April Release at Graciellie designs and coloring tips and a wonderful new to me Glue!!

Spring seems to be finally here in CNY, it is over 30 degrees today ( San Antonio I do miss your sunny skies). We have a beautiful new release, Just in time for spring at Graciellie Designs! To help celebrate Gracie is giving away a $15.00 Gift certificate to the shop (that is at leat 3 stamp sets) Join in the fun and inspiring blog hop and you might win! You can start here by leaving a comment and leave a comment on every stop of the hop!

If you'd like to purchase any of the sets use the 'Ginny10' for a 10% discount!


April Guest Designer:




here is my card:
I've got a few tips about the process if you would like to read on







I printed on a textured Neenah paper, and then pulled different types of coloring tools


I tried watercolor and Distress Pens, and Chalk:
you can see how toothy this paper is



I decided on pencil and blender pen:
I had a set of colors in mind and I pulled my color wheel out to start pulling pencils:  This little system really works for me, I have a LOT of coloring tools and to say I just look at my collection and go to it - would not work for me.  While color work is very organic and intuitive I still want order.


Laying down the first layers





you can see until I use the blender, the toothy texture is very obvious, After applying the blender pen, the pencil appears to liquify and work together.


A New to me product That I absolutely love is this adhesive called 'The Best Glue Ever' and I really think it is,  I have to say, I love it, using this one glue, I did not need my hot glue gun, my ATG gun, and my PVC glue.   I am especially impressed that this product replaced the hot glue. No burned fingers, no glue webs, and the setup time was just as fast.   For this card I used paper, card stock, and extra heavy card stock- no wrinkling, buckling and the layers remained perfectly flat, there was no curling.    Wonderful!!! Honestly, the price of ATG is just too high when you make as many cards as I do and tape runner pricing is even worse.







I hope you join in the fun blog hop and win the $15.00 certificate- that will go along way!
Thanks for stopping by!  
Ginny M



I just heard from the owner of Scraperfect, she has a free shipping give away if you stop by her Facebook page , leave the comment "virginia sent me" and your name will go in for a free shipping offer! https://www.facebook.com/ScraPerfect/






Just a footnote:


Anything I "plug" here on my blog is a product I love and use.  After Stamping for over 40 years- I started in high school - I have found things that really work, Stamps, Digitals, Glue, Paper.  I am a member of design teams and I really enjoy working with these products, developing my art and helping you develop yours.  I don't go down the road of acquiring every new thing on the craft market, I want to develop my talent and skills, I want my art to be about my expression and not about trends and fashion.  It is all about the person that will receive my card and doing the very best I can to convey my feelings on paper.




Comments

Lori said…
wow this is lovely. thanks for all the information and tips
Gayatri said…
It is gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing the blending tips.
zmorka said…
It's beautiful :D
Unknown said…
Just beautiful Ginny! As always great tips!
Pamela said…
A perfect set for you, flowers and butterfies. You always do a gorgeous job. I have used this glue, and love it also.
Pamela said…
A perfect set for you, flowers and butterfies. You always do a gorgeous job. I have used this glue, and love it also.
kReN said…
It's funny how our first "go to" for color may not be the best for a particular paper. It's amazing what that blender does. I love this set and I love the colors you used! Thanks for sharing!
Donna said…
How beautiful, your coloring is amazing!
Dee Earnshaw said…
Love how you put this gorgeous card together. I will have to check out the 'best glue ever' too lol!!
Ginny Maxam said…
Hi Dee! thank you!
I just heard from the owner of Scraperfect, she has a free shipping give away if you stop by her Facebook page , leave the comment "virginia sent me" and your name will go in for a free shipping offer! https://www.facebook.com/ScraPerfect/
Good Luck!

Ginny Maxam said…
Thank you Pamela!
I just heard from the owner of Scraperfect, she has a free shipping give away if you stop by her Facebook page , leave the comment "virginia sent me" and your name will go in for a free shipping offer! https://www.facebook.com/ScraPerfect/

McStamper said…
What a gorgeous card. Your coloring is amazing. I love that glue, too.
This is amazing. I like how you transform the stamp into a vibrant card.
Beautiful card, love the contrast, your coloring and the techniques you used. The result is stunning. Hugs.
Helen Gullett said…
Those are gorgeous flowers and butterflies on your card.
Valerija said…
Your card is so beautiful, love your fantastic colouring.
Valerija xx
The Blogger said…
On the other hand, each one of those wonderful henna examples, mandalas or even Ryan Gosling (gracious, indeed, there is such a book) fly up out of the blue and I feel my internal shading Goddess cheer.
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