Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home back up to heaven all alone

Today I met with my doctor who is leaving Toronto for South Africa in two days. She has monitored my pregnancy since the beginning till now and I hoped so much she would be with me in the hospital... Only three weeks left till the Day X when I had known about her leaving:( Now I have no idea who will be with me during the delivery (except my husband, haha). This is actually not the card but the envelope with the card inside (I don`t have a pic of it) with the small present (gift card).
I used stamp "Maisy Ketto", washi tape, pink lace from dollar store and a paper sticker. I coloured the stamp with watercolour pencils and gel pens (also I used Copic marker for skin tone). And after that I realized that I want better results and I need markers (watercolour pencils are too dull for me). So today I bought a set of 12 ShinHan Twin Touch markers. AND... I don`t like them! It seems to me I am doing something wrong but I can`t understand why they are not blending smoothly as in those videos which I watched on youtube. I was told (in the store) that I need special paper for markers (very smooth and transparent). Ok. I bought it (despite the fact that in youtube videos people use just regular paper, not transparent, obviously). But the brush strokes on that paper are just regular brush strokes! I cannot blend them in any way (even with the help of special blender). What do I do wrong??