I liked the Perfectly Paired baby card from Sunday (which I coloured with blends) so much that I decided to make another  only this time using watercolour pencils for a more traditional look. I have 2 work colleagues who are expecting in April so I need some more!

I laid down the colour and then used a blender pen to smooth out the pencil lines, adding more when necessary. This time I used an early espresso mat on top of the petal pink card base. Page down and see the one coloured with blends, which do you prefer?

The blends are more intense and easy to get the colour down. But the pencils are easier to avoid colour  bleeding and therefore easier to use.

It’s a great set for baby cards, Perfectly Paired, 148712 for $19.

 

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Liz

A friend of mine has just had a baby which gave me an excuse to get out Perfectly Paired. It’s an adorable set as you can see.

I decided to use the blends because I have a lot of colours and spent a happy hour coloring in a couple of the images. Although a baby usually means pastel monochromatic cards, I wanted to go with vibrant colours. This meant stamping in memento ink and since the stamp is quite large, I decided to mount it on my stamparatus to ensure that I got a good image – it’s a good thing I did, the crocs were a bit shy and had to be inked up again.

Here are the blends that I used, both light and dark unless otherwise stated ($9 for the combo packs mentioned below):

Pool Party (144605)

old olive (144597)

lovely lipstick (147281)

soft suede (147273)

smoky slate (145058)

dark mango melody (147944; $4.50)

ivory (144606; $4.50)

and the stamp set is Perfectly Paired (148712; $18)

I matted in black and placed that on a lovely lipstick card base. Then I decided it needed some sparkly so I added some wink of Stella to the water.

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It’s also a great time to join: you get $175 of product of your choice for just $99 and the shipping is free. Email or call me if you have question.

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See you soon,

Liz