Hello friends! I am back to sharing unique DIY patterns you can create using your stamps. This time I was inspired by a fun image I spotted on Pinterest (I share it below) and decided to try coloring one of the leaves from the Autumn Leaves set from WPlus9 in gorgeous blues. I pulled out my Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and colored away!
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CARD DETAILS
Even though these leaves are meant for Fall by changing up the colors you can use them to create a dramatic background such as the one I am sharing today. I started working on my card by stamping one of the leaves repeatedly (in a random fashion) onto a black cardstock panel. I first prepped my panel using an anti-static powder tool and stamped images using embossing ink.
I made sure to overlap leaves a bit, but not too much. After covering the entire panel with gold embossing powder I used a small dry brush and removed powder where I had the leaves intersect making it look like some were on top of the others. I learned this easy technique from my friend Svitlana – she has a video tutorial showing how this is done. This eliminates the need to do masking when creating a background like this and makes the stamping process go a lot faster.
Next, I pulled out my Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and colored in my leaves using Dark Indigo and Cobalt Turquoise. Coloring took a bit of time – I first added a darker Dark Indigo color at the base of the leaves, colored tips using Cobalt Turquoise, and to blend the two together went over ⅔ of the leaves with the Dark Indigo. You can also use Prismacolor pencils for this technique.
Once my coloring was done I trimmed this panel to 4 x 5 ¼” and foam mounted onto an A2 side folding card base. I added a simple “Dream Big” sentiment on top and embellished this card using clear dots created using Nuvo drops in Morning Dew.
Have fun stamping!
THIS CARD WAS INSPIRED BY:
P.S.
I am a sharing a “Stamp A Card” story on my Instagram account today showing how to stamp this card from start to finish, but since stories only “live” for 24 hours I wanted to share these images with my blog readers, so I’m publishing them here in a form of a collage. I hope you’ll find it useful!
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
 Wplus9 Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9 |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 12 Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils Shop at: BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 24 Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 60 Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos 120 Set Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS |
This is so striking. Glad you put the instagram on this as a collage, I might have missed it and I want to come back to try this.
Very stunning !! Never thought you could get such result with pencils.
WOW! What a stunning and dramatic background! Now I’m even more curious about these polychrome pencils! Thanks for putting the collage on your blog. I only follow the blog posts of a few bloggers … otherwise I’m not a follower of social media. Wplus9 has such beautiful flowers to color!! Thanks, Yana.
Stunning!!!!! This card caught my eye as I was headed for your pretty pink posh blog hop… I had to come back and look! Love it!!!
Love this elegant card. Just stunning.
Beautiful card! Love the dramatic effect you achieved with the polychrome pencils.
I most definitely will try this. Thank you for sharing.
This is really beautiful Yana, love it!
Wow I love this coloring on black.
Which 2 colors of polychromos did you use here, do you remember? So beautiful.
Beautiful! So stunning, I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for sharing.