Colored Pencil and Heat Embossed Holiday Boughs with Yana

Hello, friends! I hope you are having a great stamping week! Today I’m sharing a pencil colored and heat embossed Holiday card.

I started working on my card by stamping a sentiment from the Be Merry set in Silver Lining ink onto Coal Mine cardstock. I used a stamp positioner and kept my stamp on the door of my stamping platform to be able to stamp it again in the same spot on my panel.

I filmed a video tutorial showing the creative process from start to finish.

Watch my video tutorial:

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Next, I colored banner and the inside of the letters in the word Merry using Polychromos pencils. Later I colored and heat embossed identical banner on white cardstock and foam mounted it onto my card as I wanted the red to be a bit more vibrant on this card.

I also stamped pine branches from the Holiday Boughs set in same gray ink framing my sentiment. Using several green Polychromos pencils I colored each branch creating a hand-drawn look.

Once my coloring was done I replaced the panel inside my stamp platform and stamped the sentiment again in clear embossing ink. I also stamped berry and pine branches and heat embossed everything in white embossing powder.

After adhering my panel onto an A2 top folding card base made out of white cardstock I added red berries using Nuvo Drops in Red Berry color and foam mounted an identical but brighter banner on top.

I definitely enjoyed creating the subtle greenery look you see on this card, although same effect can be achieved using pigment ink. I don't always like to use pigment ink as it takes a long time to dry, so I used colored pencils instead. Let me know what you think!

And as always, have fun stamping!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 Be Merry Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Holiday Boughs Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Coal Mine Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 12 Piece Set Shop at: SSS | BL
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 24 Piece Set Shop at: BL	Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 36 Piece Set Shop at: BL	Simon Says Stamp Small Teflon Bone Folder Tool Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tonic Red Berry Gloss Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | SC