Hi crafters, it’s Lou Sims here today sharing a card using Day At Sea Celebration Frame Die set by Tonic Studios.

One of the things I love to do with my die cuts, is cut them out of white card & then colour them. The Nuvo range is just perfect for this task. The card I am sharing today has been cut in Craft Perfect watercolour card & coloured with Nuvo Aqua Flow pens.

MY PROJECT

Using the Day at Sea Celebration Frame, I have watercoloured each of the images with Nuvo Aqua Flow pens.

To make the watery sky background,  I used the outer die in the die set and watercolour paper and I applied colours also using Nuvo Aqua flows.

The lifebuoy card base was created with Tonic Studio’s circle layering dies. I also cut another circular frame from Craft Perfect Candy Red card, cutting this into smaller portions, mounting each with 3D foam pads.

The Lifebuoy has been finished with Nuvo Twine. I have then added the coloured frame to the lifebuoy base.

The compass images are also from the same die set. Again cut in white card & coloured with Obsidian Black aqua flow.

The sentiment has been layered on to a vellum mat to complete the card.

TOP TIP:

I have found that if I emboss the image into my card first, then colour, finally cutting the image out, you get a wonderfully crisp, coloured edge with no “puddling of colours” at the edges.

Do you have a favourite way to colour your Tonic Studios die cuts? Please share your ideas with us as we love to see what you all create.

Until next time,

Lou

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