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.
Like this project? Pin it and save for later | Curious about my project photography? Click for details.
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 | 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.
BLOG HOP
Join Simon Says Stamp blog hop for loads of additional inspiration!
if you’ve arrived from Laura Bassen the next stop on this hop is Yoonsun Hur. You can also start over on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
GIVEAWAY
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. Comment below for your chance to win. Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 15th of January.
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 |
I love seeing the watercolor prints. You colored this one beautifully!! I love the blue!
Your coloring is simply awesome!! I love Suzy’s cards, I own about 4-5 sets of them. I can grab a card and some pencils and color. Easy peesy!!!
Your designs are always so beautiful! I love the colors you used.
Beautiful! That’s all I can say.
Wow Yana, this is so gorgeous.
Thank you so much for sharing your inspiration, have a wonderful Sunday.
I love this – I ordered these watercolor cards and had no idea they could turn out so beautifully!
You totally rock my socks off ❤️
I think I need to haul out my colored pencils again. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your talents.
Such a beautiful card, as all your work is! Absolutely loving this new release.
Your coloring is so awesome!! I love Suzy’s cards and they make wonderful cards!!!
Love that LOVE – the colours are so pretty and it looks great with that bold sentiment in the O.
Beautiful card! You inspire me to get my pencils out and try to color. Thank you for sharing your beautiful ideas!
very classy card – thanks for sharing
I love the pink against the aqua!
What a beautiful card, Yana! Love your coloring.
I love the color scheme you picked. The card is very pretty !
I love the bright colors in this card!
WOW! You did an awesome job coloring. The colors are so vibrant.
Beautiful card, I’m really enjoying this new release.
Wow!!! Really Beautiful card!!!
love the use of colored pencils.
Your card is very beautiful!
Beautiful job. Love the colours
This is really pretty & I love the colors you used.
What a lovely card!! You are a master at using colored pencils!!
Your cards are always special, Yana. Real pieces of art!
Great colouring!! Love it.
Beautiful coloring, as always!
So prettyYana!
I’m Loving this! Beautiful color choices!
Those colours really pop! Nice job.
Those colours really pop. Nice work!
Now that is pretty!
Absolutely lovely!
Oh, this card is very special!
So pretty!
This particular water color print is lovely…the flowers over the letters are stunning.
Beautiful card design and stunning coloring – fabulous!
Beautiful coloring!
Beautiful card Yana. Really striking. Love it.
Love how you colored this- and with your signature turquoise in the mix :-). Thanks for the inspiration to dust off my colored pencils!
Love the turquoise color and how you put the sentiment in the “O”. Lovely job. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
These coloring cards are great. Love the colors you chose. Beautiful!
What a gorgeous card. Someone will be excited to get that! Patti
Your card is sweet! I like how you used 3 different sentiments and the way you placed them on the card. The bright blues are a refreshing change from pink and red! I like the touch of pink and the deeper blue highlights. Nice work!
Cute, colorful card
gorgeous prints and love your colouring!!
Great coloring! Love all the colors you used.
Such a beautiful card with wonderful colors! 🙂
This is such a beauty.I love the colors.
Beautiful card and beautifully coloured. Thanks for sharing this new release with us.