613 Avenue Create March 2020 - Twist Color with Pencils

Our optional twist at 613 Avenue Create this month is to Color with Pencils.  I opted NOT to use the twist because I don't have any luck with pencils. I actually did try using colored pencils to just shade some flowers that I had colored with alcohol markers.  I have seen some bloggers do this successfully, but I failed miserably.  Oh, well.

I did have fun with the background panel on which the flower panel is mounted.  I created the background using shaving cream and food coloring. That's a really old technique. Some crafty friends and I spent an afternoon several months ago making these fun backgrounds.  I have a small stack to use for cards in the future.

The main image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers some time ago for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge.  I just cut it out with a stitched rectangle die and tied a ribbon around it.  The flowers make me happy.  I opted not to include a sentiment at this time.  I'll add one when I give the card to someone.  I do that sometimes. Do you ever create a card and add the sentiment later?

Please do pop over to the blog and join our challenge. We'd love to see your artwork there.

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