Please join me in celebrating the 9th birthday of a super special, super delightful stamp company: A*Muse! Their stamps always make me — and the recipients of my cards — smile!
So you can imagine how honored I was when Heather asked me to join in the A*Muse 9th birthday celebration + Everything’s Rosy release blog hop. But then, when I got the stamps in the mail I jumped up and down with pure joy — they remind me of a prairie rose scrambling over an old wooden fence — so sweet!
I just love solid stamps like the Wild Rose and the Wild Rose Branch because they’re perfect for adding shading with good old colored pencils. You just can’t go wrong — it’s so simple.
Stamp the wild rose and wild rose branches with ink — I like to use chalk inks for this technique (full supplies for everything listed below). Then start adding red and brown pencils to the parts of the petals that you want to be the darkest, then blend with pink and white.
Then for the leaves, start out by adding a darker green and then go over it with a lighter green and white. Everything will be rosy in no time at all. :)
Supplies: A*Muse wild Rose, wild rose branch, and merci stamps, white pretty pearls, green kitchen paper, red petite gingham paper. The faux bois paper in the background is also by A*Muse — love it. Prismacolor pencils in white, pink, scarlet lake, moss green, apple green and brown. Tim Holtz distress ink in antique linen and tea dye (to add the distressing to the edges). Spellbinders large labels Nestabilities die cut. Colorbox rose petals chalk ink for the rose, chestnut roan for “merci”, and Hero Arts grass green chalk ink for the rose branch.
Now then, it’s A*Muse’s birthday, but they’re giving away presents to all of YOU! How sweet and generous is that? To win the Wild Rose and Merci stamps, just leave a comment on this post. A random winner will be announced on on Monday, May 10th on the A Muse blog.
Now, on to the next stop in the hop — the talented Lexi Daly! Pssst, she has a giveaway too, as do all the gals in the hop! So the more blogs you visit, the more giveaways you can enter = the more chances you have to win! If you have any problems hopping around you can always head back to the A*Muse blog for a complete list of direct links to all the participants
Happy hopping, and mega HUGE Happy 9th birthday hugs to Linda, Heather, Julie, and everyone at A*Muse!
Merci,
Beautiful flowers!! And so sweet with the gingham!
Just bonked myself upside the head. I never thought of using colored pencils on top of a solid stamped image. Well done!
Great coloring, Lisa! Thanks for all the tips on how you did it…nice work!
Oh my!! Your coloring is absolutely gorgeous!!! Brings those flowers to life! Thanks for sharing the extra photo’s & instructions as well. :)
lovely card! great coloring technique, must try it! thanks for the chance to win!
So pretty! I love your gorgeous coloring!
What an amazing technique! That flower is so beautiful — I have never seen anything like it!
Love that rose. It looks like our Cherokee rose that grows wild in Ga. Your tips using colored pencils were excellent. I’m experimenting some with pencils. I never thought to stamp first then enhance with the pencils. I’m addding your blog to my list of “check these often” blogs. Neat stuff–love your photos too.Thnks for the chance to win.
Hi Angie — I know the Cherokee rose and I love it! Nothing smells so sweet! Ours here in Texas is pretty similar, too. Love all wild roses, actually :)
Lisa, Thanks for the reply. No one has ever done that before for me. As I said before I will be a loyal follower. You are a Star in my book.
I LOVE the way you shaded with your prisma pencils. I am one of the few people in the world who doesn’t own any copics BUT I do own a beautiful set of prisma pencils and you’ve just inspired me to bring them within reach of my stamp table!!
Beautiful cards!
This card is so pretty! I love it!
This is just beautiful and so inspiring. Love your coloring too.
you do beautiful coloring and the layout and colors on your card are lovely. thanks for a chance to win.
What wonderful coloring! And a lovely stamp!
Just a lovely card with a touch of country with the chex decorative paper.
stamping sue
Hi Lisa,
So very pretty! I love the way you showed how you colored the wild rose. I am one that does not have copic markers (can’t afford them) and it is so nice to see you use prisma pencils (and I do have them, yay).
I had thought about using water color pencils, but using the prisma pencils is right up my alley! Beautiful card, thank you for showing it, in such detail! Have fun with your stamps, I bet you were like a kid in a candy store when you opened up your package. Have a great day!
~Tonya
What a beautiful card!! The coloring is fabulous. Makes it look like it was hand painted. Wonderful work!!
Very pretty – like your shading on top
Your shading is stunning!! I love the retro feel it adds to the roses. What a beautiful card!
Oh how BEAUTIFUL!
Beautiful card….Thanks for the tips and techniques!