Fabulous Faber-Castell

 

This week our team is showcasing the Art Grip Aquarelles Watercolor Pencils, the PITT Pastel Pencils, and our very special guest Nathalie Kalbach is featuring the Gelatos! There may even be guest-starring roles by the PITT Artist Pens for doodling and drawing!  I hope you enjoying the colorful inspiration we have for you this week! We’ve been Blogging in Color!

3 Lucky Winners this week will get three sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 Stampendous reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT- Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time!! One Australian Fan will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste. Wow!!

Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create my card:

Stampendous® Peony Spray Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Dreamweaver Stencils LX 7001 

Stampendous Mixed Media White Paper

Faber-Castell® Art Grip™ Aquarelle Pencils, #'s 119, 123, 126 & 133 (Reds)

Faber-Castell® Gelatos™ in Black Licorice, Pistachio and Green Tea

Archival Ink™ in Jet Black from Ranger®

Bo Bunny® A Gift of Love Collection, Sweetie Pie Squeeze

Limeade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Ribbon

3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color flower with pencils and leaves with Gelatos

Trim closely around image

Scribble some black Gelato on a craft sheet and spritz with water

Using a large sponge dauber, lightly sponge Gelato through Damask Stencil on pink paper

Create card base from green cardstock in an A2 horizontal tent fold

Trim pink stenciled paper down to size as shown

Create a mat for stamped image from green cs and edge with Black Licorice Gelato and smudge

Adhere image to mat

Trim a piece of ribbon and wrap ends around pink paper

Adhere pink paper to green base

Attach foam mounting squares to back of matted image 

Adhere image to card base

I really wanted this card to have an elegant look with a slight, very slight, grunge look.  Something trés chic with a little bit of "oo la la."  I wanted the background to be subtle and I love that it's just peeking out behind the image.  This card turned out exactly the way I had it pictured in my head.  I always love it when that happens!

Let’s check out today’s inspiration from our designers:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Alison Heikkila 

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We're really having fun this week creating with Faber-Castell’s awesome products.  I’ll see you again tomorrow with another project and more Faber-Castell yumminess as we complete our week with a fantastic final hop.  Don't forget to comment for your chance to win a prize!

Hugs,
Lea