HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR CRAFTING FRIENDS! I hope to “freshen” up my monthly card challenges by offering a different (not necessarily new) technique each time. Each month we will make cards in the hope that you will try the specific technique that I include. I will do my best to create them with supplies you are likely to have...I hope.
This is also a plan for us to USE WHAT WE HAVE ON HAND, and hopefully not cause more purchases...though if you do, that is quite acceptable. 
Here we go...
Colored Pencils on Colored Card Stock
This is obviously a work in progress and I will post my completed project soon. I wanted to get reacquainted with colored pencils and saw this technique on YouTube. Select a stamp you would like to color with pencils but stamp the image on colored card stock. Use either a permanent black ink for the image or a colored one that might “disappear” once all is colored in. I will do a sample of that next. Color each section with a white pencil first then apply 2 to 3 blendable colors in that section to shade with. Or just one color...your choice. I found 3 colors worked for me after laying down the white. Once I used the 2 to 3 colors in each petal I re-blended with the white bringing a smoother almost ombré look to the flower. The white really gives the image a glowing light that appeals to me.
This large flower image was stamped with a permanent black ink on green card stock. I used Prismacolor Pencils which are on the soft waxy side and worked well with the blending.
I can’t wait to see what you all do with this technique...can’t wait to see how mine turns out too!
