Happy Friday, all! It's time for a new As You See It challenge of 2026 and it's a fun one! It's a fill-in-the-blank, and we want you to use your newest craft purchase!
My newest craft purchase is some Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol! This technique of blending colored pencils with Gamsol has been around for a long time, but I never jumped on that bandwagon, so "Santa" very nicely gave some to me for Christmas (thanks, John!)! And since Wayne's birthday is today, I decided to use this technique on a Unity stamp set---a mug of beer! So here we go with my CAS creation:
I stamped the beer mug with Versafine ink, diecut it out, then colored the beer with Goldenrod and Spanish Orange Prismacolor pencils, adding a little Light Cerulean Blue to the mug itself and Black on the suds:
I added the sentiment to a Very Vanilla card and popped up the beer, adding some shading to the bottom with Pecan Pie ink. My Wink of Stella kind of "exploded" while I was trying to add some sparkle, so it is VERY sparkly, LOL! Here's the inside, using another sentiment from the same Unity set along with a Waffleflower Inside Sentiments Birthday set:
I am also entering this at the Addicted to CAS challenge, where they are looking for "glass"!
SO....what new goodies did you get for Christmas or just recently? We'd love to see what you create with them! Share them with us over at the As You See It blog! Can't wait!
| Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified | |
| Stamps | Friends are Like Seashells (for the bubbles; ret), A Cold One (Unity), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower) |
| Card stock & Papers | Thick Very Vanilla, Thick Basic White |
| Ink | Versafine Black, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie |
| Accessories | Dimensionals |
| Tools | Cut & Emboss Machine, A Cold One Dies (Unity), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter |
PERFECT!! I'm using this for two of my sons-in-laws! I love it! Thanks for the inspiration! Sun is shining here but it's chilly!!
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You did a marvelous job coloring that beer! What a great CAS card, LeAnne. Wayne is going to love this!
ReplyDeleteLove your coloring. I really like using the colored pencils with Gamsol. I prefer it to alcohol markers. And I have this Unity set. So perfect for masculine cards!
ReplyDeleteCheers for beers and for your SIL, too, LeAnne! What a great job you did with the coloring and using your new pencils!
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Wow, LeAnne, your coloring is fantastic. I sold my Brewed for You set so I think I'll take a look at Unity's set. Wayne is going to be very happy with this card. Sorry about your Wink of Stella! I have never worked with Gamsol but if it can do the job of an alcohol marker, I'm in! Let me know, please, as I have watercolor pencils I rarely use.
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing, LeAnne! I had to look up that technique, but it's a Wow! That beer mug looks so realistic!
ReplyDeleteI do love a CAS card, LeAnne and you aced this one!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Even before I read your blog, I looked at the card and wondered how you'd done such fabulous colouring. You've done a superb job ... maybe I need to find that bandwagon! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous card! You beer looks perfect! Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!
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