Coloring Flowers

If you haven't seen the Pretties Kit yet, you're missing out! With pearls, rhinestone brads, hat pins, clear beads, and silk flowers, this kit has everything you need to add that extra touch to your projects.

The kit can be seen on page 188 of the new Spring/Summer Collection 2008. You can view the catalog here, if you do not already have one.

One of the many things you can do with flowers, is color them. You can color them with Stampin' Write Markers or the Stampin' Pastels (chalk). The Pastels will give a much softer color to the flowers, while the markers will be quite bold:

The markers will bleed thru the flower, so you want to make sure you have scrap paper under it. I used outward strokes, from the center to the edges until the entire flower is colored.

Color the flowers using Pastels, in the same manner, using the applicators that come with the chalks when you first purchase them. Here, I colored over my Pumpkin Pie flower, with Ruby Red chalk, adding a very realistic touch the silk flower!

After coloring your flowers, allow a couple minutes to dry, while finishing the rest of your card. I apologize for the poor quality picture; our printer finally broke down, and our old camera was starting to die too, when I took all these pictures!

This is the best close up of the scallop punch/flowers that I could get. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the flower with the chalk ontop of the marker very well. You'll just have to take my word that the technique works really good!