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Poinsettia Frame - Coloring in three ways | TaeEun Yoo

Poinsettia Frame - Coloring in three ways | TaeEun Yoo

06 Sep 2024 5 Comments

Hello and Happy Friday, everyone! It’s TaeEun here today with a trio of holiday cards featuring the Poinsettia Frame product suite. I colored the Poinsettia Frame using three different coloring media: colored pencils, ink pads, and watercolor. The beautiful large poinsettias in the stamp set invite you to color them :) !


The first card showcases the Poinsettia Frame colored using Polychromos colored pencils.

I stamped the image in Calico White on red cardstock to save time when coloring the poinsettia in red. I then colored it using Polychromos colored pencils. To color the red leaves of the poinsettias, I focused on adding the dark shades and highlights. To color the greenery, I used bright yellow-green as a base and built up the darker shades on top. In the end, the leaves took on an olive green or brown hue, which I found appealing. 

After finishing the coloring, I cut the Poinsettia Frame using the coordinating die. 

To create the background for this card, I pressed the front of a light beige cardbase using the Diagonal Plaid Press Plate and Peony ink. I foam mounted the Poinsettia Frame onto the cardbase. The sentiment is from the Magical Holiday Press Plate, which I hot foiled in gold. 
To finish, I added a few Gold Metallic Pearls and Scarlet Clear Drops to the central area of the card. 

The second card is showing the Poinsettia Frame stenciled using the coordinating stencil set

First, I heat embossed the image in Liquid Platinum and stenciled the three layers of the poinsettias in two tones - blue and purple - using Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Seaside, Soft Lilac, Lavender and Regal Kiss. For the berries, I used Opulence and Lavender, and for the leaves Sage, Eucalyptus, and Spruce Tips. The leaves are in two layers. I combined the three green ink colors differently to achieve varying shades of darkness for the leaves. 
The stenciled image was then die cut using the coordinating die. 

For this card, I chose a light blue cardbase, the front of which I cut using the Hexagon Tiles coverplate die. To soften the color of the cardbase I ink blended the central part in Calico White. 

Next I foam mounted the Poinsettia Frame onto the cardbase.
The sentiment, from the Holiday Greetings Sentiments Press Plate, was pressed in Seaside, die cut with the coordinating die, and added to the card using foam tape.  A few Iridescent Clear Drops were my finishing touch for this card. 

The Poinsettia Frame on the last card was watercolored.


I stamped the image in Peach Fuzz on watercolor paper and then colored it, working in several layers to achieve a detailed look. 

The soft pink cardbase was dry embossed using the Stippled Plaid Press Plate. I foam mounted the die cut Poinsettia Frame onto the cardbase and added the gold hot foiled sentiment from the Magical Holiday suite.

Lastly, I scattered a few Ballet Slipper Jewels, and the card was complete. 

That’s it from me for today! I hope you enjoyed looking at my cards ! The absolute time-saver is the layering stencil set, which took me less than 30 minutes to color the image. Coloring with the other coloring media took much, much more time, but the joy and the calming process of coloring are priceless! 

Thank you!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

TaeEun

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5 Comments

16 Sep 2024 Linda Jensen

The cards are beautiful 🥰 I would love to see a video of how you have done the watercoloring on the last card. It looks amazing 🤩

16 Sep 2024 Hideko Kawaguchi

Blue & Purple version is so unique and have some tropical vibes. You showed me how playful this set can be.

10 Sep 2024 Annette Gordon
Ps. You sold me on this set!
10 Sep 2024 Annette Gordon
I really like the different looks. You are so very talented water colouring, ink blending and colouring on red card stock! They all look fabulous! I can’t pick a favourite.
10 Sep 2024 Danita C.
All three of your cards are absolutely gorgeous ! I like them all so much that I can’t even pick a favorite! You did an exceptional job on each one :)

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