Hi everyone! I am excited to share a card with you, I apologize I haven’t posted on my blog in about a week. It was a busy week! I am happy to be back!

I am participating in the Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge, are you? I love this coloring time and all the encouragement we share with each other! For the first 3 days I focused on using alcohol markers. I am learning which colors blend well and which colors are harder for me to blend. I had a much harder time with purple, but that is ok! I will keep trying!

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I started by stamping this beautiful image using Momento Tuxedo black ink. I then used my Altenew artist markers to color. I am finding I do better working from the lightest shade to my darkest shade. After I was done coloring I used pencils to add more dimension into the nooks and crannies. I chose a sentiment, heat embossed this and adhered this with foam tape. My card was then complete.

Supply List:

• Stamp: Simon Says Stamp & Memory Box (collab stamp) – Fresh Cut Bouquet
• Paper – Neenah 80lb for alcohol markers, 110 lb. Recollections Card stock for base
• Coloring Medium – Altenew Artist Markers, Arteza 120 Colored Pencils

Have a great week! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start! Last night I spent time relaxing before I started back up to work. I enjoy coloring, it is truly relaxing! I wanted to work some more on using my alcohol markers, as this is a goal I have this year! I decided to relax and give it a try again… I wanted to use the beautiful Poppy flower from Altenew which is part of a monthly subscription… Paint a Flower! I am so excited about this monthly release!

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I started by stamping my poppy flower using Memento Tuexedo black ink on Neenah 80lb cradstock. On my leaves I used Nuvo alcohol markers and on my flowers I used Altenew artist markers. For the flowers I used 4 colors from the Red Sunset collection. I am finding I do better when I start with my lightest color and work my way up to my darkest color. Once my coloring was completed I chose a patterned paper, adhered this to my card base, then glued on my flower panel on an A2 card base. I chose a sentiment from the stamp set and my card was complete.

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Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Altenew Paint a Flower – Poppy
• Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White (80lb), patterned paper
• Coloring Medium: Altenew Artist Markers, Nuvo Alcohol Markers

I hope you have a great week! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend! I am getting ready to start back to work tomorrow, our winter break is over! It was wonderful though… lots of family time, crafty time, and even had lots of sun here today! It was actually warmer here today… made me so ready for spring! Today I am sharing the new release from Graciellie Design – Retro Hello! It’s so cute! https://gracielliedesign.shop/product/20-off-%e2%80%a2-retro-hello-mega-digital-stamp-set/ This set is currently on sale, check it out! I love vintage items/antiques… so this phone brings me back!

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I started by working with the phone image in word. I copy and pasted the image in a random order to create a background on my card. I knew I wanted to make an eclipse card with the Hello die from Altenew, so I thought a patterned background could be fun! I colored the phones using my Arteza everblend markers. I did add some colored pencils in shadow areas as well. I then die cute a frame and the hello as well. This hello die once cut has many little pieces so I had to be sure to save them. I started by gluing my background panel down on an A2 card and then inserted a hello die cut (out of foam) on the panel as well. As a side note here I shouldn’t have used a green foam hello, but I did (oops). You can see it a bit. Then I layered a few more hello die cuts for added dimension. I then placed my hello die cut on top and my card was complete.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps – Retro Hello (Graciellie Designs)
• Paper – Neenah Solar White
• Coloring Medium – Arteza Everblend Markers
• Other – Hello die cut (Altenew)

Have a great week – Crafty Hugs,

Natasha