Hi Everyone!
This is the final week of my Leading Lady series for Winnie & Walter! It has been so fun coloring with different color mediums using WW products!
Today’s cards are extra special because I played with Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils for all the images – for the FIRST time! I’ve used colored pencils to add color/depth to already stamped images, but have never used them for full images – so have mercy on me! This was a lot of trial and error for me.
These flowers from the set The Big, the Bold and Extras are my favorite! Did you know that there was a special set called “Julie’s Roses” that are the same flowers, but bigger? It’s the bigger ones you see above. Don’t worry, I believe Winnie & Walter will be releasing that set in the near future!
I did some tone-on-tone stamping in hopes of doing no-line coloring with these images. I stamped a bunch on the same craft cardstock that you see and colored the images one at a time. I started with the leaves – applying the darkest color in the shaded areas first, blended out with the medium green, then the lightest green. When I was done, I went over the tips and the leaf veins to add some highlights with a white colored pencil.
As mentioned above, this was a trial for me. I had mentioned using the darkest color first for the leaves also. You’ll notice that the two pink roses are different. The lighter one is colored with a base of white down first. I don’t think there’s a wrong way to color – just personal preference in how you want your images to look. The colors are definitely more vibrant with a base of white, but I think there is more depth to the image when colored without a base of white first.
I colored enough images to make two cards. It’s easy to arrange floral arrangements anywhere on your card – but these are my go-go. I love bold sentiment strips embossed in white also.
Polychromos colors used: 101, 129, 125, 133, 119, 139, 137, 159, 163, 166.
If you’ve been following along the past 5 weeks, you’ll know that a $30 gift card is up for grabs! Comment on this post and let me know which of the cards I’ve is your favorite for you chance to win! I’ll choose a winner next Saturday, July 7th and the gift card will be issued by Winnie & Walter. Congratulations, Denise Bryant! Shay from Winnie & Walter will be contacting you about your gift card. Thank you all for your comments and wonderful feedback. I appreciate it!
If you need to review the last 4 projects, you can review them here: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4.
It’s been my pleasure to be a Winnie & Walter Leading Lady! Thanks so much for being here with me! I’ve had fun using Winnie & Walter products for these projects! Today marks the end of June so a new fabulous Leading Lady will sharing new projects starting next week :).
XOXO,
SUPPLIES:
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 WW The Big, the Bold and Extras |
 WW The Big, the Bold and Extras Cutaways |
 WW In Bloom: Julie’s Roses |
 WW Sentimental: Birthday |
 WW Sentimental: Gift |
 Crumb Cake Ink |
 Crumb Cake Cardstock |
 Versamark Ink HMSB | EH | SSS |
 SU Heat Tool |
 Basic Black Cardstock |
 LF Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables HMSB | EH | SSS | LF |
 Recollections 110 lb |
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Recollections 110 lb |
 3D Foam Squares – Mixed HMSB | EH | SSS | AMZN |
 ATG Gun EH | SSS | AMZN |
 Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue HMSB | EH | SSS |
Caly Person 
Sooooooo gorgeous, Caly!!! Stunning. You are born a pro with those pencils. Love the soft look of your coloring. Thank you so much for sharing with us this month!!! Hard to pick a favorite card, but I think I will go with your shaker card from the first week. Everything you shared this month was fabulous!!
❤ J
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Thanks, Janis!
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Hard to choose for sure. Today’s beauty is gorgeous with the coloring on the roses. Just love but my favorite ( only because I am a dog lover) is week 3!! Made me smile.Thanks for the inspiration.
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Love the purple & pink blooms … stunning cards … a bouquet that never wilts
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I’ve loved it all this week, but the first card is my favorite. I love how you used the word die for the shaker. However, your pencil coloring on today’s card is amazing!
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These blooms are all gorgeous! I especially love the purple one. And no one would
ever know this was your first time coloring a full image with these pencils – you did
an awesome job! My favorite … ooh, I hate choosing cuz there’s just too many great
ones … I’ll go with the shaker in week 1. It is so pretty and it’s a technique I’d love to try.
Thanks for so much pretty inspiration all month. 🙂
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Beautiful cards today to wrap up your Leading Lady spot! Love the effect of the colored pencils. I have a nice set of pencils but I very rarely use them… you’ve inspired me to get them out again!
My favorite has been the shaker card from Week 1! Love the word die as the shaker part and the pretty flowers! The dog card from Week 3 is my other fave! 🙂 I have enjoyed all of your creations!
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Denise! You have been selected by my dear husband as a winner for the Winnie & Walter gift card. Thank you for your comment! I’ve forwarded your email address and you should be receiving an email in the near future with your gift card information.
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Thanks so much, Caly! I’m looking forward to choosing some items from their shop!
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What a lovely card! Beautiful coloring and composition. I’ve so enjoyed seeing your creativity this month. All of your cards have been stunning, I love the vibrancy of the blooms and use of white space on your card from week 2.
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It’s been a great month with you as leading lady. I think i’ve commented on other posts about my favorite cards of yours but let me put in a plug for today’s cards – the first time? wow! you did amazing!
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So pretty!!!!!!
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wow, I love the combination of the kraft paper and big flower, this is amazing and they are my favourite cards!
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