Mother's Day Wreath

Hello there, I hope you are all well and staying safe and healthy in these difficult times. It was Mother's Day here in the UK yesterday, so today, I thought I would share the card that I made for her. I used the beautiful Gina K Kindness Wreath set, Gina does make some beautiful floral sets!

 

I started off by taking a panel of 5.25" x 5.25" white cardstock and stamped the wreath image from the Gina K Kindness Wreath Stamp Set in the middle, using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then stamped the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set inside the circle.

 

 

The flowers and leaves were then coloured using Polychromos Pencils. The colours that I used are listed below the supplies list, in case you are interested. The panel was then simply adhered to a 5.5" x 5.5" square card base made from Hero Arts Amethyst Cardstock, with foam tape. To finish off, I added Lucy's Blackberry Jewels around the wreath, adhering with liquid glue.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

POLYCHROMOS: Flowers - 249, 136, 160, 140, 187, 184. Leaves - 199, 267, 112, 171. Sprigs - 188, 153.

 

I think this wreath can be used in lots of different ways for lots of different occasions and I am looking forward to using it again! Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it. I hope you a lovely day. Take care!

VIDEO | Coloured Pencils on Grey Toned Paper

Hello there, today I have a tag and video to share with you using coloured pencils on grey toned paper. I really like using coloured pencils on coloured paper/cardstocks. I think that you can get a completely different look than when colouring on white. Arteza kindly sent me a Grey Toned Sketch Pad to try and I thought it would work well for this technique.

 

 

I started off by die cutting the Arteza Grey Toned Sketch Pad sheet using the largest of the Hero Arts Nesting Tag Dies. I then stamped the floral image from the Hero Arts + Gina K Friendship Blooms Stamp Set on top using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

 

I coloured the image using Arteza Coloured Pencils. I used Indigo, Aegean Blue, Robin's Egg Blue and also White Quartz for the flowers. I first added the darkest shade in, followed by the mid-tone and then the lightest shade. I then added a layer of white, followed by the lightest shade again. As I show in the video, adding a layer of white first, lightens the shade of the pencil. I then went back in, adding another layer of all the colours, this time pushing a bit harder on to the paper. I did the same thing for the leaves, this time using Emerald, Basil and Matcha, as well as the White Quartz.

 

 

I then went around the image using a W3 Copic Marker. This adds a little shading around the image and helps it to pop, I think. When stamping the original image, I kept the stamp in my MISTI so that I could re-stamp it once the colouring was finished. I did this using Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink. I also stamped the sentiment in the top right hand corner, using the same ink.

 

 

I die cut a further tag from white cardstock and adhered this on to the back of the grey paper one. This not only gives it stability but finishes off the back of the tag nicely. I added twine through the top of the tag and tied it in a bow. To finish off, I added Lucy's Iridescent Jewels around the image.

 

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing how I made the tag:

 

If you are viewing this post via email subscription, you can watch the video here on YouTube. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the tag and in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

When colouring with coloured pencils, I like to use a paper with some tooth/texture to it. This Arteza paper works really nicely and I like the warm grey colour. The only downside of this paper for me is that it is paper weight, rather than a cardstock weight, so to use it in cardmaking you would want to back it with cardstock. You can see my review on the Arteza Coloured Pencils here. For 10% off orders from the Arteza US Website or the Arteza UK/EU Website before the 25th November 2019, use the code MichelleShort3

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day!

Hero Arts + Gina K Designs Partner Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, have you seen that Hero Arts is collaborating with fantastic companies this month to celebrate their 45th anniversary? Today, Hero Arts is partnering with Gina K Designs to release a gorgeous new stamp set called Friendship Blooms. This set was designed by Gina K Designs but has a Hero Arts twist to it. To celebrate the collaboration, we are having a fun blog hop. More on that below :)

 

For my card, I started off by stamping the Friendship Blooms Stamp Set on to white cardstock using Intense Black Ink. I then coloured it using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area) and fussy cut it out with scissors.

 

 

I took an A2 white card base and using a blending brush, I blended a soft layer of Blue Hawaii Reactive Ink on the front. I then spritzed this with White Iridescent Shimmer Spray and set aside to dry. Once dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Friendship Blooms set on to the top right hand side using Intense Black Ink.

 

 

I adhered the floral image on top using foam tape. To finish off, I added white gel pen dots to the flowers and leaves and added a sprinkling of Lucy's Iridescent Jewels around the flowers.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Flowers - B39, B28, B26, B24, B00. Leaves - YG67, YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01.

 

BLOG HOP:

 

 

For the blog hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Yana Smakula and the next stop in the hop is the fantastic Jessica Frost-Ballas. If you get lost along the way, you can find all of the stops over on the Hero Arts Blog.

 

GIVEAWAY:

 

Hero Arts are kindly giving away the Hero Arts + Gina K Friendship Blooms set to one lucky winner. The winner will be drawn from the comments left across all of the stops in the hop, so the more you comment, the more chance there is to win! The giveaway closes Sunday August 4th at 11.59pm PST. The winner will be announced over on the Hero Arts Blog shortly afterwards.

 

Isn't the set beautiful? I am looking forward to colouring it in lots of different ways. Thank yuo so much for visiting me today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and have a great day!