A New Beginning.... floral wreath hand coloured 365 day challenge
Hi all you crafty folks out there.... Well, it is another gloomy day here - will be so nice to see some sun soon! But this card I made cheers me up! I took the floral spray wreath (by Stamps by Me) and stamped it on to some white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. As it is quite a big stamp, I used a stamping platform to do it so if there were any missing bits I could redo it without smudging etc. I decided to use pencils (from Stabilo) to colour it in (not watercolour) and I am really impressed with how they work. I used yellows, oranges and reds for the flowers and a couple of shades of green for the foliage. Once I was happy with the result, I edged the card with a black marker and then stuck it to some green cardstock (this is from Crafter's Companion Textures 12"x12" block). I then used what green ink was left on a dauber to colour the background in - am really pleased with how it turned out as it gives it a vellum/parchment look. The sentiment A New Beginning is ...