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Flower Contest Wrap-Up

Posted on June 6, 2016June 9, 2016 by MarkerSupply

The month of May has come to a close and so has our “April Showers Bring May Flowers” contest. Thanks to everyone who submitted their flowery artwork!! We have some awesome artists out there!! Congratulations to Marcella in Louisiana, who was our randomly chosen Grand Marker Prize Winner! We hope ALL of you will enjoy getting your free marker gifts. Stay tuned for our next Marker Supply contest! SOME MORE OF OUR FLOWERY MARKER PROJECTS FROM LAST MONTH: Pebeo Vitrea Markers- specially designed to paint on glass! ……………………………………………………………….. Grab an old canvas painting/photo and use it like a coloring book! Make your new “paint-over” image stand out with metallic or fluorescent colors! ……………………………………………………………….. Making some flower collages on cloth books and bags with the Zig Decoupage Glue Marker: formulated to work well on fabric surfaces! ……………………………………………………………….. Using the Zig Kurecolor Refill Inks for shaving cream marbling to try and make a Marigold garden …

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Contest: “April Showers Bring May Flowers”

Posted on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 by MarkerSupply

The month of April is over and, as they say, those springtime showers have started to bring us flowers!! Flowers are such a widely used element in MANY forms of art. Some artistic styles and even colors were created because of an artist’s joy in drawing & painting floral scenes. So we have another fun contest for you as we celebrate flowers through the month of May!! Just send us a photo of your flower artwork and tell us which markers you used to make it. It can be a finished flowery page from a coloring book, something that’s bloomed in your own sketchbook from markers or pencils, watercolor-style botanicals, floral fabric art, or even a decorated flower pot! You can post it to one of our social media pages, or email a photo to us! And for the best part- every entry gets a free marker gift AND gets …

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Spring time crafts!!

Posted on March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 by MarkerSupply

Happy Spring everyone! This beautiful time of year has plenty of holidays where more marker-made crafts can be fun to give AND to make! Here are a few of the projects happening at Markerland this week: TIE-DYE FLOWERS! Another version of the up-and-coming art of Sharpie Tie-Dye! Growing in its popularity among fabric crafts, this neat effect using regular Sharpie markers and rubbing alcohol can turn old fabric flowers into a colorful new bouquet! The next time white flowers are all you can find- try this! Take 2 or 3 sharpies of complementary colors. Scribble around a little on each flower petal. A little ink will go a long way, so you don’t have to color in all the white space. Then using a dropper or spray bottle, apply some rubbing alcohol to the colored petals. Watch the ink begin to immediately spread around! The full effect will happen within …

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