For the Love of Inktense Pencils

Lately, I've been working with the different color mediums I have in my creative stash.  I've owned my set of Inktense pencils for a while and only used them a handful of times.  In an effort to stretch my creative muscles, I pulled these pencils from the drawer and set about using them a bit this past week.  The Mother's Day card from Wednesday's post was also done with these lovely pencils.  Let's get to the card details. 

I started this card panel by stamping a repeating pattern with the WPlus9 Beautiful Bouquets Mums stamp using VersaFine ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock.

I started with the blue background using Sea Blue.  I layered in a few lines of color and then brought in clean water, adding more color as needed.  You can easily add color to wet areas by taking a wet brush to the tip of the pencil, picking up the pigment and then applying to the paper as needed.

I used all three of the greens in the set, Leaf Green, App;e Green and Teal Green, to create variation in the leaves.  Each type of leaf is a combination of two colors.  The berries are a blend of Fuchsia and Poppy Red, while the small pink flowers are Fuchsia.

The yellow mums are a base of Sun Yellow with highlights of Tangerine.  To create the variegated look I drew lines of the Tangerine on random petals, then I pulled pigment from the Sun Yellow and painted it over top to blend out the lines of already applied color.

Once the panel was completely dry I took a Micron 02 pen and outlined all of the images on the card.  This dark outline really made all the colors pop.

To complete the card I die cut the panel with the largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies from Simon Says Stamp, added a bit of Wink of Stella to the flowers and some dots of White Souffle Pen to the berries and flower centers, last, but not least I added the greeting.  This greeting is from the Simon Says Birthday Flowers set and was stamped with VersaFine Ink onto white cardstock.  I fussy cut it, leaving a thin white border and popped it up with some foam tape. 

I hope you enjoy how this card turned out.  I've linked to the supplies below.  Thanks for stopping by.

Links to Products Used:

Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long tape, Refill cartridge 5 Pack, AZ | SSS	Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long-Blue AZ | SSS	Scotch Indoor Mounting Tape, 0.75-inch x 350-inches, White, 1-Roll AZ	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies SSS
Tsukineko VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black AZ | SSS	ZIG - Memory System - Wink Of Stella - Glitter Brush Marker - Glitter Clear SB | SSS	Derwent 12 INKTENSE COLORED PENCILS Watercolor SB | AZ | SSS	Sakura CLEAR Pen 2 Pack SSS
Sakura MICRON BLACK PIGMA PENS 8 Pack SSS	Sakura WHITE Souffle Opaque Puffy Pen SSS	Strathmore - 9 x 12 Bristol Smooth Paper Pad - 20 Sheets SB | AZ | SSS | MFT	Simon Says Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY FLOWERS SSS
Wplus9 BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET MUMS Clear Stamps SSS	Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP SSS	Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP SB | AZ | SSS	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Reusable Non-Stick Craft Sheet - 15 inch by 18 inch SB | AZ | SSS
Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz - Stamp Platform SB | AZ | SSS