Recently I saw a couple of good friends trying out the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers; recommendations from friends as well as liking the Zig products I currently have intrigued me and I indulged in a little shopping! If you want to see a couple of in depth reviews of these markers please pop over and see Jennifer McGuire and Sandy Allnock who enabled my little shopping spree :D While filling my shopping cart I thought this gorgeous Winnie & Walter In Bloom: Addie’s Garden set would work really well for a bit of watercoloring. So with new supplies in hand I set to. I stamped the large bloom in Versamark on watercolour card and White heat embossed. I also stamped the same image on masking paper, trimmed out and adhered over the top so that I could add some more of the images from the set. I continued in this vein until I had a little floral scene ready for colouring.

I used just four of the Zig Clean Color pens (22 Carmine Red, 40 Green, 50 Yellow and 31 Cobalt Blue all available in the 12 pen starter set); using plenty of water to dilute and mixing the colours too to create new colours. I started with a wash of water over the large flower and then dropped in Carmine Red into the areas which would be naturally shadowed. The colour spread through the water creating a light pink at the flower tips compared to the darker shadow colour. I repeated this process using Green for the leaves bottom left, mixing Green and Yellow for the sprig of leaves in the middle and for the flower on the left I mixed Carmine Red with the Yellow to give a peachy colour. Once dry I went around the images with a water wash and then dotted in touches of Cobalt Blue, blending out with more water as need until I had just a hint of colour for the background.

I must admit to loving these pens! The colours are gorgeous, the brush tip unique and the colours move beautifully. The colours I used today are quite vibrant but by using only a touch of colour and plenty of water I was still able to get the soft results I like. I’ve since gone and bought more colours and can see my collection of these growing over time LOL.

Once the watercoloring had dried I cut the piece with one of the Stitched Circle dies from Simon Says Stamp and mounted on panel of Fog card White heat embossed with the Tiny Alphabet Background. I used the Misti for this to make it easy to get a good impression first time with this large 6×6 stamp. To accent, I cut the Wishing die from Slate card and White heat embossed a sentiment from the coordinating Sending & Wishing set on Fog card, trimming into a banner shape and foam mounting. No card of mine is complete with out a little embellishment in the form of a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins :D

My conclusion? Well I’m happy to give these markers a home! Yes, there are lots of markers already out there that do a fabulous job but each is unique in its own way and personally I love these :D Don’t forget to check out Jennifer’s and Sandy’s reviews too :D

Supplies

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available affiliate links are used which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support towards the costs of running this blog.

Zig CLEAN COLOR 12 set Zig CLEAN COLOR 48 SET Zig CLEAN COLOR 60 SET Winnie and Walter IN BLOOM ADDIES GARDEN SSS TINY ALPHABET BACKGROUNDS SSS WISHING SENTIMENTS Set SSS SENDING AND WISHING SSS SENDING AND WISHING Die Set SSS WISHING Die SSS STITCHED CIRCLES Dies SSS FOG Card Stock SSS SLATE Card Versamark WATERMARK INK PAD SSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER PPP 4MM CHARCOAL Sequins PPP 4MM PINK PEONIES Sequins Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE We R Memory Keepers TWEEZER MISTI Stamping Tool EK Success POWDER TOOL Milwaukee Heat Tool

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