Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card by Yana Smakula featuring Polychromos Pencil Coloring

Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

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.

Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card by Yana Smakula featuring Polychromos Pencil Coloring

Like this project? Pin it and save for later | Curious about my project photography? Click for details

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.

Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card by Yana Smakula featuring Polychromos Pencil Coloring

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.

Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card by Yana Smakula featuring Polychromos Pencil Coloring

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.

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!

Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Clear Stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Clear Stamps
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Dies
Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower Dies
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms
Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms Dies
Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms Dies
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Floral Hearts Clear Stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Floral Hearts Clear Stamps
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum Jewels Mix
Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum Jewels Mix
Shop at:
SSS | PPP
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
Shop at:
SSS | SC | SB | AZ
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Shop at:
SSS | AZ
Faber-Castell Polychromos 12 Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 12 Set
Shop at:
SSS | AZ | BL
Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Set
Shop at:
SSS | AZ | BL
Faber-Castell Polychromos 24 Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 24 Set
Shop at:
AZ | BL
Faber-Castell Polychromos 60 Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 60 Set
Shop at:
AZ | BL
Faber-Castell Polychromos 120 Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 120 Set
Shop at:
AZ | BL
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
Shop at:
SSS | SC | AZ | TS
Mini Misti Stamping Tool
Mini Misti Stamping Tool
Shop at:
SSS | SC | HA | AZ
Ranger Stickles Frosted Lace Glitter Glue
Ranger Stickles Frosted Lace Glitter Glue
Shop at:
SSS | SC
Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares
Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares
Shop at:
SSS | SC | AZ
Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue
Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue
Shop at:
SSS | SC | AZ | TS
Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool
Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool
Shop at:
SSS | AZ

BLOG HOP

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Yana Smakula – you are here
Vera Rhuhay
Ardyth Percy- Robb
Sandy Allnock
Jeanne Jachna
Heather Hoffman
Gemma Campbell
Kelly Latevola

GIVEAWAY!

We are giving away $25 gift certificates to those NINE people who comment during the blog hop. Plus, we are giving away a not-yet-released set for qualifying purchases, while supplies last!

SAVE ME/PIN ME TO PINTEREST

Like this card idea? Be sure to save it to one of your Pinterest boards for future reference!

Pretty Pink Posh | Spring Crocuses Card by Yana Smakula featuring Polychromos Pencil Coloring

SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER

116 Comments

    1. Such rich color. This is a great image to color – all of the big, open spaces.

    1. Beautiful card. I always love seeing your cards and coloring. These flowers are beautiful. It’s on my wish list.

    1. Your flowers are beautiful, as always. Your coloring skills and card are lovely. Thanks!

    1. Pretty Card! I like the score lines in the background—simple and free!

    1. Beautiful card. Love the look of the colored pencils. Great coloring. Love the added sparkle. Thanks so much for sharing your art.

    1. What a beautiful card! I’ve yet to try the Polychromos but every time I see how you use them, I get closer and closer to buying them!

    1. Love your gorgeous card! The crocus flowers are embellished and colored so beautifully!
      Happy 5th birthday to PPP!

    1. Love your card…so pretty and the embellishments really set it off!

    1. Very pretty. I like how you stamped on blue paper and the scoring lines on the background.

    1. Yana, I adore your purple and yellow crocus flowers! The beautiful coloring and added texture are so very pretty! I love how this is one of the first flowers of spring. ; )

    1. I love using colored pencils. You always have such beautiful color combos.

    1. Beautiful card! I really like that soft light blue background paper. Love the colors that you’ve chosen for the Crocuses! Awesome coloring!

    1. Such lovely colors!
      Love the scored
      background too.
      Carla from Utah

    1. Beautiful card…love your colouring and how you made the image glittery with stickles as if it is peeking out of the snow.

    1. This is gorgeous! I LOVE that extra little touch that looks like frost on the crocus! Where I grew up, we always had crocus in the snow! They are so beautiful, and the color is amazing too!

    1. beautiful card and coloring Yana–love this new stamp design from PPP!

    1. Your crocus look so lovely!! The colors you used are so beautiful and I like that you kept the flowers the focus of a clean and simple design. <3

    1. Beautiful as always Yana! I love the sparkly dew effect you’ve created here! so fun!

    1. The details are stunning on your card! The glitter glue is such a pretty touch.

    1. I love crocuses as they always remind me that spring is on the way! Love how you colored the crocuses and I can’t wait to find out more about that blue paper you used for the background!

    1. Beautiful coloring! Love the background for the card do so simple yet striking!

    1. Great PPP release! AWESOME creation! I especially love how the Stickles make the crocul look like it just popped out of the snow!

    1. Yana this card is stunning! I received a set of Polychromos Colored Pencils for Christmas and this Crocus Flower will be the perfect set to try them out on. (I will definitely be referring back to this post and many of your other posts for inspiration as I learn to color with them.) The snow and jewels are the perfect final touches to your gorgeous card. Thank you for sharing and the always wonderful inspiration!
      Happy, Happy 5th Birthday Pretty Pink Posh!!
      (mardy14@bellsouth.net)

    1. Love your card. The flowers are beautiful and what a great background.

    1. I like how you made the horizontal planks in the background. It looks great.

    1. Yana, that card is amazing. The Crocus flower is so beautiful and your coloring is gorgeous.

    1. Your coloring is always so striking, Yana. This stamp set is my favorite from the release. Thanks for sharing.

    1. Your card is beautiful! I love the touches of glitter to look like snow…as these are the first flowers to pop up in the spring, often through the snow! Your coloring and design are gorgeous! PPP’s new release is amazing and you’ve brought it to life with this gorgeous card! ✨

    1. Yana, I really like your crocuses; they look marvelous and I love the purple color with the sparkle on the stems. I am also intrigued about the blue cardstock that you keep referring to. Spill the beans! 🙂 Thanks for a beautiful example!

    1. I am so in love with this crocus stamp set! They look so beautiful when colored in!

Leave a Reply to Sue DCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.