Hi there, friends! The Simon Says Stamp April 2023 Card Kit is available! The kit is loaded with fun goodies, as always! Poppies are one of my favorite flowers to color and since this month’s kit contains a set of Crafter’s Companion Colorista Bright & Vivid colored pencils, I used them to color my stamped … More Simon Says Stamp – April 2023 Card Kit – Poppy Perfection
Hi, Friends! Gina K. Designs and Brutus Monroe have teamed up for today’s collaboration! I used the contents from this collaboration to create a colored pencil card. Let’s dive right in! I stamped the Seeds of Joy image and embossed them with gold ink to color with Polychromos colored pencils. I then stamped the sentiment … More Gina K. Designs – Brutus Monroe – Seeds of Joy
Hi, Friends! The Gina K. Designs December release is here! I’m excited to share two cards with you – using two different coloring mediums! My first card uses the Happy Bouquet set designed by Arjita Singh. As always, Arjita brings beautiful floral bouquets that I love to watercolor! I stamped my image over watercolor paper … More Gina K. Designs – December Release – Happy Bouquet and Holly Wreath
Hello, Friends! I’m sharing a card made using an older set today, but it’s new to me and I’ve admired it a while and am so happy it’s now a part of my inventory (I know that sounds nerdy, but I do, in fact, inventory everything I have). The Sketch Lotus Flowers set is beautiful … More Simon Says Stamp – Sketch Lotus Flowers
Hi, Friends! It’s been a couple of months since I played with colored pencils. I think the last time I used it to color over kraft cardstock is September – I remember specifically using it on a Stamptember set. Today, I pondered over what to use and decided to color the Waffle Flower Crocus set … More Waffle Flower – Crocus
Hi, Friends! I’m using an older set that I’ve never used before and I’m excited to share it with you! There’s no hiding how much I love florals and the Stronger Together set is beautiful! I usually watercolor or go for Copics when I want to make a *quicker* card (don’t be fooled…I’m still very … More Simon Says Stamp – Stronger Together
Hey Friends! I’ve been trying to change the medium and method up since Stamptember started with each collaborative set. Tonight, it’s colored pencil on kraft cardstock! The Concord & 9th ‘Tis the Season set is perfect for this! Lots of detail and fun elements to make it pop over kraft. I started by stamping the … More Simon Says Stamp – Concord & 9th STAMPtember® 2020 Exclusive Collaboration
Hi, Friends! I’m sharing a colored pencil card today using the In the Weeds stamp set from Ellen Hutson. Colored pencils can be such a tedious task but I always love the results when the project is done. The image from this set is really small, but I managed do some no-line coloring also. I … More Ellen Hutson – In the Weeds
Hi, Friends! We have a special blog hop today sharing a new “Partners” collaboration between Hero Arts and Gina K. Designs. Gina K. has designed a stamp set called Friendship Blooms to celebrate Hero Arts’ 45th Anniversary and it is sooo beautiful! It’s designed by my friend, Hannah Schroepfer for Gina K. Designs and she … More Hero Arts/Gina K. Designs – Friendship Blooms + GIVEAWAY
Hi, Friends! I’m so excited for this post. Not only do I get to design something for The Stamp Market, but I get to do a mini Instagram Hop with two of my favorite crafty friends! Not only is it fun, but I love that Amy from The Stamp Market reached out to each of … More The Stamp Market – Some Kind of Wonderful
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 … More Pretty Pink Posh – Spring Wreath
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 … More Winnie & Walter – Leading Lady Week 5 + GIVEAWAY
Hi there! I’m so excited about today’s card – because I love these So Prickly images from Lil’ Inker Designs! I started coloring these images a few weeks ago for the coloring challenge. These are solid stamps that I stamped in various greens using Stampin’ Up! inks and the pots in various browns using Altenew … More Lil’ Inker Designs – Stuck on You
Hello there! I’m here today sharing a card I made for Lil’ Inker Designs. This Love & Honey set is beautiful! I colored this image a few weeks ago for the Kathy Racoosin Daily Marker Coloring Challenge. If you missed it, here’s a photo of the coloring over craft cardstock: I don’t have the coordinating die … More Lil’ Inker Designs – Love & Honey
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