Friday, September 22, 2017

So Very Grateful Emerald Pencil Colored Leaves Background Card with Yana

Hello friends! This is Yana and I hope you are having a fabulous week!

For today’s blog post I decided to continue exploring DIY pencil colored backgrounds. Check out my first blog post in this mini-series HERE (please link to my previous post - Dream Big Indigo Pencil Colored Leaves Background Card with Yana).

I looked through my stash in search of large, outline images with little to no detail and came across these leaves from the Modern Peonies stamp set. You can also use leaves from other WPlus9 floral sets or try using other images altogether.

Once again I prepped my black cardstock panel with an anti-static powder tool and stamped leaves making sure to overlap them a bit, but not too much. Next, I covered my panel with Gold embossing powder and before heat setting it used a small dry paintbrush and cleaned away any embossing powder where my images intersected. See my previous post mentioned above for more details on this technique.

After heat embossing I picked 2 colors of green pencils from my Polychromos set from Faber Castell - Dark Phthalo Green and Emerald Green and started coloring the leaves. I wanted the base of the leaves to be darker, but I didn’t have any darker green colors, so I decided to use Dark Indigo to darken the colors and create shadows.

The coloring process went rather quickly and I can’t say it took me longer than 30 minutes. I am really enjoying this technique at the moment and I’m already planning my next card.

Once my coloring was completed I adhered my panel onto an A2 white card base. To create a sentiment I heat embossed "So Very Grateful" from the Grateful Greetings in same Gold embossing powder onto a piece of white cardstock and foam mounted it onto the card.

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 Modern Peonies Stamp Set
WPlus9 Modern Peonies Stamp Set
Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Grateful Greetings Clear Stamps
Wplus9 Grateful Greetings Clear Stamps
Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Black Cardstock
WPlus9 Black Cardstock
Shop at: WP9
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Shop at: SSS | AZ
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
Shop at: SSS
Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Pencil Studio Set
Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Pencil Studio Set
Shop at: AZ
Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100
Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100
Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200
Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
Shop at: SSS
Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape
Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape
Shop at: SSS
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
Shop at: SSS | AZ

16 comments:

  1. another gorgeous card, Yana - must give this a try!

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  2. What a BEAUTIFUL card! Thank you for sharing it. The person who receives it will certainly "be grateful"!

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  3. Fabulous card, Yana! What a terrific idea - I'm looking forward to giving it a try myself. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  4. HOW WONDERFULLY ELEGANT, Yana!!! ;)

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  5. Love the dramatic look of your card, Yana! Awesome idea to use jewel tones on black with gold embossing. Tfs! :) ~ Andrea

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  6. Beautiful card as was your last, gorgeous intensity!

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  7. So striking! Very beautiful and elegant, love it!!!

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  8. Beautiful !! The colors look so vibrant on black base :)

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  9. Oh Yana, this is just stunning, I love it. I thought the background looked like navy blue instead of black, however it is a stunner. I have to try this! Beautifully done as always!

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  10. You have shared the card it's really wonderful.
    Thank you for sharing

    Pincodezone

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  11. Yana, what a gorgeous card! The greens are so amazing with the gold embossing...stunning card! Hugs!

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  12. Love this and your blue one too! Thanks for sharing your tips!

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  13. Nice one. People are becoming aware of this kind of topic and I would like to thank the author for writing this kind of article for the benefit of people.
    Pincodestreet

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