Natasha's Colorful Creations

Lemon Blossom – Alex Syberia

Hi everyone! I am so excited to share the beautiful new release from Alex Syberia – Lemon Blossom. This new release is a beautiful bundled set, including a background stamp, stamped images, as well as more! A direct link to this beautiful new release and more can be found here at Alex Syberia. I truly love Alex’s work and her eye for color is beyond amazing! In today’s post I am sharing the 2 cards I created for this new release, I will be posting them at different times on Instagram.

For my first card I used the beautiful background stamp in the set! I love a beautiful background and this one is so beautiful! I love anything with lemons, so this was just so much fun! I find lemons so cheerful and bright! They make me happy! I started by printing the background in Bristol Smooth card stock. Once my card stock dried for 24 hours I started to color. I used my zigs for this project, along with some colored pencils. Once my coloring was complete I chose a sentiment for my card and heat embossed this on vellum using gold embossing powder. I then mounted the background on some patterned paper and mounted this on an A2 card base.

For my second card I chose to work with the beautiful lemon stamped image. For this card I wanted the lemon to be the focal point for my card. I started by printing the image on bristol smooth card stock as well. I colored this using my zig markers and added some colored pencils. The addition of colored pencils is just so amazing how it changes the coloring! I love it!

I then used patterned paper and an embossing folder on white card stock for my background. I looked through my stash and found an adorable sentiment from a lemon set called Pucker Up from Sugar Pea Designs. I hope you enjoyed these cards. These cards do sure brighten my day, it has been a tough week. I hope these brighten your day a little bit too!

Supplies Used:

  • Stamps: Lemon Blossom (Alex Syberia), Sugar Pea Designs (Pucker Up)
  • Coloring Medium: Zig Clean Color Brush markers
  • Paper: Bristol Smooth card stock

Wishing you a great week and thinking of you!

Hugs, Natasha

Alleluia – Graciellie Design

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great week! I apologize I haven’t posted this week, it was a busy week at work! I did enjoy coloring a bit each night and will be posting more cards shortly! I have a few coming next week that I am excited to share with you! Today I have the beautiful new release from Graciellie Design. You can find this new release at this link, along with many other GORGEOUS stamps!

For my card today I started by printing my image and sentiment on Neenah 80lb cardstock. I truly loved this image and as soon as I saw it, I knew what I wanted to do. I created a one layer card with this beautiful stamp. For my coloring I used my Altenew artist markers. I did add a little shading to my flowers and the leaves. I then used my embossing pen and used WOW – Metallic Gold Rich to the leaves. After being a part of the recent WOW hop – I am in love with adding embossing powder to my digital stamps! Have you tried it yet? My card was then complete and I mounted the panel after cutting with a GIna Marie Designs die on an A2 card base.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this beautiful new release! Be sure to visit Graciellie Design and her beautiful shop!

Supplies Used:

  • Stamps: Alleluia – Graciellie Design
  • Coloring Medium: Altenew Artist Markers
  • Paper – Neenah 80 lb card stock

Wishing you a beautiful weekend! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Winter Flowers – Alex Syberia Designs

Hi everyone! I hope your having a great weekend! Today I am using the beautiful digital stamp Winter Flowers by Alex Syberia. I am attaching a link here to her store in etsy…. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign I love her stamps and her work! I am also participating in the Daily Marker 30 day challenge hosted by Kathy Racoosin. I love this time and setting time aside for me to do what I love… COLOR!

I started by printing the Winter Flowers on Bristol smooth card stock. When working with digital stamps I like to print and let them sit for 24 hours before coloring. For this card I used my Tombow dual brush pens and then shaded in the nooks and crannies using my Arteza colored pencils. I die cut the card panel using a Gina Marie Designs die and then mounted the card on an A2 card base. I then wanted to add some extra shine so I used a Glitter embossing powder from WOW – Pearl Gold sparkle. I used an embossing pen to add embossing ink to the centers of each flower and added my glitter powder, then heat set.

I then used my metallic watercolors (from Hobby Lobby) to add splatters, I chose a purple and blue color to highlight the flower. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to add a sentiment, but I then decided to add one (it felt like it needed a little extra) – the sentiment is from The Gray Muse.

Supplies Used:

  • Stamps: Alex Syberia Designs (Winter Flowers), The Gray Muse
  • Paper: Bristol Smooth card stock, 120 lb Recollections for card base
  • Coloring Medium: Tombow Markers, Watercolors

Hope you have a great Sunday & a great start to your week! – Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

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