FREE In The Country - Blender Pen Watercoloring

For my 10th of 52 FB lives in my Beginning Stamping Techniques Series, I taught the beginning watercoloring technique using a Blender Pen. I have used blender pens for nearly 20 years with happy results!

I used one of the FREE stamp sets in the January 5-February 28, 2023 Sale-a-bration Catalog called “IN THE COUNTRY”. This humble little stamp set has only two images, but when you are done with this easy technique, you may feel like your efforts will need to be framed and put on your wall! This stamp set is FREE when you purchase $50 or more from my store. Do you have a Sale-a-bration catalog? If not, reach out to me and I’ll send you one!

When using a Blender Pen for watercoloring, I like to use Shimmery White CS, as it holds up better and doesn’t dissolve or pill-up as easily as regular CS. For all but one card, I used a 3-1/2"x4-3/4" layer of Shimmery White CS, a 3-5/8"x4-7/8" layer of Mossy Meadow CS, and for the base, used a 4-1/4”x11” piece of Early Espresso CS, scored at 5-1/2” and folded in half.

This card is the easiest of the trio of cards, and used only Early Espresso Ink to achieve a “sepia” like or monochromatic image. This was the only card I did not use the Mossy Meadow layer.

With very little effort, you can make you image a little bolder in places as the blender pen bleads the ink where you want it to go. I can add a sentiment later or add anything I want on the inside of the card. Watch the video for my techniques.

I used my Mossy Meadow ink pad to ink the image, then before putting it on the Shimmery White CS, I used my Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to darken the lane and the wood fence posts right on the stamp.

I then came in with the blender pen to add the bolder areas in for the path, fence post and trees. The video shows how much your image will pop with the blender pen use.

For the last card, I used the Early Espresso Ink for the image, but this time used the Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 and used the Early Espresso for the track and fence, the Mossy Meadow for the trees, Daffodil Delight for the grass (think fall), and Bermuda Bay for the sky.

The blender pen just softened all the watercolor pencil marks, and though the Early Espresso ink bleeds in a little, it gave the image a fall look that really turned out lovely. More tips on the video below.

By purchasing the items I have listed above, you just earned yourself the FREE In The Country Stamp Set! Give this technique a try, I promise you will be happily surprised by the results!