stamping lightly: Coloring for Grown Ups {Waffle Flower Crafts}

or how I spent my Friday night... :)

Hello friends,

Recently, I was sent a set of Tombow markers (more on that later this week) and I decided to try my hand a some therapeutic coloring using Waffle Flower Craft's Doily Circle Die. Coloring books for grown ups are officially a thing and all the fine details and nooks and crannies of the doily circle die provide a perfect backdrop for some coloring techniques.

First, I die cut the doily onto white card stock. Since the doily circle die is so intricate, I typically use a metal shim to cut through all the pieces of the die. But since I wanted the emboss the doily shape only, I ran the die through my die cut machine without the shim just enough to cut the outer shape. I used washi tape to secure a couple of inner pieces that were cut through.

The markers come with a colorless blender pen enabling a watercolor look with no water. I scribbled the marker pigment onto a plastic palette and used the colorless blender to pick up the color and add it to the doily.

I continued added color in ROYGBIV order to the center of the doily, but saving the outer edger red for last. I adhered the colored doily to a green note card and added a yellow button to the center of the doily. I die cut Congrats using the Congrats die from black card stock and adhered it to the card.