Hi it is Heidi

Hi everyone, Heidi here again: today I’ll show you my second project as a guest designer for Kennedy Grace Creations!

Today I will show you how to make three cards with the same design but every card has a totally different feel because of the different papers I used to color the stamped image on. This way you can stretch the use of the craft supplies you have to get a variation of different results. These cards mainly feature the “Time to Blossom” stamp set, as well as one of the sentiments from the “Grace’s Little Note”stamp set, both from Kennedy Grace Creations, and also the thank you sequin mix called “Kennedy Grace” that you get free with purchase.

For my first card I stamped the flower image from the “Time to Blossom” stamp set on Canson Bright White heavy weight cartridge paper Versafine “Onyx Black”ink and I coloured the image with Faber Castell Polychromos.

As the final finishing touch for this card I used the sequins (black and iridescent pinkish white) and the micro-beads (iridescent pinkish white) from the free with purchase “Kennedy Grace”sequins mix.

For my second card I went through the same steps as with the first card but I stamped the flower on Strathmore “Toned Gray” paper. This creates a totally different feel I think. I colored the image with mainly Polychromos and an odd Holbein and Caran d’Dache Luminance pencil. The sentiment for this card is from the “Grace’s Little  Note”Stamp set.

And for today’s last card I stamped the flower image on Strathmore “Toned Tan” paper with Memento’s “Espresso Truffle”ink and colored with Polychromos and Caran d’Ache white. I wanted to do something different with the sentiment on this card so I stamped one of the sentiments from the “Time to Blossom” stamp set with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger super fine detail “Gold” embossing powder.

I have to say I just love the font the sentiments in this stamp set come in and this flower was a lot of fun to colour!

If you are used to only coloring on white paper then it’s fun to try something different sometime. What you have to keep in mind is that when you color on grey or tan paper that you have to think in reverse: you accentuate the highlights with a lighter (for example white) pencil unlike when coloring on white paper where you leave the highlights the color of the paper.

If you would like to know more about how I made these cards and what exact colors I used then you can go over to my website for more details:  http://www.makeyourlifecolourful.com/single-post/2017/04/15/%E2%80%9CThe-Same-but-Different%E2%80%9D-with-Kennedy-Grace-Creations.