A Little Bird Told Me

Happy Monday! Today I am up on the Magenta blog with a card featuring no line pencil crayon colouring on kraft. I have wanted to give this technique a try for some time as I have always been inspired by Debby Hughes' wonderfully coloured creations. If you haven't seen her creations or card making videos, be sure to check out her Blog and/or her YouTube channel and you will be in for a treat.

I used the cute Magenta spring Flowering Nest - Nesting Bird stamp for this card. Because the image is 2.75” x 3.25” in dimension, I went with a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" kraft card base. I positioned the cardbase and the stamp in a MISTI stamp positioning tool and stamped it with VersaMark ink two times to give a clear enough outline to follow for colouring. Then, I coloured the image using Staedtler colouring pencils, working from light to dark colours. As the colouring progressed, the VersaMark ink virtually disappears as it blends in. Once, I was happy with my colouring, I splattered a watered down mix of white acrylic paint. Once, that was dry, I stamped the A Little Bird Told Me... sentiment with VersaMark ink and heat set it with gold embossing powder. It appeared a little light on the kraft so to make it stand out a bit more, I took a sharp dark brown pencil crayon and added some shadows to the lettering.

Using pencil crayons is a fun and relaxing way to colour a stamped image. I particularly love the soft look it creates on kraft paper. I hope you are inspired to give this technique a try. 


TTFN,

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Magenta products used:

Flowery Nest - Nesting Bird

A Little Bird Told Me...