Guest Artist: Stamped Watercolor with Marika Rahtu
Hello and welcome! One of my favorite things to do on my blog is to share the work of fellow cardmakers who I admire. Today I have a very special guest artist – Marika Rahtu – sharing how to elevate a simple stamped image using watercolor.
[All supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post. Affiliate links used. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]
Marika is from Finland and I am mesmerized by her videos. I’m impressed by how she takes limited supplies and turns them into masterpieces. I encourage you to visit her blog and YouTube channel. I am certain she will quickly become a favorite of yours, too.
On her card for today’s video, Marika started by “stamping” a Altenew Lacy Scrolls flower with a light Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen on watercolor paper. The image is not perfect or crisp but this does not matter – she is simply using it as a guide for her watercolor. Using just two Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and a bit of water, Marika “traced” the stamped image and created her own watercolor masterpiece. So beautiful! I like how she kept the rest of her card clean and simple to keep the focus on the stunning flowers. She added a bit of interested with irRESISTible Embellisher dots.
Thanks so much Marika for sharing your talents. I’m your biggest fan!
RELATED LINKS
Here are some links you may be interested in checking out…
- You can visit Marika’s blog HERE and her YouTube Channel HERE.
- To learn more about Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, check out THESE videos.
- For another idea using the same Altenew Lacy Scrolls Stamp Set set, click HERE.
SUPPLIES
Interested in the products Marika used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here. Guest artists are paid for their time and talent.) Click on the letters below each picture to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Ellen Hutson (EH), Amazon (AZ), etc.
