Hello, stampers! Welcome back to my blog. I’m excited to join Simon Says Stamp for their Hey Bestie and Love You More releases blog hop. I have a Valentine’s Day card to share featuring my all-time favorite Polychromos pencils (can you tell it’s been AGES since I used them last) and oh-so stunning Suzy’s Lots of Love Watercolor Prints.
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CARD DETAILS
I love to color with Polychromos pencils by Faber Castell, especially when I have a bit more time to dedicate to my coloring. With this card, I didn’t need to think about the design much as the design was already pre-printed for me, so I all had to worry about was coloring.
I have shared a number of videos and tutorials on my blog talking about the aspects of coloring with Polychromos, so I’m not going to go into detail in this post, but I encourage you to check out my tutorials here: Polychromos Pencils Coloring Basics for Cardmakers | Pencil Coloring Over White Heat Embossing |Â Polychromos vs Copics | Polychromos Coloring on Toned Gray Paper | One Layer Floral Pencil Colored Card.
To begin, I settled on a color scheme for this card and selected several pencils:
- 154 Light Cobalt Blue and 156 Cobalt Green to color the letters
- 129 Pink Madder Lake and 123 Fuschia to color the flowers
- 170 May Green, 168 Earth Green Yellowish and 167 Permanent Green Olive to color the leaves
- 156 Cobalt Green and 157 Dark Indigo to color the flowers
With the coloring completed, I used a Sakura White pen in size 0.5 and added white dots to some of the flowers, colored flower centers white on other flowers and added highlight lines to the pink flowers. All of that added a lot of detail and interest to this card. I love using my Sakura pens for this and have a pack of 3 in various sizes, I use all sizes depending on the project I am working on.
I love to stamp, so naturally, I wanted to add some simple stamping to my colored panel to enhance in. I stamped “There’s no one I’d rather be linked to than you” inside the letter O. I used my mini MISTI stamping tool and Intense Black ink for stamping.
Next, I stamped “Hello, my love“, again in black ink, this time I positioned it in between the letters V and E. I also stamped “I love you so much” on Sea Glass cardstock, cut out and foam mounted onto the panel overlapping both letters V and E.
Lastly, my panel was trimmed to 4 x 5 1/4″ and foam mounted onto A2 white side folding card base. I use white flat sequins from the Birthday Cake mix.
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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!
 Simon Says Stamp Suzy’s Lots of Love Watercolor Prints Shop at: SSS |
 Cz Design Clear Stamps I Still Do Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps Love and Valentines Word Mix 2 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Birthday Cake Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 12 Set Shop at: SSS |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Set Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS |
 White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
Gorgeous! I love all the colors, that blue is stunning
You amaze me with your coloring
Love the colors you used on this card!
I’m in love with your card
Very beautiful card!! Love the colors that you used!!
What incredible products and inspiration! Love this release :)))
As usual, you’ve done a beautiful job with the product! This is the best release!
Beautiful card Yana! Colored pencil is my favorite coloring medium! Wonderful inspiration and products!
Fabulous car, Yana!
This has to be my favorite coloring page. I love the LOVE! It’s colored so prettily, too.
Your card is lovely, your coloring is wonderful and your added touches are perfect.
Beautiful! I love that blue, you have colored it so beautifully!
Love your shading. This made a beautiful card!
Love is always so lovely but you make even more so. Beautiful
Beautiful!
Your colouring is always beautiful.
Gorgeous card and beautifully coloured!
You always blow me away with your creativity and here is another wonderful, inspirational card!!
Your card is absolutely gorgeous!! Love the color combination!
Love the color pallette. So wonderfully colored!
These watercolor prints are such a great base for coloring and adding your own personality to them. This blue is lovely and so soothing!
Going to have to get my Polychromos out again after seeing this! I keep putting them away in favor of my Copics and then you go and show me a showstopper! Thanks so much for sharing your talent!
Stunning coloring! You got all the little details!
Your coloring is always so awesome !!! Beautiful card , thanks for sharing with us.
The blue colour is stunning
You do amazing work with your colored pencils! I love how textured the flowers look and your color choice is beautiful!
Great job with lovely colouring, Yana! I love your eye for details!
Lovely pencil work here Yana. Suzy’s cards make things easier when it comes to the details. Nice work!
This looks so beautiful with your coloring skills and I love the pencil colors you chose to use. This will make everyone want these cards from Suzy! 🙂
Such a pretty card. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Great card!
Love the flowers on the letters. The sentiment
perched inside the O is a great idea.
Wonderful card. thanks for sharing
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Very soft and pretty. Great with the flowery details.
What a beautiful card. Love the blue.
Such a beautiful, sweet card. That stamp and the beautiful colors (and your coloring) are gorgeous.
this card is coloured perfectly. so beautiful
Colored so beautifully! I love the floral letters.
Stunning card, love your color choices, and such beautiful coloring!!
Thanks for the great inspiration. I love the new release. Loads of great products, especially the new envelope dies. It will be fun to make matching, funky envelopes so quickly!
Remarkable release and so very versatile…creative inspiration galore!!
These prints make card making super easy, I always look forward to seeing them. Your coloring is lovely.
Beautiful card and coloring.
Amazing!
Absolutely stunning!
Great card Yana! Maybe I’ll get out my polychromos and do a little colouring myself!
Stunning cards!
Love is definitely in the air… this is so beautiful. I love the colors and the sentiments make is perfect!
Very pretty! Love the colors.
Picking your colors first makes so much since.
Wonderful card! Your colors are so nice.
Gorgeous coloring! Love the soft blue color.
Such a pretty card! Love the colors…
Thanks for sharing.