I had a reply from Barbara Gray as I was having exactly the same problem. She said it's because the pens are quite 'juicy' so to dab a bit on some scrap paper first and then go onto the shiny card. I have to say I've only had a quick try but so far it's not made a great difference. I noticed that on the telly she doesn't seem to blot her pens so I'm not sure really. You can try though and let me know if you have more success than me.

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