For Technique Tuesday, I am sharing my Let’s Celebrate You Card that is demonstrated in my last colouring video from my presentation to fellow demonstrators. I love this big bold sunflower image with the matching dies from the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle! I created another card using this set in an earlier post and used the same technique. Just in case you wanted to check it out, I added a link to it at the end of this post.

This advanced colouring technique uses 3 colours to creates more dimension and texture to what you are colouring. For the sunflower, I used three markers, Mango Melody Light and Dark and Calypso Coral Light, for the petals. I used the Calypso Coral in the darkest of shadows that are indicated by the artist drawn lines. For the flower centre, I use Soft Suede Light and Dark, but for the Dark Suede, I dotted the marker to create texture that the artist has indicated with their dots. In this video, I demonstrate this colouring technique:

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundle: Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (154065)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (147090)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Old Olive (100702), Soft Suede (115318), Whisper White (100730), Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper (152486)

Accessories: Stitched So Sweetly Dies (151690), Greenery Embossing Folders (152716), Bumblebee ¼” Gingham Ribbon (153658), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154881), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154906), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608 ), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

• Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”
• Old Olive – 3 pieces:
  • 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”
  • Scraps for leaves
• Soft Suede: 4 ¼” x 3”
• Whisper White – 3 pieces:
  • 1” x 3 ½” (sentiment)
  • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (sunflower)
• Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x ¾”
• Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon: 4”

Instructions for Let’s Celebrate You Card: 

1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
2. Emboss the Old Olive card stock with the leaves from the Greenery Embossing Folders.
3. Stamp the large sunflower image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White piece.
4. Colour the petals with the Stampin’ Blends listed above using the Flicking of Different Colours Technique that is used in the video
5. Die cut the sunflower with the corresponding Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
6. Die cut the leaves from the scraps of Old Olive using the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.
7. Stamp with sentiment in Old Olive on the Whisper White piece.
8. Die cut the Soft Suede with the largest scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.
9. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Flowers For Every Season DSP on to the card base.
10. Adhere with Stampin’ Seal, the embossed piece in the centre of the Whisper White card base overlapping the Flowers For Every Season DSP.
11. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the scalloped rectangle in the center of the embossed piece.
12. Affix the leaves to the back of the sunflower using glue dots.
13. Using dimensionals, add the sentiment to the card.
14. Using dimensionals, add the sunflower to the card.
15. Tie the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon in a knot and adhere it using a glue dot.

Here is the other card in which I used the same technique:

For more details, you can find the post here: https://stampwithlaurie.com/my-congratulations-card/

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Let’s Celebrate You Card!

My Colouring Notes from my presentation:
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1: Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2: Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light Colouring

Part 3: Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4: Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5: So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6: Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

You will find the items listed above in my online store.