Inspiration: As You See It #189 + The Paper Players #419 (Sweet Treats)
My parents visited last weekend and on Sunday night, we had a bit of free time, so I lent my mom a coloring book and I stamped myself a few Stamping Bella images and we sat down to color. While I've always thought I could sit down to color in front of the TV, it's something that I've never ended up doing. It seems I always color in my craft room, where I have all of my supplies handy and good lighting. I never randomly pick colors - I always have a color combo in mind or keep the patterned papers I plan to use nearby as reference to try and match as nicely as possible. This time, though, I quickly looked at possible papers, decided on red, green and grey and went from there. I ended up with four finished images in one sitting, so you should see more finished cards coming up soon. This is the first one I mounted on a card, based on the As You See It sketch (which I modified without meaning to - I didn't realize there was four panels on the original sketch and ended up with three patterns on my card!). Coloring was done with Prismacolor pencils. The cookie and milk detail was perfect for the Sweet Treats challenge as well.
Supplies
Stamps: The Littles Christmas Collection Waiting for Santa (Stamping Bella);
Étoile lumineuse (Star of Light - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Brushed Silver
Patterned Papers: Mad 4 Plaid Christmas (Photoplay)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); VersaMark; Basic Grey, Smoky Slate (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Narrow White Envelope, Stampin' Dimensionals, Slit Punch,
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Lace Trim Border Punch (Stampin' Up!);
July Crystals (Studio Katia); Labels Ten Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Pencils (Prismacolor);
Wood Snowflakes (Omer DeSerres)
Cindy your cute pair with their milk and cookies is adorable and I love your shaped panel and chunky ribbon against those background papers. Funny I never colour in front of the TV either - maybe I should give it a try! Thanks for joining us over at The Paper Players this week!
Posted by: Joanne James | November 23, 2018 at 13:18
Woohoo, I recognized that sketch right away! So fun with all your Christmasy papers! And your little elves are as sweet as can be! Thanks for playing with the Players AND the ASYI sketch this week!
Posted by: LeAnne | November 23, 2018 at 14:32
Funny, Cindy - I mistook the design for three panels at first as well. Love your super elves and what fabulous colouring! I can never quite get it going with colouring pencils, especially not with skin but you've aced it. Thank you for joining us at both As You See It and The Paper Players.
Posted by: Jan Clothier | November 23, 2018 at 14:36
Such a fun card, Cindy! I love the mix of patterns and your coloring is gorgeous. I love all of the beautiful detail you achieved with the pencils. Wowza! Thank you so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
Posted by: Anne Marie Hile | November 23, 2018 at 20:07