Hello again, today I am back with a simple card for you. Well, simple in design, but not so quick to make! I have had this beautiful Gina K floral stamp called You Make Me Smile in my stash for a while and just hadn’t got around to colouring it. I took it out the other day and thought I would colour it with pencils and have it as the star of the show on my card.
And just to make life a little harder for myself haha, I thought I would have a go at some no line colouring. I am still very new to no line colouring, it makes me a little nervous to be honest but I stamped the image using InkOn3 Fadeout Ink onto SSS Fog cardstock and jumped right in.
I took a selection of Faber Castell Polychromos pencils (listed below) and started to colour. I began with a leaf and I tried two different ways of colouring it – once with white pencil as a base before adding the colour on top and also without any white pencil under the colour at all. I have to say that out of both ways, I did prefer the sections without any white pencil underneath as I felt a got a bit more depth and it felt easier to layer the pencil work. I do believe that some people like the white as it encourages them to leave a highlight if they have white there already but I just generally tried to remember to leave little white bits here and there for extra interest and dimension.
I personally don’t think it really made much difference to the look either but without the white pencil underneath, it felt like my colour grabbed the cardstock more. It reacted better to the “tooth” of the cardstock.
It took me a few days to colour the image, an hour here and there and overall it did take about 2-3 hours but I think it was worth the effort in the end – not perfect but still something I would be happy to send out.
To finish the card I stamped a greeting from the same stamp set uisng MFT Steel Grey Hybrid ink – I felt it was a softer look than a harsh black sentiment. The panel was trimmed with a HA Rectangle Infinity die and mounted with foam tape onto a white top folding base card.
And that finishes today’s card. I hope that you like it – such a pretty image, it would look lovely in any medium I think but there is something about pencils that gives a softness like no other. Thank you for joining me today, I will be back soon with another project for you. Have a great week and happy crafting!
Polychromos Colours Used – 111 Cadmium Orange, 108 Dark Cadmium Yellow, 109 Dark Chrome Yellow, 125 Middle Purple Pink, 133 Magenta, 129 Pink Madder Lake, 173 Olive Green Yellowish, 168 Earth Green Yellowish
Cindyellen Robinson says
i love your coloring. how pretty. . .
Ruth says
Lisa this is unbelievable colouring. Truly stunning work! I’m actually at a bit of a loss as what to say, because it is so beautiful. It really just stands on its own. xxx
Andrea Hastilow says
Your coloured pencil work is awesome, both ways you’ve coloured in look as good as each other. I find the white first works best on coloured cardstock, as you say it seems to grip it better, each to their own I guess. Are you joining in Kathy Racoosin ‘s latest 30 day challenge ? For me whilst on recovery I think it’s what the Dr ordered. Have a great weekend x
lisa says
I’ll dip in and out of the challenge when I can hopefully. Hope you feel better soon Andrea and can manage some colouring now and then.
Michelle Short says
It is absolutely beautiful! Your colouring is stunning xx
Terrie D. says
I just love this card! Your coloring is so beautiful. 🙂
Sally Stapleton says
Oh that is really beautiful Lisa..fabulous colouring…xx
Debbie P says
Beautiful card. Your colouring is fantastic. Thank you.