The other day, on this post, I made a card with the Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper but left the design black and white. Here is another card using the same designer paper, but with a smaller floral pattern. This time I colored in the flowers to make the Perfectly Penciled Colored Flowers Card. I find coloring in these images to be easy and fun. With the coloring techniques we have, you really don’t have to be too perfect. You don’t have to exactly stay inside the lines or color every single spot. Just get some color down in the area and it will look fine.
This card has a base of So Saffron and a layer of Pool Party cardstock. For the Pool Party, however, I stamped around the edge with one of the small flower stamps in the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. The designer paper piece is cut at 3″ x 4 1/4″ and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Just use whatever colors you like. I was using light colors such as Petal Pink, So Saffron, Pool Party, Highland Heather, and Granny Apple Green for the leaves.
The greeting is also in the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. It is stamped in Pool Party ink and then die cut with a stitched circle in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I almost put the greeting as is on the Basic White on the card, but then decided to add a Pool Party layer die cut with one of the scalloped circles in the Layering Circles Dies. I think it adds a lot.
I colored the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon with a Dark So Saffron Stampin’ Blend Marker to add some embellishment to the card. I adhered the designer paper to a piece of Basic Black and then adhered a strip of ribbon around and added a bow. For a final touch, I added three Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels to the bottom of the greeting. This card is a simple one yet has several areas of interest so it’s not too plain.