Hello Friends! How are you today? It’s day 18 and I am super excited to be a guest on the WPlus9 blog today. I had so much fun creating a window card using the beautiful stamp & die cut called Kind Soul. Florals are my favorite stamps and I am totally in love with this one.
Unfortunately the stamp seems to be sold out everywhere and I am sure it will be back in stock soon and it’s totally worth the wait. LOVE the size .. perfect for a 4×6 card.
Using the Kind Soul stamp as a background and as a focal image reminds me of a pretty piece of fabric or a page out of a coloring book. Adding vellum to the background gives it a soft elegant look and off sets the dark sentiment banner enhancing the center image. (that’s a mouth full hahah)
The background was colored simply and the center flowers were colored with Copic markers and colored pencils accents. Did you see the 25% off Copic markers with code MARKERSALE.
IF YOU WANT TO SAVE TIME READING WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
To begin I die cut Kind Soul on some 110 lb white cardstock and stamped the flowers with Copic friendly ink. Stamp the flowers several times to fill up the background. Color the background with some markers without any shading. When finished use a rag and some Copic Blending Solution to add texture to the background. Dab the rag on to the colored areas and you have instant texture. When dry die cut some vellum and glue onto the background.
Flip the panel over and add some foam adhesive (to the floral background) and add to a folded card base.
Next ….. stamp, color and die cut the flowers . Color them like the background (without any shading … quick and easy)
Pull out those colored pencils you have tucked away and sharpen the tips. Add some shading to all the flowers and some details with lines. Add dots with a white gel pen to the centers of a few of the flowers.
The sentiment I used is stacked with two lines and I wanted a long sentiment for my card. In the past I would cut the stamp and I saw a trick that Jennifer Mcguire did.
To accomplish this look you want to emboss the entire sentiment (stamping with Versa Mark ink) add your embossing powder and use a brush to brush away the 2nd part of the sentiment “and beautiful soul”. Stamp the sentiment again inking & embossing the sentiment again and this time use your brush to remove the first part of the sentiment “you have a kind” . Trim your cardstock and trim the ends to make a banner.
Add a pop of colored cardstock on the inside and adhere your sentiment with some foam tape.
I hope you picked up a tip or two and a big thanks to Plus 9 for letting me share my love of coloring with you. Have a happy weekend & see you tomorrow. Hugs, Kathy
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I FOUND your video!!!! It is off to the right side on your blog, after I commented on your first sneak peek of this very card! BEAUTIFUL WORK, KATHY!!!! I THOUGHT this was the stamp you used! 😉 GORGEOUS COLORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE watching your color this!!!! Have you tried Faber Castell Colored Pencils? Pricey, but they are oil based & blend SO NICELY! I sharpen my pencils a lot too! LOL AND I use Alcohol on my nubby rag & it works JUST AS WELL as the blending solution! It’s cheaper too! LOL BUT, this is WONDERFUL, KATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU, INSPIRE US!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! <3
I absolutely love this card. And you’re right that stamp is so hard to find right now. I can not wait to get my hands on it. Jennifer McGuire did a beautiful card also,with this stamp. I have given my email to more companies than I can name to let me know when this is restocked. When I do get it, I will be sure and share my projects. Thanks for all your inspirational videos and designs.
Yeeeees! It’s fantastic, I knew it would be xxx thank you sweetie xx
Love the recessed look of these beautiful florals, Kathy, and I really like your idea for creating a quick background and then adding a layer of vellum for a softer look. I’ve been playing with my coloured pencils this past week but have yet to try it in combination with alcohol markers. BTW, I am using a KUM automatic long point sharpener (the ‘automatic’ refers to an automatic stop). It has two separate holes for sharpening the wood and the lead. Incidentally, this is also one of the favourites of a professional artist who is teaching a Craftsy class I’m taking.
Marianne x
so pretty – love to watch you color – thanks!
You’ve inspired me to try your technique! I wish I had that stamp set but I shall go find something in florals and attempt to use pencils over Copic colored flowers. Your card is beyond stunning!
It’s fabulous!!! And gives me a fun new design to try, as well as (finally) a great how-to on using copics and my colored pencils together! GORGEOUS card–if it came to me I would put it on my mantel (pride of place) and never take it down!
Totally amazing! Jo x
Holy smokes girl!! What a fabulous card!!! First of all–what a fab design! The way you used the vellum is new for me and I love it!!! Secondly, the amount of dimension you achieve with your pencils is fascinating!! Thirdly, I paused your video at a point to see the difference between one of the flowers (that look like Morning Glories to me) that you had just finished versus one not yet done, is just amazing!! Also, the lines on the flower petals is a new one to me. Can’t wait to try that one!! Thank you for all that work putting that video together for us! Hugs!
You got all the tips and now it’s your turn. Thrilled you are inspired to try. 🙂
Wow I love how you coloured this image…watched the video and its amazing to see the transformation of the flowers with each colouring step.
Kathy, you are so sweet. I feel like you are my own personal coloring cheerleader. I love your passion for it, and I love how much you want all of us to love it and be successful with it!
Aww thanks. 🙂
Inspiring as usual!
Oh my, Kathy, I LOVE this stamp and loved watching the video. What a gorgeous card, and thank you for all the tips about coloring over Copic markers with pencils. I am so inspired…you always inspire us all! Know you are loved! xoxo
Gorgeous card! I REALLY need that stamp ♥
Gorgeous card. I love to watch you color and I appreciate all your tips and encouragement. Thanks.
Fabulous card….love the use of vellum! Thanks for the reminder to mix coloring mediums…such a beautiful outcome! You continually inspire me to try different things!
What an absolutely stunning and gorgeous card. Cannot wait to watch the video to see how you created this beauty. My goodness you have wonderful coloring skills. So happy you share! Hugs!
Kathy this is breathtaking! I am new to your site and looking forward to learning great tips from you. I do some colored pencil coloring on a set of post cards that I take along when we travel. I need to sharpen more. But I do love to color. Thanks for your wonderful inspiration.
Just so beautiful Kathy! Your colouring is just awesome (that is an understatement!). I have the stamp set on my list and have clicked the “get notified” everywhere I can think of LOL :). Thanks so so much for all you do. Hugs
Kathy what a gorgeous card! Love to watch you coloring and giving us tips on how to do it!
Oh my!! This is BREATHTAKING!! I know this kind of work just takes so much time but I LOVE the results. STUNNING!!
Amazing coloring Kathy! Thanks for sharing all your tips & tricks! Really beautiful card.
That’s pretty intense coloring but I learned a lot. Makes me want to use pencils more with the other media. I have been coloring most every day since watching your challenge so having this focus has worked for me. Thank you.
Beautiful!
Great video. I love seeing the flowers come to life. You have so many awesome tips and love the copic / pencil look. I can not tell you enough how inspiring you are. I find when I am creating .. what would Kathy do.. I love the way you created the card also. Doing the background and vellum then adding the focal piece in the negative part vs. being raised. The idea of using the stamp and brushing away the other part of the sentiment and re-stamping the rest of the sentiment and brushing away is a great idea.. I follow Jennifer but must of missed that part. I hate cutting stamps apart or putting a tape over it and stamping. Thanks again for taking time to inspire.
Your card is absolutely beautiful! My goodness beautiful coloring , love the added pencils and vellum cutout layer!!!! I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing!!!!!!
My yaw dropped…. GORGEOUS!!!! Kathy, your coloring and design on this card is WOW WOW WOW!!! Love it!! Thank you for sharing with us. Big hugs!!! xx
beautiful card!
Kathy, I just always love it when you do video’s. Your flowers are always so awesome to watch it is like they come to life during your work. Thanks
BE U TI FUL!!
Kathy, this card is breathtaking, truly breathtaking! Thank you for taking the time to video while you’re working, it helps so very much!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love mixing the copics with pencils – fabulous! I’m going to give it a try this weekend!