Hello Friends, How are you today? I am hoping everyone is safe and dry with sooo much crazy weather.
Today I am up on the Power Poppy blog for another “Inspire Me Monday” post. Check out their blog to see what inspired my card & more photos with some tips. (sorry I have had a really bad cold)
To watch the video in HD click here.
I have been promising to make you all a video with colored pencils so I managed to get that done. I hope I sound ok? It’s always hard to listen to myself and I did notice that I couldn’t mention it enough that you need a SHARP pencil. This is the only sharpener so far that I have found that I love.
When you use a detailed stamp it’s so much easier to achieve the no line look with ease. For my card today I combined the “In Praise of Sunflowers” & “Prairie Cheer” stamps sets.
Wishing you a great start to your week and thanks for popping in. Hugs, Kathy
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This is GORGEOUS!!!!
OMGOSH! Girl this is a stunning creation.Thanks for making me smile.
Stunning!!!!! I love it! And what interesting ring your wore!
Hi Kathy, I loved watching how you brought these flowers to life. Hope you’ll feel better soon. When my husband and I got a cold last month, the pharmasist gave us a new to us product from Crete, called Iama. It’s plant based and it worked surprisingly well. DH and I were both amazed. Since I got my cold when DH was already on the mend, I started taking this product at the first symptoms, and it dramatically reduced the duration and severity of my cold, causing me to sleep like normal and skipping the coughing stage altogether. Sorry for sounding like a commercial lol.
Marianne x
Gorgeous coloring! Love this card, Kathy! ♥
Kathy,
This is stunning? Thank you for sharing.
Elaine Allen
This is so beautiful Kathy. These stamps are awesome and I am pinning this in hopes one day to have “real” coloured pencils. In the meantime I will have to practice with the leftovers from when my children were in grade school! LOL (But they work!)
Very pretty card, It makes me want to get my pencils out again and dust them off xxx
Gorgeous! Great video!
Thanks for all of the colored pencil tips–your coloring is magnificent! Sorry to hear that you aren’t feeling well, have you considered PT for your neck issue? Could be lots of issues and things to teach to help-from posture, sleeping position, vision–all things to consider. I hope you feel better soon!
great job! It has been really hard for me, but so rewarding, to learn to use a light hand with my pencils and to color in layers. I am also learning that if the colors I have don’t quite work for me, I can play with layering other colors to bring it closer to the shade I am looking for. I am having lots of fun figuring out which colors to use to “correct” what I have. I showed my great-niece how to do it with markers: so fun to see her excitement when we experimented with different blues and reds to get different shades of purple! We had a blast! Get well, and take care of yourself.
That is so beautiful, and it was fascinating to watch. Thanks for the video.
Kathy, absolutely beautiful! I enjoy listening to you explain what you are doing. It helps me understand what you are doing so that I can learn from you. So, thank you. I don’t really enjoy watching people who put music on and never speak. Your work is beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Wow Kathy, what amazing detail on these flowers! Just gorgeous!
This absolutely gorgeous Kathy! Love it! 🙂
Thanks for doing a video with colored pencils. Most of us can afford those–ha! Your sense and understanding of coloring, shading, achieving textures, etc., etc., etc., etc. is phenomenal. I’d have never though in a million years on my own to try that mauvish-pinkish pencil to get such a pretty color on the sunflower (well, maybe after I ran out of orange and yellow trying to achieve the color I’m “seeing” in my mind). You’re the best, with a cold or not. I had it for 3 weeks, so take care & stay well. We need you!!!
PS: thanks for talking and not playing music. I usually mute videos with music. It’s distracting and is usually not something I’d listen to on my own.
Your coloring in your video was nothing short of STUNNING , said numerous commenters prior to myself but true none the less . You are so great at sharing you artistic talents with us , I have so much admiration for you ❤️ .
Beautiful coloring, hope you feel better soon!
Hi Kathy ~ Your talent never ceases to amaze me!! These flowers look incredibly life-like and your sentiment is perfect for this card. Thanks so much for sharing and for always being positive and inspiring. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Kathy you are one of the most talented people out there. This card is simply stunning. I have many times tried to replicate your work and I never come close, but I think get a little better each time. Thanks for all your tutorials!
Beautiful. You make me want to break out my pencils. I love the look. Hope your feeling better each day.. take care
This was fabulous to watch Kathy! I love the look of the pencil and the different shades you used to bring this image to life. The end result is stunning 🙂
stunning coloring!
hugs , Fiki
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Another wonderful lesson! Feel better soon Kathy ☺
Kathy this is really a lovely card! You mention you don’t really care about the stems, and just draw them in…I think your handmade stems are so realistic!
And, I believe I really understand how to use my colored pencils in a better way. I think each line on a petal you are making the length of the whole petal, or on some, two shorter lines. One at the top of the petal, and one coming from the bottom with white paper in the middle.
I’ve been making little circles trying to color in each petal. I was trying not to let my pencil lines show! Of course they were glaring— so much happening lead on lead!
Please be well. Drink plenty of water and tea and try to get some rest, too! This is a great video!
Thank you for making it!
He-IS-Able!
Traci Starkweather
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Gorgeous coloring! Thanks for your great video!
Your flowers are beautiful. I love knowing this took you more than an hour to do. That helps me to slow down and enjoy my own coloring. Thanks for the good tips.
Your ‘coloring’ is so realistic and makes the flowers look dimensional. Thanks for sharing your video, which demonstrates your technique wonderfully. Looking forward to another 30 day color challenge. Praying you feel better soon, and shake that miserable cold!
Stunning as always! I love that you used colored pencils! Thanks so much for sharing!