Jennifer McGuire
Hello!
I am so excited to be posting for the first time on the Paper Crafts Connection blog. I love the inspiration shared here and I am honored to be a part of it.
Now, on to some crafting…
Did you know today is Dare Day?
I thought I would take the opportunity to dare all of you to try one of my favorite stamping techniques:
Stamping with markers
Stamping with markers is quite simple and can give great results.
To create these multi-colored flowers, I colored directly onto the rubber of the Hero Arts Wildflower stamp. You can use almost any brand of regular markers, but I love the quality of the Stamper’s Big Brush Pens from Design Memory Craft. Before stamping the flower, I gave it four fine mists of water from one foot above with my Mini Mister from Ranger. Misting the stamp allows the ink on the stamp to blend, giving a watercolored look that I love. You can completely change the look of the stamped image by changing the amount you mist the stamp.
Stamping with markers is like riding a bike: once you practice it a bit, you will always love it. If part of the image doesn’t stamp well, don’t worry! Just scribble the marker on a piece of plastic and pick up some color with a wet brush. You can paint the image in! Problem solved.
I then finished off the stamped piece by stamping over it with the Hero Arts Magical Background and a Studio AE by Technique Tuesday message.
And how about a fun giveaway? Just leave a comment here for your chance to win four Hero Arts Cling Stamps, two Studio AE by Technique Tuesday clear sets and a set of twelve Big Brush Markers from Design Memory Craft for Faber-Castell. This is everything you need to have some fun stamping with markers. And, we can’t just pick one winner, so we will pick TWO! All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Thursday, June 2.
Now it is time to grab your markers and get stamping. You have been dared!
Hugs,
Jennifer McGuire,
Paper Crafts Go-to Gal
P.S. Want to see some more ideas for stamping with markers? Head over to my blog and I’ll show you a few more projects!
I would Love, love, love to win the big brush markers and stamps….loved this technique too. Thanks for the chance to win
Love the vibrant colors with the Big Brush Markers!! Would love to try them out myself!!
Jen, I just love the clean lines on your cards. Beautiful photography, really make the cards look so crisp and clear, you inspire us to vision beauty with those designs. Thanks so much for sharing your creative talent with all of us.
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This is a great technique. Thank you for sharing!
Fab stamps, fab colours! I’m very sure the giveaway wants to come and live at my house!! Thanks for the inspiration.
Morning! Love all you do and would love to win all of these fun creative toys! Thanks! Have a sunny dau and keep smiling…………
OMG. Wonderful cards and a wonderful giveaway. Would love to play with these stamps and markers. Please Please Please pick me.
I hope this is my LUCKY DAY…would love to use all the goodies.
What a great idea, i’d love to give this a go! They look beautiful!
Jennifer your cards are joyfull and colorfull like always!
…and you are a great teacher too…I know it!
I love these cards. I love the idea of markers. I would love to win these.
I love the techniques that you teach and thank you for the chance to win..
Love the technique and would love to win the markers. Thanks for the chance to win and the inspiration!!
I love your blog and check it regularily for inspiration and to learn new techniques.
Thanks for the chance to win all these lovely goodies!
I always love learning new methods of stamping, and I definitely love the watercolor look! Can’t wait!
Beautiful cards. I love your style, Jennifer. What a great prize. I’d love to win it.
Wow what agiveway. Would love to get my inky hands on this! LOL
WOW!!!! These are incredibly gorgeous! Love using markers in stamping and would love to win this fabulous prize! Those big brush markers have been calling my name since the first time I saw them used in a video, they look incredible!
Love the stamps and would love to try the markers! thanks for the chance to win. great giveaway.
I LOVE your card!!! Wishing today will be my lucky day, as I would just LVOE to create with these BIG BRUSHES!
The flower cards are really beautiful. These markers look like they would be a lot of fun to play with….hope I win
Thank you Jennifer for sharing this great technique. I would like to try these markers.
Wow, what a fun giveaway! I have some markers for stamping from long ago, but I would enjoy these new, brighter colors. I love the stamps you are giving away; what fun I could have with them!
What an amazing giveaway! The cards are stunning!!
Thanks for the chance to win these great prizes.
I would love to have the chance to try the Big Brush Markers. Great gift set. Love IT!!!
I am glad I found this awesome giveaway. I love everything you do, Jennifer. You have such talent, thanks for sharing it with us.
Wow, so this is a very popular prize!!! Jennifer, as I said on your blog, I love this technique!! Misting is great, I usually do it ‘after’ I colour, but will try the other way around tonight! Just got two new Hero Arts stamps yesterday so am itching to try them out!!! Thanks for introducing me to ‘Technique Tuesday’! I LOVE their stamp sets…have to check out the budget and hopefully become a member:)
What a prize! I just got a few Stampin’ Write markers and have tried and LOVED stamping with markers! Winning this would make my year since I love this technique SO MUCH!
Thanks for sharing!
This looks like a fantastic prize package! I haven’t used markers to stamp in awhile, but the markers shown here look like the perfect ones to use! Thanks for sharing!
What a great giveaway!! I have been wanting to try out these markers but having seen them in stores near me yet. This is such a great technique as well. Thanks so much for offering this prize!
I love everything Jennifer McGuire does! She is so talented and makes everything appear so simple and easy to do. I am a fan of Hero Arts Stamps because of her and would love these markers now! Thanks!
What a FABULOUS giveaway! I love to use my markers when stamping…gives you many more options of color and ink! The perfect way to match up paper and ink! Thanks for the chance!
What a great package…would love to win this one. I have done some projects with markers and enjoy the variety of colors it allows me to use. A lot of times I don’t have just the right color ink pad and using markers fills that void. Really like the refreshing, uncluttered look of the finished project.
Thanks for your clear instructions – this will be fun to try!
Neat giveaway. I always forget to use my markers with stamping–thanks for reminding me and for the great tips. I love the simplicity of the cards.
What darling cards! I haven’t tried stamping with markers, but it sure looks like fun. Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize package!
Wow. What a great way to color a stamp. I’ve seen this technique used in Stampin’ Up demonstrations but the cost ruled me out. Not that I’ve seen these markers in Australia! What a great prize to win.
It would be a dream come true to win all this great stuff! Thanks for the chance.
I’ve stamped with markers in the past, but like other great techniques, I sometimes forget about it! Thanks for the reminder and the great projects to inspire me.
Thanks for sharing such a great technique. Love the card you made; by changing the sentiment it can be used for so many occasions. Wow! What a generous giveaway — thanks for the chance to win…………..
Wow, you know, I have been stamping since the 90′s and this was one of the first techniques I learned. I always loved it but it’s been forever since I used it! Way to revive a great technique Jennifer!!!
Love the marker technique! Hero Arts has the best stamps. Thanks for sharing the fabulous cards!
I’ve been wanting to try out the big brush markers for quite some time. Thanks for a chane to win some =)
Great inspiration with your examples…love these marker techniques!
Oh, this looks like so much fun Jennifer. I will get out my markers and start trying. Thanks for the tip of coloring with markers. It looks so easy.
this is one of my fav techs, one i learned early and return to often. always wonderful looks. these look like wonderful markers. would love to have them. and who doesn’t need more Hero Artts??
Wow, really love the markers…Hope to try them out.
Awesome techniques and giveaways. As always, thanks for sharing!
Oh my Lordy!!! I’ve been a fan of Jennifer’s for a while now – and watching her use these {specific} supplies is so inspiring!!! I haven’t seen them in any of my local craft stores
and I’ve been on a really tight budget this year (pay cuts @ my hubby’s job & no raises in a few years will do that to ya) – winning some would be amazing!!! Thanks so much for the chance to win!!!