Hi Everyone! I am so excited to be a guest designer for Alex Syberia this month as she has a BEAUTIFUL new release! I have shared a couple cards with you already and today I am the guest on Alex’s blog! http://alexsyberia.com/ Be sure to visit Alex’s blog for amazing inspiration from many other guests, as well as Alex herself! Her cards are beyond AMAZING! I know you will love them! I have been such a fan of hers and her AMAZING coloring, that this is truly an honor for me! Today I am using the new Clematis stamp. You can find this set in her shop (as well as so many others). https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign

I love this stamp set and it was a lot of fun to color. I wanted to create a monochromatic color palette for my first card.I printed my image on Bristol smooth card stock. I chose to work with my zig clean color brush markers for this design. For my floral image I used light pink and wine red. For the leaves I used a variety of shades of green, as well as added some highlight areas using yellow. I have been working to add more dimension to my cards using colored pencils after my image is dry. I used a variety of pencils in darker pink and green tones in the nooks and crannies.

In the center of the flowers, I used perfect pearls powder in gold. I then chose 2 different sentiments for this card. The first sentiment (thank you) is from The beautiful Blooms stamp set from The Gray Muse (illustrated by Alex Syberia) and the (Love you Friend) sentiment is also from The Gray Muse, Happiness Blooms. I stamped these both and heat embossed them with white powder on black card stock. I then used foam tape to adhere these for added dimension. I chose a couple clear sequins for added sparkle.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Cleamtis (Alex Syberia Design), The Gray Muse
• Paper: Bristol Smooth Cardstock
• Coloring Medium: Zig Clean Color briush markers, colored pencils
• Other supplies: Clear sequins

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am so thankful for Alex for this opportunity! Stay tuned… I have 2 more cards coming soon from this release!

Crafty Hugs, Natasha

Hi everyone! I am back with another beautiful stamp from Alex Syberia. This one is called Happy Flowers! This stamp sure does make me happy! For this card I wanted to create a bright flower to help remind me that spring is coming! You can find this beautiful digi stamp in Alex’s shop, as well as many beautiful other stamps in her collection! This stamp is part of her new release! https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign I can’t wait to share 3 more cards with you as a part of Alex’s guest design for her new release!

I started by printing my stamp on Bristol smooth card stock. I then started to color my stamp using Tombow Dual brush pens. I used a pink, orange, and yellow for this flower. Once the flower was dry, I used colored pencils to add more dimension to the nooks and crannies. I truly love adding pencils to my coloring now! I hope you like it too! For the center of my flower I used a combination of Nuvo drops, as well as perfect pearls.

I then added splatter to my card base over my flower image. I used a combination of gold and pink splatter. I then chose a sentiment (You’re the Best) from Ranger. I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder and adhered this to my card using foam tape.

I added a piece of pink card stock to the base and adhered my card together! I hope you enjoy this design! A huge thank you to Alex for having me be a part of this release! I am very thankful!

Craft Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Happy Flower (Alex Syberia Design), Ranger
• Paper: Bristol smooth
• Coloring Medium: Tombow Dual Brush pens
• Other supplies: Metallic Watercolor, Perfect Pearls, Nuvo Drops

Have a great week and crafty hugs!

Natasha

Hi everyone! I am excited for a collaboration with 2 of my fellow Graciellie Designs team mates Sandhya Iyer and Angie Cimbalo. For this collaboration we chose to use the beautiful Love and Friends stamp set. https://gracielliedesign.shop/product/love-friends-digital-stamp-set/ This set has a beautiful grapevine wreath with a gorgeous floral. The sentiments in this set are so pretty as well.

I started by printing my image and sentiment on Tonic Studios alcohol marker paper. I was eager to try out my new Altenew Artist Markers for this project. I am learning how to color with these markers, I have a long way to go, but it is fun to learn new coloring mediums. I use the shades of purple set for the floral image. Once the image was completed I added shades of a deep purple and blue to the nooks and crannies for extra dimension. For the leaves I used greens from Tonic studios, Nuvo Alcohol marker pens. For the grapevine wreath I used 2 copic brown colors. Wow… I sure do have a mix of alcohol markers! But I guess it works….. To complete my card I used Nuvo glitter drops and metallic water color splatter, along with some gold sequins.

I would love it if you would stop by Sandhya’s blog to see how she used this set! https://wp.me/paiTWP-JE Then be sure to stop by Angie’s blog to see another wonderful idea for this beautiful set! https://cimbacreativefun.blogspot.com/2020/02/always-love-you-with-graciellie-designs.html We would love to see what you make with this set! Be sure to tag us on Instagram using the #gracielliedesigncollab

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Love and Friends (Graciellie Design)
• Paper: Tonic Studios, Recollections for card base
• Coloring Medium: Altenew artist markers (Shades of Purple), Tonic Nuvo Markers, Copic
• Other supplies: sequins, metallic watercolor, Tonic Glitter drops

Hope you had a great weekend! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha