Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Who Loves to Color!

I know I love to color! Whether its with inks and stencil brushes, COPICs, Pastel Pencils, Gelatos, Watercolor pencils, Chameleons, you name it, I can find a way to use those colors!  This week the Stampendous Design team has the privilege of working with various products from Faber-Castell - Design Memory Craft division!

Our team will be showcasing the Art Grip Aquarelles Watercolor Pencils, the PITT Pastel Pencils, and our very special guest Nathalie Kalbach will be featuring the Gelatos! There will be guest-starring roles by the PITT Artist Pens for doodling and drawing!
Wait until you see the colorful inspiration we have for you this week! We’ll be Blogging in Color!

PRIZES


3 Lucky Winners this week will get three sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 Stampendous reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT- Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time!! One Australian Fan will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste. Wow!!

Here's what I created for you today:


This was done using the Stampendous Cling Jumbo Lovely Garden (CRS5066) and Die Cut set (DCS5066). I stamped the flowers and leaves on watercolor paper with Archival Jet Black ink. If your stamping isn't perfect, that's ok, use a Black brush nib Essential PITT Artist Pen from Faber-Castell to correct any lines. Next I used the wonderful Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils from Faber-Castell to color my flowers and leaves. It's hard to notice in the picture, but on the leaves I did a little shading around the edges with a gray PITT Artist Pen. Cut everything out with the matching dies, finish off the edges and create a beautiful card for a friend with all the pieces! The saying is from the Thoughtful Wishes set (SSC1158) from Stampendous.

Be sure to stop over at these team member blogs for an even more "colorful" day:


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Happy Creating,
Louise

42 comments:

Janelle Stollfus said...
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Janelle Stollfus said...

So pretty, Louise. I love the colors and combining it with that great sentiment.. it's just fabulous!

Stampendous said...

What a lovely garden card! It's has a beautiful soft look to it. Such a pretty card, thank you for sharing it on your blog today!

craftymom205 said...

Beautiful card.

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Dee said...

Wonderful dimension in the flowers set off by a beautiful background and mathcing sentiment.

Unknown said...

The coloring on the flower is beautiful.

Joan V said...

Beautiful card and your coloring is lovely. I love that large image for coloring. What a great idea using the grey for the extra shading.Thanks for the inspiration.

Michele K. Henderson said...

Beautiful color combination! Very pretty card!

Lyn Bernatovich said...

This is a lovely, lovely card Louise!

P Beatty said...

So beautiful! I love how the lovely lavender colors blend together

Carolina Kathy said...

Such a lovey card!! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

BethW said...

Beautiful image! Coloring is my #1 thing to learn this year. This is going to be good week for me to do that.

D.Ann C said...

Lovely! I need to get out my Aquarelles and use the more!!

Ruby Craft said...

What a striking color combination. I've always loved purple flowers and these are beautiful. Love the tone on tone on the background.

Kailash said...

Such beautiful coloring, stunning card!!!!
I'm from Illinois!!!

Mary Holshouser said...

The flowers are beautiful. the shading is great.
I haven't used colored pencils - stick with stamping with ink - but I'm going to have to try it. Looks like fun.
thanks for shring.

Brandi R said...

Beautiful! Love the colors. That stamp...oh that flower...YUM! ♥

Viki Banaszak said...

Your coloring on your card is so pretty! I love the color combination.

Barbara said...

The colors are beautiful!!

GinaF said...

Just beautiful Louise! The colors are perfect for this flower, and so is the sentiment. I do like the shading you did. Great coloring!

Judy said...

What a pretty flower image. Love the coloring on it. Thanks for sharing with us.

Unknown said...

Great card! Lovely coloring!

Greta said...

Beautiful coloring!

Greta said...

Beautiful coloring!

Greta said...

Beautiful coloring!

Anonymous said...

Really beautiful card and coloring Loiuse!

Jamie Martin said...

Beautiful card, love the colors! :)

Jamie Martin said...

Beautiful card, love the colors! :)

Jamie Martin said...

Beautiful card, love the colors! :)

Unknown said...

Lovely! Love the colors, thanks for sharing.

Jean said...

This is so pretty! Love how you did it!

Jade said...

Beautiful card. Love how you used the gray Pitt Artist Pen. It added nice depth to the flowers.

FeM said...

Beautiful and great choice of colors.

Salnclts said...

Beautiful colors and sentiment!

Unknown said...

What a great treat Louise - thanks bunches for sharing these techniques. j.

Sue D said...

Lovely card with wonderful coloring.
Sue in Ohio

Pammejo said...

Beautiful, love your coloring!!!

Jean Bullock said...

Love your delicate coloring.

Diane said...

Elegant and beautiful...love the softness of it!

barbara macaskill said...

It is no secret that I absolutely LOVE all things Stampendous but I also love my Faber Castell products! They are so much fun to use on all my projects!!
Your card is absolutely luscious!!! LOVE those flowers! TFS!

TracyM #6773 said...

GORGEOUS card Louise!!!
LOVE your BEAUTIFUL flowers and SWEET sentiment, your colour combo and colouring are DELIGHTFUL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and clever shading tip for the leaves :)

LChippy76 said...

Awesome Sentiment....Beautiful Coloring!!