Kraft paper coloring

Made two new cards last week!  One was a fun birthday card and the other was for a friend.

On both of the cards, I decided to use kraft paper and use my prismacolor pencils to do the coloring.

For the birthday card, the stamps are from Paper Smooches.  On the inside it says "it's your birthday." I free-handed the coloring of the grass.  I didn't want them levitating in thin air...ha ha.

The second card uses a digital stamp that I printed on the kraft paper.  I think it is from the Wax Fruit Company.  I have had it quite a while.  I don't think they are in business anymore.  It is a shame...I really loved their digis! The sentiment is from Paper Smooches (I think...).  I truly enjoy the look you get with the colored pencils on the kraft paper.

And FINALLY...some new creations!!!

Now that I am settled, I am finally getting to play with some of the new stamps and dies I got in July.  I have been waiting to play with these for some time. Here are a few of the creations I made the other day.  Lots more to come!!!

Misti Stamp Tool Fun!

These were created after I got my Misti stamp tool.  I am amazed at the depth of images you can get with this fabulous tool!  It is great for all of those watercolor type stamps.  It had me resurrecting stamps I had not used for years!

Catching Up...Part 4

Wow...I didn't realize I had so many card photos on my phone!  Here are some more that were created sometime in the past few years that never made it to the web.

It is a hodge podge of dies, stamps and techniques.  The first one was my inaugural use of Brusho's.  Definitely need to play around with those some more!

Catching Up...Part 3

Another group of one-layer cards (I did add a die on these)...so I guess they aren't really one layer.  I used the same techniques, but wanted to try out some of my botanical dies.

Catching Up...Part 2

Another handful of card photos from my phone.  These are a variety of cards using different techniques and stamps.

Catching Up....Part 1

Here are a few cards I made some time ago.  They have been on my phone and are just now making it to the computer for me to share!  All of these are one layer cards using a variety of stamps.  Hope you enjoy them!

The first two are done with Memento inks and stamp sets by Stampendous.  The sentiments are from Wordsworth sets.

For this card, I masked off the bottom and used one of my background stamps inked with more than one color of the Memento inks to create the top. 

For the next two cards, I stamped and embossed the saying in white and played around with some watercolors to create backgrounds.  The first one got a little muddy, but the second one turned out much better!  Will definitely have to try this technique again!

The next three cards I used the same one layer format, but instead of using Memento inks for the background, I used my Twinkling H20 paints.  I then used some Versafine ink to over stamp the other images. They have such a nice shimmer.  The photos don't do them justice!