Spring and Fall Flowers

I enter a lot of giveaways over on Instagram and won this Honeybee Stamps Zen Bouquet stamp set awhile back, and immediately tried out the large floral stamp, but for these projects I inked up the small stamps.

For both cards I masked a portion of the cards and built a floral frame to color. For this one, I used fall colors like red, yellow and orange. The sentiments are from a free mini set from Scrapbook.com. I used the mini MISTI to figure out the placement of the stamps and because I knew I'd have to stamp multiple times to get a good impression from so many stamps. I love my MISTI...because otherwise, my stamping sucks. I was wary of spending $50 on a small item, but it really helps me enjoy stamping because I can get good impressions.

For the second card, I used the bright pinks and purples of my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers and this one turned out to be my favorite. I like the colors and how the sentiment fills the space too. For both cards, I added in doodles with a black marker and white uniball pen. I also went back in and stamped the black small leaf to fill in some blank spots, this time using an acrylic block.

Which color palette do you prefer when coloring florals? Brights or naturals?

Happy Friday!

Chark

 

Coloring Page Cards

I saw a free online coloring class from Colorista by Spectrum Noir and got this coloring page free from them (I think just from signing up) and used my Tombow Markers and Zig Clean Color brushes to paint the page. 

Then I just trimmed it up, added some word stickers and some embellies and made two cards from it. I also have some strips I can use on another project.

I saw a technique from Jennifer McGuire where she colored her floral background with black (though she stamped and embossed her flowers) and I really liked it, so I gave it a shot. It's definitely a different look for coloring pages, though it's a little tricky depending on the images. 

Happy Monday!
Chark

Have A Fairy Happy Monday

I used this adorable image from A Day for Daisies to make a birthday card for my niece. I made a background for her with Distress Inks. I smooshed the ink pads on a craft mat, spritzed with water and then lay the paper on top. 

I mounted the panel on a card, after I colored the edges with my new Sparkle Spectrum Noir pink pen. Talk about shine! I love these markers, so much glitter and sparkle. You can see it here. You can also see I need to go back over the card and cover those white edges! The wings' sparkle is from Stickles.

The sentiment die is from Lawn Fawn and I cut it from gold paper. The rest of the sentiment "to you" is inside the card.

Happy Monday!

Chark