Prismacolor Penoy

     My card today is another I made using my Prismacolor pencils. I've really enjoyed playing with them and have made several others that I will share in the future.
     I put together to stamp companies to create this card. the first being Stampendous. My friend Lynda came over to stamp with me and brought along some new stamps. This one is called Cling Fresh Peony,  Stampendous Cling Fresh Peony-Amazon, and Altenew's new dotted washi tape, Altenew- Dotted Washi Tape and Thank you from Flower arrangement die set, Altenew-Flower-arrangement-die-set,.

Other supplies used:
Prismacolor Premier soft core pencils
Michaels Black glitter washi tape
Recollections White 65# cardstock
Recollections Black  65# cardstock
MFBGOLD-1212-1 gold mirror cardstock
3M Dimensional tape
Sharpie fine tip pen black
Zig glue pen
     I colored the Peony and then traced all the lines of the flower to make then more defined, I did the same with the leaves.
     The background was very simple, I just layered the Washi tape over a piece of cardstock, smoothed it down, and trimmed the edges. Then I added the black glitter washi tape. For the Thank you I cut one in Gold and 5 in white, and using my Zig glue pen, glued them all together.  I needed the sentiment to be the same height as the flower.
     I used dimension tape and some glue to adhere the flower to the background. I needed the glue because the finish on the washi tape doesn't allow the dimensional tape to stick well, but a little white glue and it's perfect. 
 I will be entering this card in these challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches #329
Power Poppy-Inspired by Fabric
Card Concept #89-Spring has Sprung  (I used the Yellow from the inspiration photo)
Thank you for stopping by.
Have a wonderfully crafty day!
God Bless,
Karen
    

Coneflowers and colored pencils

     I'm kind of a novice when it comes to colored pencils so, I asked my friend Lynda for a quick lesson. She was more than happy to oblige and I am so thankful to her, I learned so much. 
     My card today is the result of that lesson and I totally Love it! I hope you do too.

Supplies used:

Stampendous Cling Coneflower #CRS5104

Prismacolor colored pencils

Sizzix Thinlets dies #660220 (corner)

Altenew Blooming Bouquet (little dots)

Pretty Pink Posh clear dew drops

Sharpie fine black pen

Neenah bright white cardstock

Recollections burnt orange cardstock

Fiskars clear stamps #03-008261( Thinking of you)

Clarity brushes

Distress ink ( Squeezed Bundled Sage) 

     After receiving some great tips and tricks on coloring and blending I created these blossoms and just had to use them on a card. I also created several more for my stash. 

     I laid out my flowers and leaves on my paper and then used a piece of Glade Press-n-Seal to hold it together and added my adhesives to it. This made it so easy to get it back just how I wanted it, giving the flowers lots of dimension. I used the Clarity brushes to go around the edges with just a hint of yellow and stamped the dots in the two greens then added the dew drops. I adhered it flat to my Burnt Orange card and it was done. 

     This is the first card I've made with my colored pencils, but defiantly not my last.

I will be entering this card in:

The Flower Challenge-Anything Goes

Power Poppy-Inspired by Fabric

            
Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful , crafty day!
God Bless,
Karen

The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge-(Days 4&5)

Hi All,

      Had some difficulty linking my project to Kathy's blog, but I finally figured it out. I guest when I read the first blog I forgot that all Links are to the first 30 Day challenge blog. I did post them on the 30 Day challenge Facebook page, but now that I know where I'm going I will be posting through my blog post.

       So (Day 4) was a Penny Black slapstick/cling and my Altenew markers. I haven't used the markers much yet but after watching several YouTube videos I went to work coloring this beautiful stamp. When I got done I decided to fussy cut it out, I love to fussy cut, and pop it up on a spellbinders A2 card creator die. I was very happy with the result.

Products used:

Penny Black #40-428 scented beauty

Altenew markers set A

Spellbinders Card Creator #S5-218 for A2 card

     For (Day 5) I went back to my Prismacolor pencils to see if the card I created with them on day 3 was a fluke. LOL. I used another Penny Black stamp and went to work. This one, I got for Christmas from my Hubby and I just love it. It has several different flowers and leaves so I could use lots of color, I was very excited to see how I would do.

     After I finished coloring it I went back and used my black pencil, very sharp tip, and  outlined the leaves and some of the flowers, this made everything pop and I love it.

I then added a few extra touches. I used my Tim Holtz brick stencil and some distress in to create a wall in the background and a sentiment from Penny Black. I used foam to pop the whole thing up on the card.

Products used:

Penny Black #40-466 Flower cascade

Penny Black #30-105 gratitude

Prismacolor soft core colored pencils

Tim Holtz Brick Stencil #THS038

Ranger distress ink

Ranger Archival ink

I will be linking these cards to: The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge (Day 1)

Thanks for stopping by.

God Bless,

Karen

 

Prismacolor pencils #The Daily Marker 30 Day

Hello,
      Well here it is day 3 in, The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. I got a set of 132 Prismacolor soft core colored pencils for Christmas, from my wonderful hubby, and to tell you the truth I was having a little trouble getting used to them. Water coloring is my go to, but I really wanted to expand my knowledge and do something different.  So, I watched some YouTube videos on Prismacolor pencils,
I saw several different ways to use these pencils and picked the one that I thought would work best for me. Then I got to work. For a first try I think I did well.
      I used 3 shades of red and 3 shades of green and a black. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out and I will definitely be working with my pencils again soon.
       After I colored the image I fussy cut it out and using my Xyron I adhered them to another piece of card that I had stamped my sentiment and the outline of the flower, I used Distress ink to shade and popped it up with some foam on a gray card.

Products used:
Penny Black divine #40-372 and heartfelt #30-286
Prismacolor soft core colored pencils
Ranger Distress ink
Ranger Archival ink
I will be linking this card to:The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge
Thanks for stopping by.
God Bless,
Karen

I Love You More

Hi all,
      Well Valentines Day is just around the corner and I find that I don't have many valentine stamps.
I searched through my stash and found these cute little Owls and a sentiment stamp from Impression Obsession that did nicely. Hope You Like it.

     I stamped the owls in brown Archival ink, masked them, then stamped the branch. I used a piece of vellum over it to position the branch. I had to stamp and move it a couple of times to get it right. (The vellum was placed over the image and then stamped until I was able to get the branch in just the right place). Then I positioned the sentiment stamp and stamped it in Archival black. I used my Prismacolor pencils to color the owls, and distress ink for the branch. Then a little edge of Tumbled Glass around the branch and Owls. Then using a Red Gelly Roll sparkle pen I wrote Happy-Valentines-Day-Be-Mine around the edge. I Matted in Red and attached to a white card.


Products used: Impression Obsession stamps- (Owls-E7760) and Sentiment (C14534-More Today)
                         Ranger Archival ink (black and brown)
                         Prismacolor soft core colored pencils
                         Canson watercolor paper
                         Gelly Roll sparkle pen (red)
                         Canson cardstock (red and White)
I will be entering this card in: Impression Obsession challenge(love is in the air)
Thanks for stopping by.
Happy crafting!
God Bless,
Karen