I created this card this morning to show you the effect you can get using Prismacolor Pencils & Odorless Paint Thinner on dark colored card stock.  I love this look and it is very easy to achieve. 

Supplies:

Stamped sun with Palette Noir Black ink on Stampin’ Up Not Quite Navy card stock and then heat set it with my heat gun.  Heating it helps keep the ink from smearing.

I use Prismacolor Pencils and Mona Lisa Odorless Paint Thinner and a little plastic cup to put my thinner in.

I dip my pencil directly into the thinner and then color with it.  The Prismacolor pencil melts like butter on the paper.  It’s wonderful!  Some folks color and then use blending stumps dipped in thinner to blend with.  I just blend with my pencils as I go.  🙂

Started with a Jasmine pencil.

Put the Whites of the sun’s eyes in with a white gel pen.

Added the True Blue pencil to his eyes.

Colored around the sun with True Blue pencil.

Add Pale Vermillion pencil.

Added Jasmine pencil to his face.

Colored more of his face in with Pale Vermillion pencil.

Added Poppy Red pencil to the flames, cheeks and outline of circle.

 Added Deco Yellow Pencil to the outside of the sky area and his eyelids.

Added white dots to the sky area with a white gel pen.

Sponge Not Quite Navy ink to right, top & bottom of card stock.

Sponged Night of Navy ink over Not Quite Navy ink not covering it completely toward the center.

Sponged Noir Black ink over Night of Navy ink not covering it completely.

Sponged Not Quite Navy ink around edge of background panel.

Assembled card and here it is completed.

Hope you enjoyed seeing one of the effects you can get using Prismacolor pencils on dark card stock.   Give it a try.

Have a sunshine filled day.

Until tomorrow. . . . . . .

Hello fellow stampers!   We have had such beautiful weather here in Ohio, but I’ve not had a chance to be outside this week, so this card represents that feeling.  Let’s start with the tutorial.

Supplies:

I’ve put away my brayer for today and decided to do this scene all in sponging. 🙂

Sponged So Saffron ink on 2/3 rd’s of a piece of Whisper White card stock.

Sponged Bashful Blue ink at top of card stock.

Used Post it notes as a mask to cover part of the card stock.

Stamped trees with Espresso ink.

Sponged Oregano ink on the trees to represent leaves.

Sponged Ginger ink under the trees.

Sponged Espresso ink at the horizon line (top of post it notes) and at the bottom of the leaves on the tree.

Removed post it notes.

Sponged on Ginger ink over some of the field.

Sponged Espresso ink over some of the ginger ink.

Punched an oval out of Old Olive card stock using the large oval punch.   Cut the top and bottom off of the oval.

Sponged Old Olive ink on left side of vase to create a shadow.

Punched flowers out of Blush Blossom and Purely Pomegranate card stock.

Colored the centers of the Blush Blossom Flowers with a Pretty in Pink marker.

Made dots in the very center of the flowers with a Rose Red marker.

Glued the vase and flowers to the scene.  I put the vase just off center in the scene.  This is more please to the eye.

Stamped side “A” of the marbling cube on So Saffron card stock using So Saffron ink.

Stamped side “C” of marbling cube with More Mustard ink.

Sponged Espresso ink lightly around edge of card stock.

Assembled card and here it is completed.

Hope you are able to go outside and enjoy some wonderful weather today.

Until tomorrow. . . . . . . . . .

I think my mind is still at the beach in California, lol.  Why don’t you join me and follow along on this tropical tutorial?

Supplies:

Stamped drink by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then Going Gray.  Note:  My craft pads are no longer craft.  I have been re-inking them with dye inks.  If they were still craft ink I would not have to use the Versamark.

Heat embossed image with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Colored flesh of lemon with Barely Banana Marker and outside of lemon with Summer Sun.

Used a More Mustard marker for the underside of lemon on table.

Colored straw with Orchid Opulence marker.

Colored drink with Apricot Appeal marker and then went over the lower 2/3rds of it with a Blush Blossom Marker.

Colored the bottom 1/4 of the drink with a Pretty in Pink marker.

Used a White Gel pen on the bubbles in the glass.

Went over the drink, straw and lemons with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note:  I did not emboss over the top of the glass where it should be naturally see through.

Brayered Cool Caribbean ink over top 1/2 of card stock.

Put post it note masks on the card stock to create the horizon line.

Brayered on Tempting Turquoise ink, not covering the Cool Caribbean ink completely.

Sponged on Brilliant Blue at the top of the water.  Being heavy with the ink at the (top) post it note mask.  This gives you a good strong horizon line.

Removed post it notes and brayered on River Rock ink for the sand.

Cut a large circle from a piece of card stock and used it as a mask for the table shape.  I just held it in place.

Brayered on Frayed Burlap ink to create the table.

Swiped Walnut Stain ink under the glass and the lemon with a sponge to create a shadow.

Used a white gel pen to put in a foamy water line.

Sponge River Rock ink at the bottom of the sand.

Stamped leaves with Always Artichoke ink.

Partly colored in the leaves with an Old Olive marker, leaving some of the leaf uncolored to create a highlight.

Assembled the card and here it is completed. 

Thanks for following along on my tropical adventure.

May your day be filled with Ocean views, even if only in you head. 🙂

Until tomorrow. . . . . .

I was just itching to do some emboss resist this morning and this piece definitely is embossed.  Follow along if you want to see how it was created.

Supplies:

Stamped leaves on Whisper White card stock by first loading stamp with Versamark and then loading it with Espresso ink.   I then heat embossed it with clear Embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note:  I’m asked a lot why I just don’t use Versamark alone with colored embossing powders?  Well I would rather not have to buy a bunch of different colors of embossing powder and this method allows me to emboss in any color of ink I have. 🙂

I also keep my clear embossing powder stored in a sandwich size plastic container instead of trying to use an embossing tray and then put it back in the tiny canister it came in.  My aim is not very good, lol.

Stamped Wanted motif by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then Basic Black ink.  Heat embossing image with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped Baroque Motif by loading stamp first with Versamark and then Soft Sky ink.  Stamped image over embossed leaves and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note:  when doing multiply layers of embossed images, work from the foreground to the background.

Heavily Brayer Bordering Blue ink over entire piece of card stock.

Sponge, using a circular motion, Espresso ink around edges of card stock and over leaf image area to create a shadow.

On a larger piece of Whisper White card stock, using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, I stamped the background corner images by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then Espresso ink.  Heat embossed images with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Heavily brayered Bordering Blue ink over entire background piece.

Stamped small flower around edge of card stock with Bordering Blue ink.

Sponged Espresso ink around edge of card stock.

Stamped linen stamp on my main image panel by loading my Linen background stamp with Bordering blue ink.  To do this I put my stamp rubber side up on the table.  Rub my ink pad on the rubber, place my card stock face down on the rubber and put a piece of scrap paper over it and rub it with my hand to get the image.

Here we have another card assembled and completed!

Give it a try!

Well I hope your day is filled with blue skies.

Until tomorrow. . . . . . .

Feels very good to be back in my craft-room stamping again.  These stamp images are from http://www.mypapermoon.com

Ready for a tutorial?  If so, let’s get started.

Supplies:

On Whisper White card stock brayered Hazelnut ink on both ends, leaving a white space.

On both ends again, brayered on Salmon ink, not covering the Hazelnut completely.

Punched a 1 3/8″ circle in a post it note and used the negative image as a mask.

Sponged Terra Cotta ink in a circular motion over circle in post it note.

Sponged Rust ink in a circular motion over bottom and top of circle in post it note.

Tore a cliff shape from a piece of Going Gray card stock.

Sponged Going Gray ink along the front edge of the cliff shape and Oregano ink along the top edge.

Ignore the color at the bottom of the card stock.

Stamped bird in tree stamp with Stazon black ink.

Stamped Tree stamp with Stazon Black ink at top of card stock.

Adhered cliff shape to main card stock.

Stamped tree stamp along bottom of card stock with Stazon Black ink.

Sponged Going Gray ink at bottom of card stock using a bouncing motion.

Sponged  Stazon Black ink at bottom of card-stock not covering all of the Going Gray ink.

Decided I wanted the scene to be a lot darker at the top of the card stock so I brayered on Rust ink along the top.

Used a white gel pen to color in the bird.

Sponged Going Gray in at the backside of the cliff.

Used a Prismacolor Silver Paint Pen to go around the edge of the card stock.  Note:  just hold the pen so it is half on the card stock and half on your scrap paper and you will get a straight line without a ruler.

Used the white gel pen again to make highlights in the trees and to add a few specks on the ground area to simulate weeds and grasses.

Here is the assembled card.

Thanks for following along with me and I hope you will give it a try.

May your evening be filled with a sunset!

Until tomorrow. . . . .

In this day and age of the Copic marker, I find I still like to get out my Stampin’ Up markers and color every once in a while.  Today is one of those days.  🙂

Supplies:

Stamped flower with Blush Blossom ink on Very Vanilla card stock.

Colored stem in first with a Certainly Celery marker and then used an Old Olive maker along the left side (shadowed side) of the stem.  Went over the entire stem again with Certainly Celery marker to blend the two colors together.

Colored the inked areas of the flower in with a Blush Blossom marker.

Colored over the darkest areas (shadow areas) with a Baroque Burgundy marker.

Went over the two colors where they meet each other with the Blush Blossom marker to get a better graduation in color.

Used a Creamy Caramel marker to make dots on the center of the large flower.

Used a White Gel pen to color in the lightest areas of the flower and bud.

Sponged on Blush Blossom ink around the outside edge of the card stock.  Leaving the middle area light.

Sponged River Rock ink under the flower with a circular motion.

Sponged on True Thyme ink under the flower to make it darker in the center and right under the flower.

Used the gel pen again to clean up where my sponging darkened the white on the flowers.

Stamped flowers with River Rock ink on River Rock card stock.

Sponged around the outside edge of this panel with River Rock ink.

Used a Versamark Marker to define the undersides of the flowers.

Assembled card and decided it needed a hint of color on the background panel.  So I colored just a hint of Blush Blossom marker on the flowers undersides and then colored the stems with Certainly Celery marker.

And there were have it, another card done.

Glad you could visit my blog today.  I hope this inspires you to get out your markers and play a little. 

May your day be filled with sweet smelling flowers and sunshine!

Until tomorrow. . . . . . .

I wanted to give my brayer and embossing powder a little break today.   So this card was created using direct to paper for the background. 

Here we go.. . . . .

Supplies:

Drug Shabby Shutters ink pad edge across Whisper White card stock using a light touch.  You want to leave some white showing through.   Next, I drug a Broken China ink pad edge across the card stock being heavier toward the bottom of the card stock.

Note:  I used the entire edge of the ink pad, not just a corner and drug it from the left side of the card stock toward the right.  Trying to drag it all the way across the card stock before lifting the pad up.

Stamped small palm trees and large palm tree using black ink.

Colored the palm tree leaves with a Yellow Chartreuse Prismacolor Pencil.

Add some (red) Rouge Chamois pencil to the leaves randomly.  Colored the Coconut with Dark Brown Pencil and the trunk with Lilac pencil.

Traced a few of the black ink lines with a black marker to give a little more depth.

Used direct to paper technique again by applying Frayed Burlap ink to the bottom of the card stock.  Once again I used one entire edge of the ink pad and drug it in a downward motion.

Used a Post it note to created a horizon line and small beach where the small trees are.

Sponged Frayed Burlap ink at the edge of the post it note in a small circular motion.

Sponged Frayed Burlap in a small circular motion at bottom of the card stock, getting lighter in color towards the top.

Added White gel pen highlights to the leaves of the tree.  Drew in the waterline with the white gel pen using very small strokes.

Assembled card and here it is finished.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will give the direct to paper technique a try.

I’m wishing you a day filled with Balmy Breezes.

Until tomorrow. . . . . . .