I’m very much enjoying using my colored pencils at the moment. Sometimes I use them to color a whole image, sometimes just to add a few details to a watercolor. For today’s card I’m accenting stamped images with colored pencils. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used.

Beautiful Day has to be up there as one of my all time favorite Altenew sets! I love this set as it has beautiful leaves and sprigs which I always think look nice just lightly stamped. You also have the lovely flower which is just the right size to make an impact without overpowering everything else. I stamped three sets of leaves, two sprigs and one flower in Silver Stone ink and then die cut with their matching dies. I then turned to my Altenew inks to give a base layer of detail. For the lines of the leaves I used Moss and Soft Lilac for the flower.

I used Faber Castell pencils to accent the stamped images. For the leaves, I just added light green over the main body of the leaf with a few dark green flicks here and there. I spent more time on the flower and with Kathy Racoosin and her amazing coloring skills in mind, combined purples, yellows, blues and greys.

I kept the rest of the card clean and simple. On a Stitched Rectangle of white card I stamped the Hello from Amazing You in clear embossing ink. So that it would stand out nicely from the white, I embossed with an Antique Gold powder. I gathered the flower and leaves around the white panel and then adhered them to a kraft panel on a white card base.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I truly appreciate your support.

Altenew BEAUTIFUL DAY Altenew BEAUTIFUL DAY Dies Altenew Amazing You at SSS SSS STITCHED RECTANGLES Altenew SILVER STONE Crisp Dye Ink at SSS Altenew MOSS Crisp Dye Ink at SSS Altenew SOFT LILAC Crisp Dye Ink Pad SSS Embossing Ink Pad CLEAR Faber Castell Polychromos at Amazon US Faber Castell Polychromos at Amazon UK T’Gaal Angle Adjustable Pencil Sharpener USA T’Gaal Angle Adjustable Pencil Sharpener UK Neenah 80 LB SOLAR WHITE Neenah 110 LB SOLAR WHITE Neenah 100 LB DESERT STORM SSS ANTIQUE GOLD Embossing Powder MINI MISTI Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Little Things From Lucy’s Cards VINTAGE LILAC Sequin Shaker Mix Sugar Plum Sequin Mix Little Things From Lucy’s Cards COSMOPOLITAN Sequin Shaker Mix

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