Nina Marie shares how she loves to mix her mediums when coloring her stamped images. To make this adorable bunny card she used Zig Clean Color markers, Copic Markers and Colored Pencils. Such a great idea for getting different … Read More ...
Tips: Colored Pencils Techniques
Learn how to get loads of depth, shading and realistic dimension to your stamped images with these great colored pencils coloring tips from May Sukyong. She’s got a fantastic tutorial over on Hero Arts.
-Heather
… Read More ...Technique: Blue Floral Card with Masking Technique
Ilina will show you how to make a whole bunch of flowers using just a single flower stamp with a masking technique and how to color them a lovely shade of blue with a combination of Colored Pencils and alcohol … Read More ...
Project: Stamped Floral Greeting Card with a Coloring Page Look
I love this card from designer Therese Calvird, it reminds me of a coloring book page. She used a detailed flower stamp to cover the entire front of the card but only colored in one flower for a really pretty … Read More ...
Project: Bright and Bold Christmas Cards
Ilina Crouse shares a brilliant stamping technique, stamping her solid images with white ink pads and then coloring over top with Colored Pencils she achieves a wonderful bright and colorful look. Find out more about this stamping idea over on … Read More ...
Project: Moose Christmas Card
Merry Christmoose! 🙂 Purple Onion Designs has released the most adorable set of cute winter critter stamps “Snow Day” from designer Stacey Yakula. Julie from Just One More Card has a video tutorial using the Moose stamp from the series, … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Stamped Images with Colored Pencils on Kraft Paper
Add a vibrant pop of color to your stamped images when you heat emboss with white on Kraft colored cardstock and color them in with bright colored pencils. Nichol Spohr from Mama Elephant will show you how to make … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Chalkboard Balloons Card
By coloring her stamped images with Colored Pencils on black cardstock Sandy Allnock got this amazing chalkboard look. You can find a video tutorial for this technique over on her blog.
-Heather
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Review: Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and Fine Line Markers
Long before trying out the Prismacolor Premier line of colored pencils and markers I’ve been a long time fan of Prismacolor. When I first started rubber stamping I took a class and the instructor highly recommended Prismacolor colored pencils and … Read More ...
Technique: Coloring Stamps with Colored Pencils and Gamsol
Give your next stamped card a soft look. By using a product called Gamsol (which is an odorless mineral spirit) you can blend your colored pencils for a lovely softer look. Hop on over to the W Plus 9 blog … Read More ...
Tutorial: Realistic Coloring for a Bunny Stamp
Marika is an expert at coloring stamped images for a realistic look. For this adorable bunny rabbit she combined Copic markers and Colored Pencils for an amazing look. It looks like you could reach out and pet the bunnies fur! … Read More ...
Tutorial: Get a Hand Sketched Look with Rubber Stamps
Do you feel like you can’t sketch or draw very well (I know I do) but love that look? Here’s a fantastic technique from Melanie Muenchinger using rubber stamps with Colored Pencils on sketch paper to achieve that wonderful hand … Read More ...
Freebie- On-line Coloring Class
Kit and Clowder offer on-line coloring classes for markers and Colored Pencils for all skill levels with projects and techniques classes, these classes are a perfect way for stampers to learn how to use these mediums or to improve your … Read More ...
Project: Winter Cottage Card with Snowy Background Tutorial
Purple Onion stamps has just release some fabulous new stamps designed by Stacey Yacula and they have lots of card ideas on their blog along with a video tutorial for this sweet woodsy little cottage in the falling snow. Julia … Read More ...
Tip: Coloring Cat Stamps
The Stampendous stamps blog has a video tutorial showing you how to color a cat stamp so that it looks like your own cat (or a friends cat). Fran Seiford uses colored pencils and acrylic paints to color in the … Read More ...