Friday, August 27, 2010

Exciting News... Coloring Techniques for Card Making Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Coloring Techniques for Card Making Blog Hop! Today we wanted to introduce you to a brand new, must-have book that has been written to help shed some light on some of the hottest trends in coloring techniques in paper crafting today.

ColoringTech Book

Coloring Techniques for Card Making features three of the most popular coloring techniques in card making today--water coloring, colored pencils and using alcohol-based ink markers. Each chapter showcases one particular technique and includes an introductions that will help you choose the products that are right for you, and will walk you through the steps to creating one of our featured projects. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed materials lists and helpful coloring tips will make it easy for you to achieve stunning card-making results. As a bonus, enjoy a chapter that focuses on ways to highlight and accentuate your projects with products such as glitter and gel pens, shading techniques and methods for creating the look of texture with color.

Here is one of my cards you'll get to see in the book! We have Chickadees flitting around the yard all year round, so this one is a real favorite to stamp and color!

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Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Inc.
Stamp Set: Our Daily Bread designs
Ink & Reinkers: Memento from Tsukineko, Ranger Industries Inc
Other: Sakura of America white gel pen, Spellbinders, Cuttlebug embossing folder from Provo Craft, Stamp Positioner by EK Success, waterbrush

We are pleased that you have joined us for the hop! Be sure to leave a comment at each blog along the way to be entered for your chance to win a free copy of Coloring Techniques for Card Making!

The designers who are participating in the blog hop are as follows:

Keri Lee Sereika 
Debbie Olson 
Jeanne Streif 
Trudy Sjolander 
Asela Hopkins 
Broni Holcombe 
Kathy Menzies 
Christine Okken 
Dawn Lusk you are here!
Laurie Wilson  
Sherrie Siemens 
Chrissy Le

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