A weekend at Oscars

LOL...Not The Oscars!  Oscars Door County Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Event!  My friend June and I went up to my cottage so that we could attend a coloring class sponsored by Oscars and taught by the Northwoods Stamp founders and creators Pat and Paul Niemuth.  We signed up for the Halloween Extravaganza.   Sooooo much fun!!!  We learned their glittering techniques and the bluish purple hue that surrounds all their finished stamped images.  So ridiculously easy with right products!  All images were stamped with black color box and embossed with a 50/50 blend of detail black and detail clear embossing powder.  They say it makes the black not so flat looking.  They also used their watercolor paper available on their web site and at Oscars. (see Northwoods post for links to both stores.)  All coloring was done with Tombow markers.  I personally have not found a better water color paper EVER.  I highly recommend it.  Though I shall say I usually only use Tombow markers and Tim Holtz markers.  I cannot guarantee the out come if you use other markers.  Some people who have Stampin up markers or Marvy may want to experiment and share a pack to see if those markers work as well on the paper.  I know I have used my markers on some regular smooth water color paper from the art section at Michael's and I cannot get the blending to work.  I instead end up with really sharp edges that just won't blend out.  Everyone has different experiences so it's kind of trial and error but Tombow definitely work on this paper.  Also they NEVER use a blending pen.  Only a brush and water.  Here are the 4 we did:

I wish the sparkle picked up in the photos but trust me they are sparkly!  I kind of wish now that June and I took some of the Christmas classes just for the fun of it.  It was such a treat meeting Pat and Paul!  Well that's all for now.  O need to gather up my other Halloween cards so I can show you the rest of our weekend.  Til then........

HAPPY CARDING!