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Pencil Coloured Gerberas

Today I’m using one of the fabulous floral stamps that are currently available for pre-order with Sunshine & Bee Designs next release. Here I have used the gorgeous floral bloom and coloured all the gerberas in with my PolyChromos pencils. I won’t lie it took a while to colour, but I popped something on Prime and passed the time quite happily colouring it in. 

This is part of the next release from Sunshine & Bee Designs and is part of a Kickstarter campaign to get this release made. To find out more, check out the link at the end of the post.

PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR SUNSHINE & BEE DESIGNS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS

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Pencil coloured gerberas

Creating the no-line Pencil coloured gerberas

To start off, I need to create a non-line pencil colour stamped image. The best way to do this is to use embossing ink. A piece of Peony Hero Hues Hero Arts cardstock was placed inside my MISTI and the stamp positioned over the top. 

The stamp was inked up with WOW! Clear Ultra Slow drying embossing ink and stamped twice. This will give you a nice clear watermark stamped image to colour in. Before you start to colour the flowers in, add WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder over the sentiment and heat set.  

Adding the colour

For the colouring, I’ve used my PolyChromos pencils from Faber Castell. To colour these flowers in, I started off with my lightest colour, blocking of the light colour within the petal. I then worked from light to dark, adding the darker colours towards the base of the petals or where a petal over lapped creating a shadow.

Colours used:

  • Light Flesh 132
  • Rose Carmine  124
  • Pink Carmine 127
  • Dark red 225
  • Magenta 133

For smooth blending add the colour lightly, and then go back between the colours, using the lighter colour to blend it.  Next, to colour the inners of the flowers, I used a yellow along with the medium pink from the petals and a brown to create shading. With this blending, I used a circular motion to get a slightly different texture to the inners of the flowers. 

Colours used:

  • Dark Chrome Yellow 109
  • Rose Carmine  124
  • Burnt Carmine 193
  • Walnut Brown 177

Once all the colouring was complete, the panel was trimmed down and foam mounted onto a white cardbase. 

About the pre-order release via Kickstarter

As mentioned this stamp is part of the next release from Sunshine & Bee Designs floral release consisting of four new stamp sets. You can pre-order the stamps by being part of the Kickstarter Campaign. Visit HERE for more information. 

Also of note, the clear stamp sets retail for £12. As a thank you for your support towards the campaign, Sunshine & Bee Designs are offering these clear stamps at a pre-order special of £10. 

Pencil coloured gerberas

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Floral Bloom - Sunshine & Bee Designs
Floral Bloom – Sunshine & Bee Designs (pre-order via Kickstarter)
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WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad
WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad
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WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill
WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill
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WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill
WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill
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Metallic Gold Rich Pale - WOW! Embossing Powder
Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder
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Peony Hero Hues- Cardstock - Hero Arts
Peony Hero Hues- Cardstock – Hero Arts
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Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock
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Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia
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Gina K Designs – Connect Glue
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WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version)
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version)
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WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version)
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Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn
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Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer - Tonic Studios
Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios
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Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for SUNSHINE & BEE DESIGNS have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from WOW! Embossing Powder to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love.   The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert. 

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Hi, I am Verity and I live in the UK.  I love to create beautiful projects whenever I can. My main passion lies with Papercrafting, however, I will always turn my hand to a new project or craft any chance I get.

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