Thursday 2 August 2018

STAMPlorations/National Coloring Book Day BLOSSOM BLISS Blog Hop and Linky Party

STAMPlorations is releasing a new coloring book to celebration National Coloring Book Day and we're having a party - well, OK a blog hop and linky party (no cake, sorry)! You can find the blog hop here. I was so excited to be a part of this blog hop, until I realized that my coloring skills need some work! Well, good thing there are 34 card front designs and I'll have lots of practice. One thing I have noticed that it's important (at least to me) to use good quality colored pencils (pencil crayons for you Canadians, eh!). It really makes a difference in the quality of the coloring. I have found that with the better quality pencils, you get better coverage (less individual pencil lines) and the pencils seem creamier (the color gets applied with less effort).

I have three projects to show you.



Love the beautiful coloring pages of the Blossom Bliss. For this card front, I used Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. I had heard a lot of good things about these pencils and they did not disappoint. They are very creamy. I chose to keep a lot of white space on this coloring page and added only a bit of color. The sentiment uses a stamp from STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 stamp set.



For this card, I used Prismacolor Premier colored pencils and colored in the entire panel. I added a sentiment using STAMPlorations Noteworthy 2 stamp set.



For this card, I went back to the Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils for this card. I was trying to work on shading (I need more practice). It's very relaxing. The sentiment uses STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 stamp set.

There is a free sampler at STAMPlorations for you to color and link up. We can't wait to see what you'll create. There will be 2 winners from our blog hop and linky party.


  • one (1) will receive a copy of Blossom Bliss and $15 GC to the store -- randomly drawn from entries in the linky party
  • one (1) will win a $10 GC to the store -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs.


Linking up and commenting is from August 2 to 9, with the winners announced on August 10.

Thanks for stopping by
sue


13 comments:

  1. Such pretty cards - so lovely in pastel colors!

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  2. These are so soft looking - TFS

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  3. beautiful work - thanks for sharing:)

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  4. Beautifully done. I like that you weren't afraid to leave some white space. I need to try this and try my hand at colored pencils. Now.............no cake you say? Yikes![Bunny]

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  5. Beautiful cards Sue, lovely soft colours and wonderful sentiments

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  6. Your pretty colored panels make the sweetest cards!

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  7. Beautiful cards! You coloring is lovely, and the simple layouts really let the coloring pages shine!

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  8. I love how you left a lot of white in your background and just colored the flowers. It's so light and pretty

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  9. Your cards are all so pretty! This new colouring book looks amazing! I know I had fun with the sampler!

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  10. Soft colors - so pretty.
    thanks for sharing
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  11. Beautiful projects! I love the pretty floral designs and your color combos!

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