Flowering Gum Christmas Card

 

Hi There 

I am so shocked that it's November already! 

 For today's project I have made a very Australian

Christmas card using the Paper Rose Studio Flowering Gum stamp.

I will share a few more Christmas cards as it will be there before we know it.

I have kept  the card really simple as I feel the Gum leaves and flowers

 are the main feature here.

I have used Prismacolor pencils to colour the stamped image.

When doing such intense pencil blending I prefer to use Mi-Tientes 

pastel paper as a base, it has a lot of tooth and grabs the waxy pigment of the

Prismacolor pencils really well.

After stamping the image I have built up the pigment slowly adding layer after layer of pencil until

the textured surface of this paper has filled out. This can take awhile and sometime you need to use a blending pencil ( clear wax) or a light coloured pencil to blend the layers together.

To complete the card I have used a yellow Posca paint pen to add the flecks of 

pollen on the tips of the gum flowers.

I have also used the Merry Christmas everyone die cut from black card 

for a simple sentiment. 

Supplies used: 

23152 flowering Gum stamp

22150 Merry Christmas Everyone Die

Prismacolor pencils 

Thanks for stopping by to have a look at my project

see you next time

Mandy x