloring with Kassi

Hi everyone! Jeannie, here, popping in again to introduce you to another new member of Inkon3's design team, Kassi! She's an amazing no-line colorist and if you haven't been seeing her projects on her blog or instagram, you really should be! You'll be inspired by her coloring (at least I know I am!)

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Hello InkOn3 friends! 

My name is Kassi, and I’m excited to be joining the Inkon3 design team!  

Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamps: InkOn3 Heels to You

Ink: InkOn3 Fadeout, Juicy Clear Embossing; Memento Rich Cocoa

Coloring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush

Flower- 230, 028, 067, 062

Leaves- 043, 046

Dies: LDRS Creative Scalloped Rectangle Frame

Other: InkOn3 Gold Rush embossing powder

  I absolutely love how this flower, and card turned out! It's so soft and elegant! 

But it didn't actually start out as a card...

This was originally just a warm up exercise... Not meant to be used for anything other than practice.

Doing ' warm up' exercises allow me to experiment and play with an image or technique without the normal pressure my perfectionism places on me. It gives me a chance to play with shadows and colors without worrying if I'm going to ruin the project.

I started by stamping the flower from Heels to You with Fadeout ink. 

 I then colored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers...To get a very soft flower, I kept a light hand with the markers and used a lot of water to create washes. 

After the flower was colored, I loved it so much I had to turn it into a full card!  

To give the lettering a more vintage feel, I stamped the sentiment in brown ink, then over-stamped it with the Juicy Clear Embossing ink. I then covered it with Gold Rush embossing powder, and flicked the paper a lot more than usual to knock off some of the powder from the letters. I then heat set it.. the result is this pitted gold lettering!

To create the gold layer, I rubbed the InkOn3 Juicy Clear Embossing ink across the edge of that paper,  then heat embossed using Gold Rush powder. It's such a pretty shiny gold!

See you soon!

~Kassi