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I have two projects to share with you today. I tried my hand at pencil shading the truck from my Kittie Kits Fall Harvest set. The second is a fairly gaudy red and white Valentine flower card.
Linda aka Holstein was featured artist for the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper challenge this week. I was intrigued by her pencil shaded horse card and inspired to try my hand with the technique.
I stamped the image with black Stazon and used a used a sketching pencil with soft lead to shade the truck image. I really had fun playing with this technique and definitely think I will try again.
I almost tried to light pencil sketch in some scenery around the truck but thought I’d better stop where I was.
My second card is a crazy one for me. It is one of those times where the project looked so much better in my head than how it really turned out.
I wanted to try making a flower with my new Stampin’ Up! blossom punch but got a little carried away with the size of the flower. I punched several petals, distressed them and then attached them to a punched circle used as the base of the flower.
I wanted to center to be sparkly with rhinestones but wanted them to be red so I colored clear ones with a red Promarker. I attached the leafy flourish to try and soften the flower a little. I was almost not going to post this as it isn’t my favorite but thought I may as well share the bad with the good. LOL!
I hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.
Stamps: Rubbernecker Kittie Kits Fall Harvest
Paper: Bienfang Drawing Paper, White, Black
Ink: Stazon
Accessories: Alvin Draft-Matic Pencil 0.9mm, Sizzix Tim Holtz Brick Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Rectangle Die
Paper: White, Red
Accessories: SU Blossom Punch, Martha Stewart Heart PATP Punch Set, Spellbinder Heart Circle Die, My Favorite Things Leafy Flourish, Rhinestones, Red Promarker
Hello, these 2 cards a perfect. I will try the pencil shading too. Thanks.
Lynne from oz
Fantastic pencil coloring/shading! Nice tribute card. 🙂
You must have an art background, Kittie … it seems that there is very little you can’t do with colouring mediums and you are so creative with design ideas. Love this truck and it’s something I would not even have considered doing with a sketching pencil…it’s certainly the perfect image to do this technique with.
And the flower card is not what I would consider ‘gaudy’. Red can be very ‘in-your-face’ but with the white that you have used, I honestly think that the flower and the card are beautiful.
Kittie, you have NEVER made a bad card in your life! I really like both cards a lot and your pencil shading is fantastic….I also like the blossom … it isn’t crazy at all.
Boy, you’re an artist too! Absolutely loved what you did with your shading. Congrats! And the red flower was gaudy – it was beautiful. I might try that one today!
Hi Kittie!
Wonderful pencil shading on this truck !! Love the brick wall background – perfect for this!
Have one question – usually soft pencil will smudge if you are not using a ‘fixative’ of some sort – did you spray this with anything? One trick I used to use (mostly with pastels) was give it a quick spray with a cheap aerosol hairspray – the liquid ones could make it ‘run’!
You have to be an artist to do what you did with that truck. You have such an eye for detail. I know you think the other card is not good but even what you think is not good is better than what I can do. Once again, thanks.
Amazing as usual…I so need lessons!
Terrific change of pace Kittie, the pencil shading came out very nice, I really like it, very different from your usual techniques, but we all have to expand at times, I think I iwll give this a try as well. Love trying new things! And your second card is very pretty, very nice flower, and I think the over all look is pretty.
Thanks for sharing,
hugs
Donna
Oh Wow, love the shading and the embossed background looks great with it!
I love the shading on your truck card.
Also, even what you call your bad cards are gorgeous. The flower is really impressive, I love it!
Awesome job on the shading.
I also liked the flower card.
Glad you posted it.
love the shaded truck and the beautiful and the beautiful flower.
LOVE, LOVE the pencil shaded card!! And I like the fact that you kept the color scheme monochromatic…it just makes it POP!
Hi Kittie
What a perfect mans card!
Your shading is spot on. I love all your cards, but I thought the big red flower may have overpowered a bit. I would love, love, love to see you do the same red & white card with some small red posies and a sprig of greenery mixed with the same white scroll embellie. Your flowers always amaze me!!
Hugs & Smiles
Trisha
They are so pretty x