Two totally different effects

  had a delivery of some new stamps today  

from LOTV only ordered them 

Yesterday Lunch time 

fantastic service.....

so i had to try them out

yep !!!

my Spectrum Noir Pencils  from

 Crafters Companion

 were out 

 so why not used those lol 

  thought i would try to show 

 the same image and same color pencils

Two different effects 

the bottom image

 i blended out the colors  using Light Medium and Dark Pencils

with blending fluid and paper stump  exactly the same technique as when using pens

the top image 

 i laid down a base layer all over the image with my lightest pencil color then with very sharp points on my Medium and Dark Pencils 

using little flicking strokes randomly following the contour of the image to fill in the area

 you really can get some Fabulous effects 

with 

The Spectrum Noir Pencils

  thank you for dropping by today 

hugs linda xxx

Birthday card

Goodness me where has the day gone

I'm very late today  had a me day just relaxing

so as you might already know 

the Spectrum Noir Pencil 

from 

Crafters Companion

sold out at the CHA show

 how fantastic is that 

  while preparing all my samples i had to make 

a birthday card for my son

so had to be Bebunni 

apart from the fact i had already got it stamped out 

 my son loves Cake!!! lol

 this is done with a combo of Spectrum Noir Pens and Pencils

 simply matted and layered onto core-dination 

 a backing paper from a Nit wit collection i had already got printed out

 and dew drops to finish

 while making the card i  wondered how the  SN pencils would behave on 

Centura Pear card ???

 so i stamped  and set too coloring 

  all i can say is 

They behaved as i knew they would

Centura pearl card has a lot of tooth and has a slight  grainy texture

it just grabbed the color and blended a dream !!!

i used Layering for this little test piece

this means Direct to card  coloring is another big plus

 for those who like to do clean and simple cards

using the  Spectrum Noir Pencils 

  thank you for dropping by 

 hugs linda xxx

Spectrum Noir Pencils on Kraft card

hi there crafters

 i do hope your all keeping warn 

 we had a very hard frost come in over night  

flip it's cold here .. 

when i got up it looked like my first card im sharing today out side 

Chilly is not the word lol 

did you catch our Leann  from Crafters Companion

and the fantastic 

Premier of the 

Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils

i sat glued to the TV what a great show

 as i said i have put these pencils through there paces 

experimenting on all different  types of card stock

 kraft card is so popular what a great way to test them !

  i don't normally use Kraft Card so this was a challenge for me 

did i have fun oh yes!!!

 it can be very hard to totally block out the base card color

but not with these beauties

take a look

 this is using the fabulous Sheena Douglass stamp 

 with the Spectrum Noir Pencils and Blending Fluid on the  buildings 

on the roofs that is the White pencil on it's own 

now that to me shows the quality of these pencils 

you are able to get a good coverage with  these pencils

the falling snow is white Pebeo acrylic paint

this one  is using the layering technique 

where you use a light -medium- and dark to get dimension  

 i hope you can see how well they blend

 to a smooth seamless  finish

 i added the tiniest touch of white acrylic paint to the snow then on his wellies for the shine

and finally

 just couldn't resist making a card with this image 

he tickles me  every time is see his expression  go on admit we all feel 

at some point over the festive season a bit frazzled  and grumpy

i know i do 

i used  a blender pencil to blend the colors together 

  i hope i have been able to show you 

 these pencils work brilliant on Kraft Card

 thanks for dropping by today 

 hugs linda xxx