Julie Nutting Watercolor Pencils Technique Duo Tag "Andara" & "Camille"

I was excited to be able to squeeze into a Julie Nutting technique class at the last minute taught by THE Julie Nutting herself.  Obviously, I've been bitten by the bug and just adore these doll stamps.  I love the ethereal artsy fartsy look of her coloring style, so wanted to get out of my box to learn something new.

Here's sweet Andara as we were just getting started. I learned that:

1. I had to let the watercolor pencils dry before going at it with the white sharpie pen to add the light highlighting details else the white shapie paint would muddle and get diluted by the dampness. 
2. I learned my preference to blend / add color by putting color down outside of my doll parts area (on the patterned paper) and picking up the color with my water barrel pen to apply a new color layer.
3. I learned my preference in controlling how wet the tip of my water barrel pen brush to affect color blending. 
4. I learned the difference of coloring paper directly with pencil strokes before and after applying water to blend. 
5. I learned to layer watercolor pencil applications while blending.   

Here's sweet Andara all dressed up with the lovely Belle Vie patterned papers, Prima flowers and exquisite Tonic umbrella die.   

And here's her companion Camille adorned with a Tonic butterfly die. Julie had some tiny pink sequins that were just the perfect accent to her full skirt.  

I couldn't help squealing in class "THIS IS SOO SOO PRETTY!!" every 5 seconds that I was working on these tags.  Both of the girls were edged with ink for dimension before they were pop dotted onto the embellished tags.  The only item that was paper pieced was their bonnet hats that came from the "Gina" doll set. 

This was my first time accenting with White Sharpie pen so my strokes are visibly tentative and sloppy. I'm eager to get better with practice. 

I think I'm hooked on these Julie Nutting dolls.  I bought a set of skin color watercolor pencils today to join my other 2-3 sets of watercoloring pencils I already have from SU and other manufacturers I don't remember.  If my lss had the other sets, I probably would have bought them too. I held off on purchasing new dolls....for now....because I already have 2 of the dolls in my stamp collection. 

I had so much fun today! 

  


"Camille & Andara"  Doll Tags
Paper: Julie Nutting Belle vie; Bazzil Black 
Stamps: Prima Julie Nutting "Andara," "Camille" & " Gina" Doll Stamps
Ink: Unknown Black Pigment Ink; Sakura Souffle Black Pen; Sharpie White Fine Tip Marker; Prima Chalk Edgers Dark Rust
Embellishments: Julie Nutting Hair & Skin Watercolor Pencils, Julie Nutting The Basics Watercolor Pencils; Tonic Butterfly and Umbrella Dies;  Prima flowers
Designed & Kitted By: Julie Nutting 

Julie Nutting "Love, Jaclyn" Glittery Valentine

Thank goodness I took a moment to open up my email to see this adorable card designed by my lss' owner Nothy and her employee Janet.  Gosh! An lss that's still open and it's just located about 2 freeway exits from my parent's house.  Scraparazzi in Whittier, CA feature these doll stamps in their Julie Nutting Doll of the Month kit classes.

I wish I lived / worked closer to be able to join in monthly, but glad I was able to snag this kit during a recent crop I attended.

Coloring her hair with Winka Stella, her shoes with Souffle Black Pen, tucking piece of lace on the edge of her dress, and paper piecing / pop dotting her clothing are all the designs of Nothy & Janet of Scraparrazi.  I just fussy cut and glued this together. 

When I got to the part of coloring Jaclyn's hair, I finally got to try and discover Winka Stella brush pens. Yes, I've been living under a rock. I used the glitter brown for her hair. Loved it!




So I splurged on a few pens. Felt good to support a lss; Store owner, Nothy, is a hoot and sweetheart!

Thanks Nothy and Janet for a super cute card kit! You just reminded me that I fell in love with these Julie Notting doll stamps when they first came out a few years ago.  I have a couple in my stash that haven't seen the light of day yet.

NOTE: When I was gluing the lace under the skirt, I got excess glue on the front. Sigh! So, that's why I put the huge red heart on top of the lower skirt to hide my messed up skirt patterned paper that peeled off when I removed it from my work surface. I really do need to clean up after myself better between each step.   I'm not a fan of my lower red heart placement otherwise.

Thanks for visiting!



  


"Love Jaclyn"  
Paper: Unknown
Stamps: Prima Julie Nutting "Jaclyn" Doll Stamp
Ink: Unknown Black Pigment Ink; Color Box Chalk Chestnut Brown; Winka Stella Glitter Gold Brush Pen; Sakura Souffle Black Pen
Embellishments: Heart Rhinestone; Unknown Heart & Sentiment Die Cuts (Possibly Cricut or Silhouette Cameo)
Designed & Kitted By: Nothy & Janet of Scraparrazi Scrapbook Store in Whittier, CA