Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The Hydrangea

I used Prisma color pencils to color this flower and used Copic blending solution to blend the colors. My inspiration for this card comes from "Coloring Techniques for Card Making", by Annie's Attic. (page 13) The artist of the card in this magazine is Asela Hopkins. I followed the design according to the directions; the only thing different that I did was to use paper that I had available and I used ribbon instead of rickrack and I omitted the pearls. I had lots of fun coloring the hydrangea and I plan on using this stamp more often.




This book shows you three of the most popular coloring techniques in card making: watercolors, colored pencils and alcohol-based ink markers. Plus, it contains lots of projects with step-by-step directions.


The stamps used are Hero Arts: Hydrangea K5376.


Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.

6 comments:

Brenda said...

I love the colour you achieved on the Hydrangea Sue! It's such fun to experiment! I am currently experimenting with watercolour pastel crayons!

Lin said...

Sue, this is one of my favorite stamps, and you've done a gorgeous job with it! LOVE the color and against those stripes....it's fantastic! Beautiful card!

Nancy said...

Gorgeous coloring, Sue! I love my Prismacolor pencils, and you have done a spectacular job with yours!

ivy said...

this is beautiful! great job coloring this beauty!

Melinda Gleissner said...

Had to take another look. It's stunning! ...how I wish my hydrangeas in my garden looked this good.

Pam said...

WOW! That's all I can say... beautiful card and gorgeous coloring, Mom!!