Video: Simple Pencil Shading - Hero Arts
Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas on July 29, 2019

Video: Simple Pencil Shading

Good morning! Jess here with a video showing you how using just a single colored pencil for some simple stamp shading can really make a card pop! I'm also sharing another look at the newest Partners stamp set: Friendship Blooms with Gina K. Designs!

You can watch the video below:

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To start I used my MISTI to stamp the gorgeous floral arrangement from Friendship Blooms onto Hero Hues Plum Cardstock with Unicorn White Pigment Ink. I blasted it with a heat gun to set the ink and then started coloring! I mostly followed the lines of the stamp and added simple shading with a white colored pencil to the flowers only. I didn't press the pencil too hard into the paper to keep my shading light.

After I was done shading I placed the panel back inside my MISTI and restamped the floral arrangement with Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it with White Embossing Powder. I also stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment from Friendship Blooms with White Embossing Powder. I trimmed the panel down to 4" by 5.25" and adhered it to a Hero Hues Dove White Top-Folding Card! Finally I added a few Nuvo drops in Wild Orchid over the berry images in the stamp to finish my understated but elegant card!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous Monday!

26 comments

Wow I would have never guessed seeing you do this and another artist Jennifer who new it could be so easy I tryed iy over the weekend with another stamp I had and it turned out beautiful. I was really proud of my self!!

Shawn Frank,

Gorgeous Jessica, I love the white on the dark Plum cardstock, so elegant. Thank you so much for showing.

Henriétte,

I always love it when someone comes up with a new idea to stretch what we have in our stash ! Great looking even A+.

Brenda Roszell,

Simply Stunning! I love the contrast of the dark color with the white flower outline. Beautiful job.

brenda west,

I have watched this twice, and the second time is more beautiful than the first. NUTZ,HUH.

Therese,

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