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How-To Tips: Colored pencils are fun to use, and especially on this image because of its fairly small coloring areas. I colored lightly with several shades of each color, and then used a blender pencil to blend the shades smoothly.
Colors are a little bit off in the photo. The base is SU's Almost Amethyst, and the book plate was inked with Memento Grape Jelly. The whole thing is a bit more purple than blue as it shows on my screen.
I love the colors on this card. It just makes me so happy. But of course, tomorrow, we'll be back to lots of white space that's actually white and just one layer.
Thank you for tuning in to my little flirtation with color!
This is so pretty! Love the colored pencil and the colored paper too! And by the way, I totally agree with the sentiment too. ;)
ReplyDeleteOooh lovely Susan! Love your work!
ReplyDeleteI just had to write a comment
ReplyDeleteI love all your simple cards of course
But this one is a stunner ..
LOVE IT ..
This stamp set was not going to be in my shopping cart but now it went right thru my order ..
did I say I love your cards ?
Oh, this one's lovely too! I think your coloring is perfect -- and accessible for an almost-non-colorer like me :)
ReplyDeleteAnother stunner Susan:) xx
ReplyDeleteThe image looks wonderful on the purple. I love books and read a lot.
ReplyDeleteGlad George is doing ok.
Okay...definitely a reason that I need to drag out my colored pencils. This looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is great. Thanks for showing me that regular colored pencils can be put to good use. I need all the help I can get with coloring. You are fabulous!
ReplyDeletewow Susan, you did such a great job with your pencil crayons ... I think you might need to pull them out more often!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely, Susan! You did say you used a blender pencil, not a pen, right? I wasn't aware there was such a thing (but then, I'm not aware of a lot of things!). Does it work like a blender pen works with ink?
ReplyDeleteLike Sue in the previous comment, I'm wondering what you mean by a blender pencil. I assume you're using regular coloured pencils, not watercolour pencils. I recently bought myself a set of coloured pencils and have been playing with them and blending the colours with each other, but would love to know more about the blender pencil.
ReplyDeleteI love your card and will have to break my self-imposed moratorium and buy that set - as a retired librarian, I think it's my duty, right?
Another former librarian here, LOVING this set and what you're doing with it. And did I read right... coloured pencils are FUN to use? You may turn into a colourer yet! :P I think this card is perfect.
ReplyDeleteStunning card Susan!! Love your simple one layer cards too but this is just so fresh. I know what you mean about the purple/blue thing it's one reason I strugle with this colour that I love!
ReplyDeleteLovely Susan. Good tip too that trying this out with a small image is a good idea for success and for getting used to this technique.
ReplyDeleteLovely coloring of your focal image. And thanks for the link for the Prisma pencils.
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