Caly Person

Hey, Friends!

My husband got me a set of Caran d’Ache Luminance Colored Pencils for my birthday and I used them to color my card for Pretty Pink Posh today. They are wax-based like Prismacolor Colored Pencils, but blend beautifully like Polychromos (which are oil-based). It’s not a set I would’ve purchased because I think Polychromos blend great without effort. So if you have Polychromos, my honest opinion is that you don’t need the Caran D’Ache Luminance Colored Pencils. Also, Polychromos comes in much larger sets and have better color variety.

For today’s card, I used the new Spring Wreath stamp set. The stamp set comes with a wreath already formed, but I used the individual images to create my own wreath for this card. I stamped my images on craft cardstock using white pigment ink to begin coloring. I started with a base of white colored pencil, then added medium and dark colors, and blended again with white if I needed to to create highlights on each flower and petal.

After die-cutting all the individual images (I stamped 3 of each), I set them aside to work on my background. I used a circle die to draw a circle for my wreath arrangement. Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment in the center using gold embossing powder.

I ink-blended around this circle template using Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Tumbled Glass. A blend of these three colors makes my heart happy :). To finish the card front, I splattered the panel with white, black, and teal paint. Then using liquid and foam adhesive, I arranged my wreath spacing out all the different images as evenly as I could before adhering the panel to a card base.

I hope you enjoyed this card and that you’ll have a fabulous week!

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PPP Spring Wreath PPP | SSS | EH	PPP Spring Wreath PPP | SSS | EH	Caran d’Ache Luminance Colored Pencils DB | AMZN	HA Unicorn Pigment Ink HA | SSS | EH	TH Distress Oxide Set 1 SSS | EH | SBPal
TH Distress Oxide Set 2 SSS | EH | SBPal	TH Distress Oxide Set 4 SSS | EH | SBPal	PFS Watercolors	Hammermill Color Copy Digital Cover 100lb	Recollections 110 lb
Versamark Ink SSS | EH | HA | HMSB	Wagner Heat Tool HA | SSS | EH | AMZN	Embossing Powder Bag SSS | EH | HMSB	WOW Metallic Gold Rich Regular Embossing Powder SSS | EH | HMSB	3M Scotch Foam Tape SSS | EH | AMZN
Distress Collage Medium Matte SSS | EH	Absorber	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board SSS | EH	MSP Mini MISTI SSS | EH | MSP | HA	MSP Mini MISTI Mouse Pad SSS | EH | MSP | HA
Teflon Bone Folder SSS | EH | HMSB	Tonic Glass Media Mat TS | SSS | EH