Hello there! In the middle Winter I can’t help but long for Spring – longer, sunnier days with fresh rains and beautiful blooms coming from under the snow. What could be better? Today I have a Spring inspired card featuring beautiful crocus flowers from Pretty Pink Posh.
Surprisingly, I used to not like this flower, but as I grow older it appeals to me more and more.
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CARD DETAILS
Sometime ago I mentioned that I go through “coloring phases” – I color using just Copics, or just Watercolors and these days, it seems, I like to color with my colored pencils, Polychromos by Faber Castell, only. I love the texture these pencils add to my cards and I especially adore using them for floral images.
To create this card I used my mini MISTI stamping tool and stamped several flowers & grass images in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on light blue cardstock (it’s that new paper I’ve been hinting about in one of my previous posts, I still can’t share more about it, but soon!). I kept the images in the MISTI (to be able to re-stamp the outline) and colored them with the help of my Polychromos pencils.
I used the following colors: #101 White, #138 Violet, #136 Purple Violet, #249 Mauve, #171 Light Green, #112 Leaf Green, #226 Permanent Green, #267 Pine Green, #108 Dark Cadmium Yellow, #111 Cadmium Orange.
Once my coloring was done I replaced the panel in the stamping tool and restamped the outlines to have them look darker. I also used my heat tool to dry the ink as it takes longer to dry and absorb into the paper once stamped over pencil coloring. The images I used, for the most part, came from the Crocus Flower stamp set, the little yellow buds are from Cherry Blossoms set.
After die-cutting the images out with the help of coordinating dies I foam mounted them onto a panel of same blue cardstock cut to 3 3/4 x 5 1/2. I stamped a simple “With Love” sentiment in black ink and added horizontal score lines to the background. Lastly, I embellished my card using jewels from the Sugar Plum mix.
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Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | PPP |
Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms Shop at: SSS | PPP |
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Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Faber-Castell Polychromos 12 Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
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Ranger Stickles Frosted Lace Glitter Glue Shop at: SSS | SC |
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I LOVE the crocus! They are so beautiful!!
Those crocuses are SO beautiful and even moreso with the ‘snow’!!
Beautiful card!
Pretty card
Wow, this is a stunning card! I love the purple crocuses on the blue cardstock and the sprinkling of “snow” on them. Your pencil coloring looks like Copic coloring here – it’s gorgeous!
Absolutely beautiful! Love the extra sparkle on the flowers! This is a beautiful release! Love it all!
this is so gorgeous!!! Love the scored background and the bit of glitter on the flowers and leaves; it looks a bit like a spring frost.
Very pretty!
What a stunning card! Love the touch of glitter! It looks exactly like frost!
Beautiful card Yana! I love the sparkle from the Stickles.
I love how this card turned out. The crocuses are so pretty, and I love how the glitter makes it look like there’s frost. We often get snowstorms after the first bloom of spring where I live, so I’ve definitely seen budded flowers covered in snow. It makes me laugh.
Gorgeous!
Pretty color combo, pretty PPP card!
Beautiful florals and design on this lovely card.
Beautiful Yana! Great release and such talent to showcase everything!
YOur pencil coloring is always so so awesome!!!