When I received several of my mom's Prismacolor pencils, I decided I would dig through my collection and pull out my "good" pencils. I had been keeping them in a baggie, but that was noisy and because they are all different heights, it was hard to find the right one without dumping the whole bag out each time. Plus, I wanted to be able to color in the car on our trip to FL. This really worked well! Here are some WIP photos of my coloring.
One of my mom's most beautiful Penny Black stamps, colored softly in my lap in the car. I stamped in Antique Linen for a no line effect.
It's hard for me to color without wanting to grunge my project up. For this month's Power Poppy challenge, I created this card with a Distress Ink watercolor resist background, then used colored pencils to go in and add different colors to the petals of the various flowers. What a funky background!
I decided to try the inlaid die technique, and have to say I don't know how these CAS girls do it! I must not have mounted my border on straight, because the inlay didn't fit perfectly. :( I stamped a herringbone background and cut with a Tim Holtz label and mounted a TH butterfly die over the label. The sentiment is part of a coffee cup stamp, but I had cut it off and mounted it to the side of that stamp to make it more versatile. A second cut of vellum helps the butterfly stand out more. Not my best card ever, but it was fun to try something out of my element.
So what has you excited on the market and what are you buying or saving for this week? And are you trying any new techniques or different styles just for the heck of it? Do share! >>> big hugs to you <<<
See you tomorrow for the start of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! :)
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