Thank you for your kind response to my live Stampin’ Blends video tutorial yesterday (watch it below in this post!!)   I’m glad you enjoyed the Stampin’ Blends coloring tips for the Celebrate Sunfllowers Card!  You can see yesterday’s Sunflower card HERE, and another fun Celebrate Sunflowers card idea below today!

 

Celebrate Sunflowers bundle from Stampin Up colored with Stampin' Blends markers. Greenery embossing folder and Forever Flourishing leaf die. www.PattyStamps.com

My goal with this sunflower card was pops of color and high contrast, with the crisp, clean embossed white background.  I love the Greenery embossing folder image on the Whisper White cardstock layer!

Top fold cardstock base is Bumblebee cardstock, and the sunflower is stamped onto Daffodil Delight cardstock (see video below).

 

How To Add Stampin’  Blends Colors:

There really isn’t a right or wrong way to color with Stampin’ Blends. I documented the order that I used my Stampin’ Blends markers on this sunflower below.  Start by stamping it with Memento black ink on Daffodil Delight cardstock, then add color in the order listed below, or, however you’d like. As mentioned in the video tutorial, I think the KEY is the contrast of dark against light.  Shading the petals that are “behind” another petal with darker colors and leaving the tips lighter seems to be key in getting a little more realistic looking sunflower.

Step by Step how to color the Celebrate Sunflower image with Stampin' Blends markers by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

 

Watch the Celebrate Sunflowers Card Video!

(if you are reading this in an email and cannot view the video, click HERE)

 

 

 

Crafting Tip!

Use a Stampin’ Blends alcohol marker to color the Stampin’ UP! Linen Thread!!  I wanted some Shaded Spruce thread on my card, so I colored it!!  I colored it on the plastic from my Dimensionals just so it wouldn’t soak through onto my grid sheet. 

 

Stamping and crafting tip: color linen thread with Stampin' Blends marker to coordinate with your project! www.PattyStamps.com

Crafting Tip! Color linen thread with Stampin' Blends markers to match your papercrafting project!  www.PattyStamps.com

Find the new Greenery Embossing Folder on page 184 in the new Stampin’ UP! catalog or HERE in my online store!  Add #152716 to your Shopping List!

The thank you greeting is stamped in Bumblebee ink (from the Flowering Blooms set) onto a die cut from the Tasteful Labels dies.

 

Celebrate Sunflowers bundle from Stampin Up colored with Stampin' Blends markers. Greenery embossing folder and Forever Flourishing leaf die. www.PattyStamps.com

 

The greenery sprig behind the sunflower is a die cut piece from the Forever Flourishing dies #152714, cut in Shaded Spruce cardstock.  I really wanted this card to have high contrast and striking colors with the white, bright yellow and the spruce!!

 

Celebrate Sunflowers bundle from Stampin Up colored with Stampin' Blends markers. Greenery embossing folder and Forever Flourishing leaf die. www.PattyStamps.com

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If you missed the info on the card below on the left, please CLICK HERE to see all the details!  Hope you enjoyed my Celebrate Sunflowers card duo and free video tutorial!

 

Stampin Up Celebrate Sunflowers cards colored with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

 

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