Hello friends and happy Cyber Sunday! I’m super excited to join Simon Says Stamp for their blog hop celebrating the release of brand-new Suzy’s Classical Christmas Watercolor Prints! Scroll down to see a video tutorial showing how I colored one of the cards.
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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
Susy’s watercolor prints, as the name suggests, are printed on Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper, but this doesn’t mean they can’t be colored using other mediums. I’ve been enjoying coloring with my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils lately and so I used them to color this image.
I went with traditional Christmas colors for this card – reds, greens and browns and added a bit of gray to the white area on the stocking to create shadows. The background of this card is blue and I colored it with the help of my Daniel Smith watercolors – I used Indigo color and once my pencil coloring was done went around the colored piece and colored the background blue. I know not everyone is a fan of dramatic backgrounds like this one, so you can keep your piece with the white background or pick a less dark color.
My background color covered the sentiment printed on this card so I create a different one – Joy To The World and white heat embossed it onto red cardstock. I cut int into a little banner and foam mounted onto my colored piece which I adhered onto an A2 side folding card base.
I also embellished my card using Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh – simply scattered them here and there on the card.
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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 Classical Christmas Watercolor Prints Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Peace on Earth Shop at: SSS |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 12 Piece Set Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Yana’s Set Watercolor Palette Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Small Teflon Bone Folder Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 8 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
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Like the darks & lights of the colors of this creation.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
This card is absolutely gorgeous! On a scale of one to ten I rate it eleven!!
Love the vibrant colors against the dark background.
Wow – so pretty! I’ve been thinking about these pencils … you’ve convinced me to try them for sure!
Lovely coloring! I’m so glad you are loving your pencils. I am a prisma pencil girl, and I love mine. They really dont take too long to color with.. its just not as fast as marker colorers are used to. Beautiful card!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love how vibrant you make your pencil cards!!!
Yana, I love these Suzy’s watercolor prints, I have purchased them often and they are wonderful. I adore your card, the colors are so deep and beautiful and thanks for including that video. I always look forward to your blog post every day. Have a great weekend.
WOW! Love how you did the background and the total design came out fabulous.
Gorgeous coloring and awesome color choices too!
Love this stocking and Suzie’s drawings.
Beautiful card.
Pretty card! Love the contrast with the dark background!
Wow! You got all that intense color from pencils? I am amazed!
I love, love, love the background!?!
Wow! Your card is so beautiful! Love it!
Thank You I have learned so much from this video …. the background was steller…
well done, good job with watercolor pencils!
So vibrant! I love the blue background.
i really like the colors and especially the dramatic dark background, makes everything pop
Wow Yana this is sooo beautiful I do really like this card. You are amazing at what you do.
Wow! What a beautiful card. I love the dark background and the red just makes it pop! Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card, love the color choices. Great pencil coloring tips for me to try.
Love how the dark background makes the focal pop.
What a great background! It really makes those reds, greens and white take center stage. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! So gorgeous!!! Your colouring is amazing!!!
I love the little stocking stuffed
with goodies.
The coloring is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
I really like the idea of coloring/painting these cards and making unique cards to send out – your card was so festive and happy! Thanks for the inspiration!
My favorite card!!Stunning, Beautiful, and Amazing!!
Beautifully done!
Drama, baby, drama! It’s what drew me to your creation with this cards! Beautiful.
Hi, Yana. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your taking the time and $$ to share your talents with your fans. Your artwork is outstanding on this card, just striking!
Wonderful job, love the card and the way you colored them. Thanks for sharing all your work with us.
The intensity of the colored pencils and their crisp lines really stand out in this cart! It’s absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for sharing your technique.
Wow Yana, now that is a real gem of a Christmas card. Beautifully done!
I love that you used pencils to do your coloring. Your card turned out so vibrant! Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
That’s a truly fantastic card !
margessw@icloud.com
Gorgeous card! A suggestion for you…when I want to color a dark background after I am done with the focal image & am afraid that I might lose some of my lighter colored details, I cover those particular details using a Versamark pen or even a Quickie glue pen & heat emboss either in matte clear powder or regular clear powder. That protects that lighter color underneath, since the embossing resists the darker watercolor background. That obviously doesn’t work with Copic unless you want to ruin your tips, but it works great with a watercolored background!
I would never have the courage to do a dark background after all else had been colored and not masked. You did a beautiful job of it.
Glad that you showed a medium other than watercolours. Thanks for the technique video.
Love the bold, vibrant colors on your gorgeous card.
BEAUTIFUL CARD! Love your coloring on this card.