Hello and happy Friday! I have a very fun post to share with you today because I am celebrating Altenew’s 3rd birthday with some amazing designers and sponsors! I also have a video tutorial that probably many of you have been waiting for.
Before we jump into today’s project and the video tutorial, I wanted to let you know Altenew has been celebrating this special anniversary for 4 days already! These blog hops are filled with amazing projects and wonderful giveaway prizes. I will link those below so you can check them out if you missed any.
Colored pencils have been getting a lot of love in our crafting community, so I have been playing with different pencils for a while. Prismacolor pencils are probably familiar to you already, but you many not know of these Polychromos I am about to share. There is an in-depth comparison video tutorial of these two, which you can watch it HERE.
Let’s go ahead and watch today’s project come to life in the video tutorial below:
One of the reasons I love these pencils is that they are oil-based. You can get a lot of layers using these pencils and even create a new shade by doing so. Also, these hold a fine tip very well! So you do not have to sharpen them often while coloring.
Want to know how to keep those pencil strokes and textures on your paper easily? I explain the type of paper I am using and why I chose it in the video. Make sure to check it out!
The stamp set I used for today’s card is Garden Treasure. It is a wonderful set to work alone, or with other mediums like colored pencils. I love the fine outlines that are perfect for coloring! You can also get the matching dies to cut those images in a snap!
I hope you enjoyed my card for today. Please check below for supplies, giveaway details, and special offers!
SUPPLIES
See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, or AMZ for Amazon. I participate in several affiliate programs where I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support!
GIVEAWAYS
There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!
Giveaway 1.There are some amazing giveaways provided by the wonderful sponsors. 21 lucky winners get to enjoy the following prizes. To enter to win, leave a comment below and on all participating blog hops as the winners will be selected randomly! Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win!
- Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
- Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Giveaway 2. Altenew is also giving away FIVE $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win.
BLOG HOP
Next stop on the hop is Virginia Lu! Make sure to stop by and leave some love for her! Please see below for full blog hop list.
- Altenew
- Debby Hughes
- Stephanie Buice
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Jennifer McGuire
- Therese Calvird
- Carissa Wiley
- Pretty Pink Posh
- Meghann Andrew
- Nicole Picadura — You Are Here!
- Virginia Lu
If you missed any of the blog hops this week, make sure to check them below!
325 Comments
This is so pretty!
Lovely card. Love your colouring
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I LOVE this! It is so stunning and pretty!
Beautiful!
Pretty card and lovely coloring!
Very pretty card!
I loved the pencil coloring !
What a lovely card. I like how you used the colored pencils on this. They really give dimension to those beautiful flowers.
Love the subtle shading, so pretty!!!
Beautiful card Nicole. Love the colors you have used. Your coloring is beautiful.
I love the colour combination that you used on this particular card!
This is beautiful. Thanks for the comparison of the colored pencils. I have Prismacolor pencils, but hav e not tried the others.
What a soft lovely card. I’m really loving the colored pencil technique.
You have really showcased those beautiful blossoms! WOW!
Well you just sold me on the pencils! Stunning effect. And love the depth of color. Gorgeous card!
Thanks for sharing your pretty card.
I love the colours and the texture on the flowers.
You make pencil coloring look so easy. Card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your video.
Ok, I need to get me some Polychromos…
Beautiful
Wonderful card. Love the colors!
Beautiful technique! Such a pretty card!
Beautiful card!
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Beautiful coloring! My daughter designs with colored pencils and it’s fun to see how how others use them too! Thanks!
Love how you did the flowers! Beautiful
Love the use of the subtle colors . Very pretty.
Lovely card. Such beautiful colors
I could sit and watch you color all day long. I wish I had just a little bit of your creative talent. God really blessed you with a good eye for color and creativity.
I love your card and thanks for the coloring lesson. Can’t wait to try it.
O love purpl
Oh, so lovely!
I love purple and blue together. Thi
I love purple and blue together. This card is gorgeous. Bold yet soft.
This card is so beautiful!! Love the texture in the coloring of these flowers, just so pretty! And love the use of white space to frame the focal point – thanks so much for sharing!
What a fun card!
Loved watching you use the colored pencils! Will be watching more of your videos in the future! Your card is gorgeous!
Beautiful card
Beautiful flowers! Delicate and so lovely! The petals look so real that I can almost feel their softness! TFS!
Very pretty. I haven’t colored with pencils, so thank you for sharing.
Loved the card and instructions for the colored pencils.
Drat! I need to go run some errands, but I want to watch your video. I promise I am coming back! I love using colored pencils, but my work doesn’t look anything like this, so I need all the help I can get! Thanks so much. (I am curious about the polychromos–I am not so very impressed with my prismacolors, especially when they need sharpening.) I WILL be back!
Nice coloring, great card!
Beautiful coloring and shading…Pretty!
What a lovely card!
Love the colouring x
Love this card! And, I do love my Prismacolor pencils but the comparison to the Polychrome ones is a good one. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for a great video!
Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.
Amazing cards! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
oh wow love the colors so nice great card thanks for the video love your work
Beautiful card and that color combination is stunning!
Thank you for the video. I have been hearing about these pencils and have wondered about them. I appreciate the “introduction” (for me) to them. I enjoy using prisma pencils very much and am happy to hear about Faber Castelle’s pencils. Thanks again!
Lovely card! So simple and I love the colors you used!
That’s gorgeous! I don’t use my colored pencils often enough. I have a small set of the Polychromos and I do like them. Can you tell me where you got your pencil sharpener? I need a new one and I like the way that one sharpens the pencils.
Beautiful!
Simply beautiful. Great pencil colouring.
Your card is so beautiful! I love the flowers.
gorgeous card, Nicole!
What a pretty card! Thanks for sharing this video. I love watching how you did the coloring.
So beautiful! Thanks for the giveaways and inspiration!
Beautiful card! Great video.
Wow!!! Your work is so beautiful! I have been working on my coloring technique, so I think I will watch and learn from this video several times over. Thanks, too, for all of the blog hop info.
Super cool texture with the pencil coloring.
Wonderful technique!
Beautiful card & coloring!
Pretty colors. Love the look of the pencils.
This is such a lovely card. I enjoy working with colored pencils so I really appreciate both your card design and the videos. . .thanks for all of this and a big thank you for being part of this blog hop.
SCRUMPTIOUS coloring!!
what pretty colors!
So pretty, Nicole!
Too bad many of us are unable to comment on Meghann’s sweet layout without an account.
Pretty technique and colors.
Love the flowers. Thank you for your tips and tricks.
Thank you for this pretty card and the video with tips for using colored pencils!
Very pretty…love the use of colored pencils.
BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing your talent!
love the use of colored pencils!
Such patience to color those beautiful flowers! I try but mine look like a 1st grader did them. Great card!
so pretty. I love your choice of colors
Love your coloring! Beautiful card. Thank you for the chance to win!
Such great colored pencil use! Love it!
Beautiful card.
Super coloring!!! Pretty card!
Very pretty card. Your instruction for coloring with Polychromos pencils was timely as I just purchased them and was intimidated. I can’t wait to try the flicking.
So gorgeous, makes me want to pull out my colored pencils and give them another try.
The coloring makes the flowers look so realistic! Beautiful job.
Another lovely card with very pretty colours!
Love how you have colored in these flowers – so pretty:)
Super pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Love the coloring of color pencils. Awesome card!
So gorgeous with those beautiful colors. I love the design and your work is amazingly lovely.
Hi Nicole, Your card is beautiful and the video is so helpful! You’re a great teacher! I enrolled in the Altenew Academy and am learning so much from you. Thank you!
Love it, Nicole! And thanks for the comparison with Prismacolor pencils.
Beautiful,clean card.
Lovely card. Love your coloring.
Beautiful pencil coloring and nice design. I like the “white” leaves to set off the flowers.
Beautiful coloring!
I am just getting into pencil colouring, I love the oil based pencils you used as it creates so much depth, loving the Altenew Garden Treasure stamp set.
So beautiful!
Beautiful – need to pull out some colored pencils – so inspired!
The card is so pretty. I like the colors and the layering.
Beautiful card using beautiful colors.
Beautiful coloring! I am just starting to learn, just got my first set of prismacolors so thank you for the inspiration!
Oh my goodness.. I love your card and coloring..you provided so many tips I will check out your video comparing both pencils.. I have the Prisma Pencils and love them but the colors on the Poly Chromos is so vibrant.. may have to give them a try..
Beautifully colored card.
I love this stamp set and it looks so pretty coloured with these pencils.
What a beautiful card – love your use of pencils on this one.
so many possibilities with these products! Thank you for the lovely card, and the post. I love Altenew.
Beautiful coloring. I’ve just started trying to use colored pencils. Thanks for the pointers.
Beautiful flower!
Pretty card.
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Very pretty coloring – you inspire me to do more with my colored pencils. I recently won some Spectrum Noir pencils which I am anxious to try with inks too.
Gorgeous artwork! Beautiful colors/coloring!!
Love your coloring! I also just love the colors you chose to your. Jil
Whomever you send that card to will know you were thinking of them! You did a wonderful job. The colors and texture you created are beautiful. Easter Blessings, Lisa
I love your colors which seem alive. Thanks for sharing.
I’m loving the look of those leaves!
Such bright beautiful colors!! Thanks so much for the video!
Beautiful card! I just ordered this amazing stamp set and die, can’t wait to receive it.
Love your card!
Thanks for showing the new (to me) pencils!
Pretty love the coloring
I love that colored pencil texture!
Lovely colouring. I should give my coloured pencils a try too. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card, I am going to check out the colored pencils. I think I would like the oil based pencils.
Beautiful colouring! I’ve never heard of oil-based pencils again – I’m intrigued to try them now!
Very pretty card, enjoyed your video, thank you
Thank you so much for the informative video. Your card is lovely.
Never heard of polychromos and even if I did I wouldn’t know how to use them. So thank so much for all the tips and tricks. I love colored pencils so it was fun to see the comparison. Beautiful card.
Beautiful colours and shading. Lovely card!
Beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration.
These are so sweet. I like your color choices.
This card is so stunning! I love the coloring!
will be checking out these pencils, thanks
wow, amazing look with colored pencils. i do love the garden treasures stamps.
Your card is beautiful! I love the purple and blue together. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Very pretty!
Beautiful card. TFS
Beautiful colors. I’m hesitant to use pencils but may give them a second thought now!
Pretty card. Great to see colouring with coloured pencils (what I use)
Fabulously beautiful
Beautiful coloring with your color pencils! Very pretty card!
Loved your video. I just bought a set of polychromos pencils.
Thanks for sharing!
WOW! I absolutely love this card. Your colored pencil technique is amazing. Thank you for your video, it was very helpful.
So very pretty! Love the colors ♥
Nicely colored! I always love seeing how people use products.
Love how the pencils look on these!! It’s a unique and beautiful design.
So Pretty!
Thanks for showing your pencil technique. This is a beautiful card.
Wonderful tutorial! Thank you for sharing your project.
Lovely color pencil work on those gorgeous flowers!
Your card is beautiful! Love the colors and the images!
Very lovely flowers.
You did a great job with the pencil crayons.
I will watch your video again.
Thank you
Love this technique!
Your card is GORGEOUS!!! Love it and Altenew:)
Such gorgeous colors! Thanks for the info on Polychrome pencils.
Thanks for the great video and beautiful card!!!
Thanks for a great video using colored pencils! I’m always looking for information about using my pencils and your coloring on this card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Just beautiful Nicole, I definitely need to use my pencils more often. TFS.
Your colors are beautiful.
Love the colors and pencil technique used. Very beautiful card.
Beautiful coloring with the pencils.
Beautiful card. Enjoyed your colored pencil review video.
I haven’t used colored pencils very often. I loved how your coloring looked.
Very pretty cards!
Beautiful!
How pretty. I love blue and purple together.
Very nice… Love the spring colors!
I love your use of the colored pencils, the card is beautiful!
Great card!
very pretty cards. i like colored pencils for coloring.
Beautiful coloring! I’m really enjoying this amazing 4 day long blog hop. Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful card. Thanks for including the video. I just got some colored pencils and the video is so helpful.
beautiful!
amazing color on the card. . .
What a beautiful card! Your coloring is impressive.
Lovely card and thanks for the video showing how you did it.
I love the polycrom effect.
Very pretty, I love the texture the pencil strokes give.
Those colored pencils really do add a lot of texture and I love the colors!
I really like the softness of the pencil colouring. Love the colours!
So pretty!
Awesome card and colouring!!
After seeing your amazing video, I now have 2 new products on my Wish List – Altenew’s gorgeous Garden Treasure set, and a set of 120 Polychromos Pencils 🙂
Gorgeous card! I love the texture you created with those pencils!
Beautiful card & coloring!
Beautiful card, love this stamp set
Absolutely beautiful! I enjoyed your video, it was so helpful for me. I will use the technique of flicking, which you perfectly demonstrated. Also, I enjoyed your comparison video. Thanks for sharing your expertise, & your lovely card!
Your cards are lovely. I do like that you used color pencils…this is my favorite coloring medium.
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Beautiful card! Love it!
This has been a great hop series. Love Altenew flowers
Lovely , delicate creation.
Love how you colored in the flowers with colored pencils. Gave it such a pretty look!
Very pretty card with great shading….like the colors you used.
Nicole, thank you sooooo much for the video; I so enjoyed watching you breath life into these lovely blooms! I especially appreciate that you showed ‘real time’ colouring, as this is exactly what my visual learning style needs! Gorgeous results…can’t wait to try this with my poly pencils!
~carol
Very pretty!
so soft and pretty!
Gorgeous card!
such a pretty card 🙂 thanks for sharing
Love the subtlety of the pencil coloring. The look is classy and beautiful!
Popping pieces off the background always makes for
an interesting card. Your flowers are gorgeous
and the layering is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
lovely card
This is a gorgeous flower, love the layers.
Your pencil lines do look like flower veins. Thanks for sharing your work
Pretty pretty pretty!! Nice coloring!
Very pretty colours!
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Your card is very pretty! I’d never heard of Polychromo pencils before. I’ll have to read up on them. I need all the help I can get with shading. 🙂
Your colouring on those flowers is simply stunning.
Another different technique and so effective
Your coloring is so AMAZING! I love it!
Such beautiful flowers! Love these!
Stunning coloring!
Love the coloring! Right now, I only have Crayola colored pencils because it’s a medium I don’t reach out for very often. But I am always stunned by the wonderful cards I see made with polychromos and the like so I may have to reconsider. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous card!
Very pretty. Thanks!
Sooooo Beautiful!!! Love your coloring and color choices!!
Beautiful!! Those pencils look fabulous!
What beautiful coloring!
Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous card! I like the technique.
Hi Nicole, Loved your video, great colouring and a beautiful card, TFS, Cheers Anna
Beautiful coloring !
I love the work you did with your colored pencils.
A really beautiful card, I love the colours you chose for it. And thanks for letting us watch you colouring them, that was very interesting!
BEAUTIFUL card!
LOVE the colours, LOVE the textures and dimension your pencils add!
Thank You for sharing and inspiring 🙂
Thanks for the video and great coloring and design.
Wow!! Your flowers are just gorgeous. Would love to try those pencils! Might have to put them on my wish list. Thanks so much for sharing.
I just found your blog today because I’m still new to paper crafting. I love this technique.
So pretty!! Thanks for sharing your coloring technique.
The pencil strokes adds such lovely texture to the flowers!
Very beautiful!
That texture really shows through! Lovely card 🙂
Wonderful card, love all the texture.
Beautiful coloring, really love the texture! Thank to sharing 🙂
Thank you for the information on the paper, lovely flowers,
Beautifully colored! Congrats to Altenew on their 3rd anniversary!
Beautiful creation! Love the use of pencils to color it!
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks so much for the colored pencil tips! I needed them.
I’ve heard people rave about these colored pencils. Guess I’m gonna have to get some for myself. Your cards are beautiful and I love florals. Thanks for sharing.
A soft and elegant card! Love your chose of colors, my favorite!
Very pretty! Love this stamp and the colors you used.
Beautiful coloring – gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing and Happy 3rd Anniversary to Altenew!
I love the texture those pencils give. This is a beautiful card.
Beautiful coloring. Love the flowers
Love your card.
Thanks so much for sharing your pretty card, and your talent, skills and helpful tips in the accompanying video: brilliant!
Very lovely card!
That is simply amazing!
Thanks for all the helpful information and for sharing your beautiful card!
Oh wow your card looks so wonderful and the coloring video is so fantastic. I have also many polychromos and will try the coloring as the same way you colored your image.
Many thanks for your inspiration.♥
Hugs
Angela
Great colouring technique. Thank you for the video and also the video on the pencil comparison
Thanks for sharing your video – love your coloring and your card is amazing!
Gorgeous card! Love the colors!
Awesome card! Love your coloring with pencils – very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Pretty card. I have used prisma color pencils but I like the look you got with the polychrome.
Classic, simple and elegant! Amazing design!
Your card is beautiful and you do a wonderful job with the coloring! Thanks for sharing!
You are such a talented artist.
Thanks for the video with pencil comparison! Very helpful.
Beautiful card. Love the purple and blue flowers with the pop of wellow. Great job.
My goodness, that’s a beautiful card !
So pretty… beautifully colored. TFS your video showing the coloring technique.
Fabulous tutorial! Your card is beautiful.
Love how you colored these beautiful flowers.
Beautiful card, amazing colouring ! Thank you for the clear video.
Happy Easter Greetings from Belgium.
Love your card! Great colours.
What a beautiful card!
What soft pretty flowers in this card. I love flowers and for sure like this stamp
Beautiful floral card with delightful coloring!!
Beautiful coloring! I love the color choices too!
Very pretty I love that you have a choice to be able to color Altenew stamps
Love the colours! Nice to see pencils used.
Очень нежно раскрашены цветы с помощью карандашей.
Beautiful card.
it is gorgeous! thank you for the video too!
Great card idea, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card! I’ve only recently started to use colored pencils with my stamps and I love the effect it gives. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great card. Thanks for the video detailing your coloring
You are so creative! I love everything that you create 🙂
This card looks weightless… So lovely and the pencils make it pop even more
Enjoyed the video!
Beautiful card, thanks for coloring tips and awesome video too!
OOH wow love the colours used on this card, so pretty.
Wow beautiful colouring and a beautiful card.
Gorgeous card! Enjoyed watching your colored pencil technique in the video.
Very pretty, thanks for the ideas.
Love the details to these flowers! Gorgeous card!
Beautiful card..love the shading with colored pencils.
Beautiful flowers!
Wow! your technique is awesome! Love the card and coloring! Thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you for the video Tutorial! I use colored pencils too. But they are water color. I am going to try this and I might have to get some more pencils 😉 Love the simplicity of your card but the color and dept give it such a sophisticated look. Love it!
XO April
Your card is absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ve been wanting to try these pencils and I really appreciate your wonderful tutorial
Beautiful card and coloring Thanks for the video
The card is lovely. I appreciated the description of coloring process. I am considering upgrading my color pencils.
Thanks for the video, it was very informative. Love your card.
gorgeous design Nicole! love the pencil coloring, thanks for sharing!
I need to get out my new set of pencils and try this. Thanks for the inspiration
This is so beautiful – love your coloring! Thank you for sharing your beautiful card!
Oh my!!! Awesome card!!!
Love how your coloring the flower with pencil
so adorable and simply elegant too
great post
hugs
Monika
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
Stunning card!!Awesome coloring!
I love this! You did an awesome job! ps, I loooooove working with pencils.
Thanks for Sharing,
Sandy Hentzel
The colors actually seem to have a glow about them. Wonderful choices!
Love the flowers! How beautiful!
Beautiful card. Thanks for the great video. I am very new to pencil coloring, though I love the look of it. So your video is a big help.
Just beautiful – I love the colours you used
loved the coloring.
thanks for sharing.
Such a beautiful card. Great colours and design. Love how you used the shimmer sprays for splatters.
Beautiful card! I love the texture of the pencil strokes, they add great dimension.
What an amazing card. Love the flowers!
your card is amazing, and your coloring so beautiful!!!
Your Garden Treasure coloring is fabulous, Nicole. Thanks for sharing colored pencil details and a great video. Great hop!
These flowers are gorgeous. I had not heard of these pencils. Thanks for the great video and inspiration !
This is such a lovely card!
Such a lovely card!
Well done! I am amazed at your colored pencils skills! A beautiful card!
Beautiful cards. Thank you for the tutorial? Enjoyed it very much.
stunning card, so elegant, thank you for the video!
You make me want to color!!
Beautifully colored flowers!! Love the simple design. 🙂