Saturated Canary with Pencils

I'm excited to finally share another project from my Perfecting Pencil class from Kit and Clowder.  Since I color with color pencils, I decided to take the plunge and see if I would learn anything new about coloring.  My mind was blown away with what could be done.  Blending colors I wouldn't normal blend for the skin alone.  I'm now taking the Create and Learn monthly class, because I love learning.  They work on a different techniques every month.  I'll be sharing those projects soon.  By the way, Alyce is wonderful and passionate about her classes!  She wants to help you learn.

Here's the 3rd project from the online class.  The image is On My Heart by Saturated Canary.  I love black hair, but it always confused me on how to color it beautifully.  Not anymore :o)  There are 9 colors for the skin, 3 for the cheeks, 3 for the eyes, and 3 for the lips, for a total of 18 colors on the face alone.  Yes, each face project will have that many colors.  I'm still learning, but I love how this image turned out. 

I'm not the type of person who uses several different dps, but I did.  The 3 design papers used are Whimsy Romance by M R Designs.  There are 8 digital sheets and they look great together.  Alyce shows you how to finish your projects in this class.  I used the dp mentioned, but used my flowers and other embellishments from my stash.  You have the option to buy the embellishments to finish the project exactly the way it is in the tutorial, but I needed to use my stash and go a little in my own route. The lace is almost 20 years old.  I also finally got some Frantage to try.

Here's the inside.

As you can tell, I'm excited about this learning experience and hopefully I'll share some more with you soon.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• CCC Digi Creations - #26 Layer It Up
• Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes & Stash You Choose
• Digi Designs Challenge Blog - 2 or More Designer Papers
• Dream Valley Challenges - #107 Anything Goes
• Emerald Faeries Challenge - #68 Pearls & Lace
• Simply Papercraft - #6 Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #109 Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday - Hair Colour

stamps used: Saturated Canary - On My Heart (digi), Unity - Smiley Hearts (rubber, inside sentiment)

paper used: Bazzill (light lavender), the Paper Studio white, M R Designs Whimsy Romance

die-cut used: MFT fancy flourish

embellishments: the Paper Studio paper flowers, Recollections floral, burlap & pearls, Ribbon Carousel jute, lace from stash, Stampedous frantage