Blue Peony

It’s time for a new challenge at A Blog Named Hero and this month we are going Monochromatic.

I love blues, so I decided to color this Peonies Stamp from Hero Art in various shades of blue on some navy cardstock.

I first stamped the image in fade out ink in my MISIT and then proceeded to color. I focused on coloring the pedals individually. First, I laid down a light white layer and then focused on the shadows using the darker blue. I blended it out with lighter blues.

I felt that the flower was a little too dark, and so I put the base back in my MISTI and stamped the image with some Versamark in order to heat emboss the image in blue.  The flower is still a bit dark for the base and next time I would use lighter shades of blue pencil. Lesson learned ;-).

I stamped the sentiment in a light blue embossing powder and added it to a light blue card base. To finish it off I added some sequins for some extra shine.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month and I can’t wait to see what you create!

Supplies

*Listed below are the products I used and contain affiliate links at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! All products were personally purchased.

Hero Arts – Hand Drawn Everyday Messages Shop at: HA | SC	Hero Arts – Peonies Shop at: EH | HA | SC	Pretty Pink Posh – Cobalt Shop at: EH	Brutus Monroe – Embossing Collection, Spring Shop at: EH
Ranger Ink – Light Blue Shop at: EH | SC	Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Tape Runner Shop at: BL | SC | DB | Misc	Ink On 3 – Fadeout No Line Coloring Ink Shop at: EH	Faber Castell Polychromos Color Pencil Set – Tin of 120 Shop at: DB | AZ
Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision Heat Tool Shop at: HA | SC | AZ	MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: EH | HA | SC | AZ