Video: Happy Thanksgiving Polychromos on Dark Cardstock

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Sep 18, 2018 Nichol Spohr

Hello! One of my favorite looks for fall is gold embossing on dark cardstock and coloring in images with colored pencils or metallic watercolors. Today I'm sharing an Autumn Bounty with this background created by stamping and embossing images from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut Set on navy cardstock with Gold Embossing Powder and coloring in the images with Polychromos colored pencils.

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Images from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut Set were stamped on navy cardstock with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. The images were colored in with Polychromos colored pencils, using the white pencil as the base for most of the images. I love the way the color pops off the dark background!

Sentiments from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut Set were stamped on navy cardstock with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder and White Embossing Powder. A Nesting Oval Infinity Die was used to die cut the sentiments into an oval and matted on a white die cut oval before being popped up with foam adhesive and adhered to the background as shown.

The design was finished by adding three die cut images from the Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut that had been stamped on navy cardstock, embossed with Gold Embossing Powder, and colored in with Polychromos Colored Pencils. The images frame up the bottom of the greeting oval.

I hope this has inspired you to try coloring in background images with colored pencils on dark cardstock! Happy Fall!

Nichol Spohr

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23 Responses

Martie Johnson

October 15, 2018

Hi Nichol,
I always wondered how to stamp on a darker colored paper but never could get it to work for me. Thank You for this tutorial it was very enlightening .
I will keep my eyes open for more of your tutorials.
Thanks Again,

Jeff Wince

September 27, 2018

That background is absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic!

April

September 26, 2018

What is the stuff you are rubbing onto the paper before you stamp?
Is that laquer?

Beautiful technique.

Kathy Wills

September 22, 2018

Beautiful! Haven’t thought of coloring white over the dark card stock. Thank you so much.

Sandy Dayhoff

September 21, 2018

Love this! So happy I got this set! Thanks for sharing!

Doris Cote

September 19, 2018

This is so pretty! Thanks for inspiring!

Hamutal

September 19, 2018

Stunning! Beautiful coloring!

pam edwards

September 19, 2018

I love the dark cardstock for the background. It really looks great. I have never been a fan of the gold embossing powder but your card looks beautiful.

Carol Jones

September 19, 2018

Beautiful! Love your card design and coloring. I’m just starting with colored pencils and I love it. Thanks for the great tips and inspiration!

Debbie

September 19, 2018

Very pretty card! I never heard of Polychromos colored pencils. I’ve always had a hard time coloring embossed images with colored pencils. I will have to try again. Great video! Thanks.

Diane Laube

September 19, 2018

Thanks so much for the wonderful coloring tutorial. Your cards was beautiful. Really helpful.

BeverlyBL

September 19, 2018

I love this look. So beautiful. Love it on the blue.

Mitzi

September 19, 2018

I’ve never used polychromos pencils, but I have Prismas and am hoping to get somewhat similar results. I really like the look of colored pencils on the dark cs. Thanks for sharing.