I love the look of Prismacolor pencils on toned card stock..usually I'll pick kraft but since one of the colors is gray, I used it instead. After putting the lighthouse in my Misti, I stamped it w/ Memento, colored w/ Prismas, then overstamped w/ Versafine. Actually, no black pencils were used on the lighthouse..just very dark grays, lt grays & white. I finished off the scene by adding the water & seagulls then added a white mat on top. The greeting had to be split to fit the vertical pennant.
This will be going to my dad & since he was in the Air Force, I hope he doesn't think I moved him to the Navy w/ this nautical theme, lol.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
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Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 7:44 PM
Love the look of your colored pencils on the gray cs, Julie - awesome look! I also like all your great nautical elements that just "pop" against the white cs.
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Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 8:15 PM
Julie, this is a fabulous card (my husband walked by as I was looking at it and gave it a two thumbs up as well LOL!). Love that coast scene with the light house glowing and how beautifully you colored the ocean.
I'm just putting my toe into the water in terms of using colored pencils after more years than I care to admit so I was excited to see how you used them on this card! Great tip about using Kraft paper.
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Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 9:01 PM
this is a fabulous beach scene Julie- you are really showing the lighthouse off well with the technique you used-I like how you split the sentiment-reminds me of something you would see in a beach house
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