Pencil Crayon Poinsettia

Hello!  It's a lovely fall day today in Jemseg, New Brunswick.  A little windy but sunny and mild.  Sure beats the grey sky and rain we had on the weekend.  Well, today I have a card to share that showcases a rarely used colouring method, for me at least.  Now, you all know how much I love my Spectrum Noir markers but this time I decided to break out my neglected Prismacolor pencils.  I recently purchased a bunch of fantastic stamps from STAMPlorations that I've been playing around with.  Shery, who designs these stamps, has come up with some lovely new Christmas ones that I just adore.  For this card I used the poinsettia from the Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower set.  As the name suggests, it has a wonderful sketched feel to it.  Take a look at what I've made...

So, I made a paper mask of the poinsettia and then stamped it all around the edge of the kraft card base.  I used soft suede ink (SU!) so as not to be too harsh looking.  Then I coloured my flowers using white, pink and green pencil crayons.  I love how this looks on the kraft paper.  Then I stamped my sentiment (from same set) in the same brown ink.  I love that this is all one layer as well.

I'm going to link up to these two challenges:

STAMPlorations - for their "Anything Goes" challenge which requires the use of their own stamps.

Virginia's View Challenge - make a CAS card.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed you visit.  I sure appreciate you stopping by.  Have a lovely day!