Hello, friends! I hope you are having a great stamping week! The card I’m sharing with you today is not just a card. There’s a whole story to it. But let me start from the beginning! If you’ve been following me for the past few month you probably saw a few of my pencil colored cards on black cardstock. I shared one recently on gray and a few prior on black.
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CARD DETAILS
As I started working on this card I didn’t have any black cardstock left, so I used olive green from my stash. I was at a crafty retreat and just wanted to do some stamping for fun. I didn’t know if I’d finish this card or not or even if it would turn out to be any good.
I heat embossed 4 partial floral clusters from WPlus9 to form the background using Simon’s Antique Gold embossing powder and started coloring some sections of these clusters. I didn’t have many supplies with me, but I did bring my set of Polychromos pencils so I instantly reached for my favorite combo – teal and deep blue.
I colored large leaves and also many of the tiny leaves in this set. Next I pulled out a white pencil and colored small flower buds white. I didn’t really know what color I wanted to color the large flowers so I kept putting off coloring those for as long as possible.
At one point Kristina, a cardmaker I greatly admire, got curious about this background and asked if she should could color it. She picked the greens and colored large flowers over a few days period. So I guess you can say this card was done by both of us!
I didn’t finish this card at the retreat as like I mentioned I didn’t have all of my supplies with me, so I saved this background and took it home. I finally finished it several days ago – adhered onto an A2 card base and added a simple heat embossed Thankful sentiment.
This is not a card design I would repeat again, these flowers really did take a very long time to color, but it did turn out absolutely beautiful! I think I am going to save this card and instead of mailing it will keep it for myself this time.
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 Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
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OMG I love the colors and coloring on this card. It is so gorgeous. If I received this card I would frame it!
I think this is an absolutely stunning color combination! You have totally inspired me to start coloring with these colored pencil backgrounds you have been sharing. Now to purchase some pencils and give it a try.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful coloring with us!
I love the story and the card is gorgeous….I’m glad you’re keeping it for you!
Very pretty card!
Wowww! Stunning! What an amazing coloring and choice of colors!
This is so beautiful Yana, honestly you and Kristina did an amazing job! I would love to have the right supplies to do this, I may try it anyway with what I have just to get some practice at it. Simply gorgeous!
How stunning and how fun you made this with someone you admire. I agree. You should keep it for yourself. Let it remind you how grateful we all are to have you demonstrating your amazing talent to us!
I have admired all of your recent colored pencil on dark background embossed cards, this one is especially pretty and I would save it too!
Possibly the most valuable card ever, as it was made by two incredible artists. Gorgeous.
Stunning work, as always, Yana!
Keep up the great inspiration !
I too love the unique and pretty color combination! I recently picked up a few more polychrome pencils at a local art supply store and am loving them. I sometimes mix them with the prismas I have and they combine just fine, but more and more I’m preferring the polychromes! Thanks for turning me on to them!!! As the prisma pencils I have get used up, I think I’ll be replacing them with polychromes!!! I just love the available colors! Thank you, Yana.
Yep, it’s a keeper alright! I cannot wait to get started on this color combo with some floral stamp. Thanks!
BEAUTIFUL.. I love that it’s stamped on the green and with gold. The colors are stunning. I always am blown away with your cards and coloring. LOvE this StuNNing card.
This is just stunningly gorgeous!! The colors are wonderful together!
Beautiful card. Was the olive paper a heavy cardstock?
thank you, Julie! Yes! I was able to identify it later – it’s PTI cardstock in Ripe Avocado –
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You’ve just inspired me to use another colour other than Kraft and white to colour on. This card seriously rocks my world.
Very beautiful Yana and Kristina !
Oh my goodness! I just about fell off my chair when my eyes laid upon this beautiful card! This reminds me of the gorgeous Chinese or Japanese silks with their dramatic intense colors. What a discovery combining the olive with teal, my favorite color. I’d like to try this but quite a time commitment. I have to say that in the dramatic category this is your best. You and Kristina Werner turned into quite the team on this difficult project!
It is so GORGEOUS! I love that you tag-teamed this project. I love the look very much and an going to have to start coloring on colored pencils. I might have to get some poly chromos too!!
I am goung to habe to start coloring on colored paper with colored pencils…is what I meant to say. Sorry about that.
I swear I am not drunk at 10am on Black Friday…just can’t type! * going to have
Love it!
Just to clarify, you colored directly over the antique gold paper, and still got those brilliant colors?
Thank you!
It’s more of an olive green color paper, I’d say. But yes, I get vibrant colors with my pencils coloring directly over the paper. Not every color pencil gives me such vibrant results and not on every paper, but overall – yes.