Hello friends! Thank you for joining us today to celebrate Pretty Pink Posh March 2018 release! This post is a part of a celebratory blog hop (more about the hop and giveaways below). Today I have a Spring Floral card to share featuring Cherry Blossoms stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh and pencil coloring with the help of Polychromos pencils from Faber Castell.
One of my favorite sets from this release is the Cherry Blossom set. Pretty Pink Posh now not only has fun critters to play with, but also these simple yet very beautiful outline flowers.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS
I decided to use flowers for my card today and do some quick coloring using my Polychromos colored pencils. I started working on my card by stamping images from the Cherry Blossom set in black ink onto Toned Gray Sketch Paper from Strathmore using my mini MISTI.
I suggest you use some sort of a stamp positioner tool for your stamping as once you finish coloring you’ll need to re-stamp the image outline to make it crisp and black (when coloring with colored pencils over a black outline the outline becomes muted and dull).
Why did I pick gray paper and not white? The answer is – simply because I love to use my Polychromos pencils on non white papers. You can easily color your images with alcohol markers on white paper, but you can’t color with alcohol markers on non white papers and have the same look. With pencils, on the other hand, you can color even over black and have stunning, vibrant results.
I used Pinks, Greens and white for my coloring. I didn’t use any blending solutions, truth be told I’ve never used one, and I just blend the colors using my white pencil. I used Fuchsia #123, Pink Madder Lake #129 and White #101 to color the flowers. The green pencils I used are: May Green #170, Chrome Oxide Green #278 and Earth Green Yellowish #168.
Once my coloring was done I placed my colored panels back into my mini misti and re-stamped the images over my colored piece. I used same ink for my stamping. Just to be safe, I used my heat tool and zapped these with the heat for a few seconds. Colored pencils create a somewhat of a sleek surface where the ink needs a bit more time to dry, so to make sure I dont smear anything I heat set it just in case.
I used coordinating dies and cut these images out in my Spellbinders Platinum die cutting machine. Next, I created a floral cluster and picked a Happy Spring sentiment from the Bunny Friends stamp set to go with these flowers. I stamped sentiment in black ink onto 4 x 5 1/4″ panel, foam mounted the panel onto Fog Gray card base and foam mounted floral cluster on top. I used a white gel pen to add white dot details to my flowers.
To embellish this card I used new Jewels from Pretty Pink Posh in the color Watermelon. These jewels come is several colors and each pack has jewels of several sizes, the smallest are just about 2mm in size and together with the other size jewels they make perfect little embellishments. One last thing I did – I used my Tonic Aqua shimmer pen and I added some shimmer to all of the flowers on my card.
POLYCHROMOS COLOR CHART
I mention a color chart in my video. I downloaded mine from the Faber Castell website here.
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GIVEAWAY
There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day – this is Blog Hop Day 1). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 3/12/2018. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go 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. Thank you so much for your support
 Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms Clear Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms Die Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Bunny Friends Clear Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Strathmore 400 Series Recycled Toned Sketch Wirebound Journals Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils Individual Shop at: BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 12 Piece Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 24 Piece Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Pencil Studio Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 60 Piece Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 120 Piece Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Mixed Media Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Gelly Roll Pen Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
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Gorgeous card, Yana! Your details are amazing, and I always enjoy watching you color! Thank you so much for another great video tutorial!
Oh my goodness, this is amazing! Beautiful coloring!
i love this set. they are so elegant and your card is gorgeous.
So beautiful. Love it.
I love this release and your pencil coloring is gorgeous! Thank you for inspiration!
This is amazing. I have to try using colored pencils!
Love your coloring
and the layers of
the flowers. Beautiful!
Carla from Utah
Your jewels are the perfect compliment to your flowers and coloring!
WOW! you are so so good at using colored pencils. You have such a gift for teaching . it helps me so much when you explain what you are doing and why. I love the color combos that you use and i really appreciate it when you tell us the colors that you use. thanks so much! hugs, treen
Beautiful
Your card is Stunning! Thank you for sharing your video on how to make your card. I can’t wait to try it.
This is absolutely so adorable! I love the coloring technique used on the card.
Such a beautiful card! I love how you colored these cherry blossoms! The colors are amazing, too! Thanks for sharing the process on video, as well as listing the colors you used.
Splendid coloring as always.
You do such beautiful pencil work. Your blossoms look better than copics!
You always do such a beautiful job on cards!
Your talents totally amaze me! Your card is beautiful and I enjoyed all the helpful tips you provided….especially about the grey paper. Will be watching your video in just a bit. Thanks for sharing!
Really pretty card!
Stunning! Your coloring is beautiful!
I watched this video earlier today. So clever to colour the images on the Kraft cardstock. It turned into a gorgeous card (those stamps are awesome!).
Such a beautiful card!! 🙂
Love those gorgeous cherry blossoms! Lovely coloring!
Beautiful card! Always love your coloring ♥
Wowzers! This is stunning!
Beautiful card–your coloring is so lovely!
such a fun release … your colored card is lovely … white pencil on colored paper – nice!
Such a beautiful card! I always enjoy watching you color, especially with pencils. The flowers are just stunning!
Your card is so pretty1 I love the color you used on the flowers, I have that color in a colored pencil. I really love your embellishments. I have to get some of those. You’re coloring is so nice and I love that stamp.
Thank you for showing us your pretty card and for giving us the chance to win something. I want that stamp!
Another beautiful card, you have a wonderful talent. I love your cards!
Beautiful Spring flower card. I loved watching you color and bring the flowers to life! Thanks for sharing!
This card is so pretty. I love your coloring and will have to try this paper. I also love the idea of using the low tack tape and turning your spread over to add foam dots. Great idea and I will be using this. This stamp set is so pretty and a must have. Thanks for the video.. I’m also left handed so it’s fun to see you create and use misti like I do.. LOL
I’ve seen Lindsay Weirich use the toned paper for colored pencils over the years too and the results are just beautiful! Even Prismas look good on that paper. Gorgeous flower stamps! Love how your card came out and can’t wait until that purple tape is more readily available 🙂
Your card is stunning! I am in love! Your attention to detail is on point! Thank you for listing all supplies used. Such a wonderful idea! First time blog visitor, I just subscribed & will your YouTube channel as well. Well done on your card!
These flowers are magnificent. I hope to learn how to color so well!
Beautiful card! I love these cherry blossoms & Your coloring of them!
It’s a poem!
Really loved reading this post, Yana. Stamping outline on the colored images again was a great tip for me to learn. Thanks for sharing. Your flowers arrangement on the card is perfect. Beautiful!
Marge
Oh wow! Simply stunning!!!
Your card is so pretty! I love your coloring- great idea to re stamp after. Do you ever emboss after?
Stunning!! Your creations are amazing ! Happy Spring!
Yana, as always I LOVE watching you create. You are wonderful in your technique explanations and I really enjoy! This card that you created is just so pretty. Thank you for sharing with us.
This card is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your techniques I learned a lot.
I love all those bunnies! They are so cute! Your cherry blossom card is absolutely gorgeous! I love the difference it makes to use grey cardstock instead of white, I am going to have to try that! Thank you for all the inspiration!
Such lovely colours and beautifully coloured!
Yana, I love this card! I’m really excited that I got the cherry blossom set! I really love your tutorials too, you are so great at presenting things so clearly. Thank you very much!
I love how you colored the cherry blossoms on this card. They are so beautiful!
Such a pretty card. I too love my Polychromos!
Love this release! Beautiful!
This blog hop is going to be so much fun! Thank you for the inspiration.
Your coloring always leaves me in awe! I’m so happy that your on the PPP team!