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I just came across a brand new stamp company called
Your Next Stamp (how clever is that?!) and instantly fell in love with their images! They are SO my style (really cute and fun) and I love how they come in little sets with coordinating images and sentiments! I had to place an order right away, so I'll be sharing cards with these images soon!
Until then, I decided I had to try for the Design Team since I love the stamps so much already! They asked that we share 2 of our best cards that show off our coloring abilities. It was so hard to narrow it down to just 2, but it had to be done! [All pictures can be clicked to enlarge.]
My first is a little older one that is one of my all-time favorites and that actually got me chosen as the first ever
featured artist on the Paper Blooms blog:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkBNOnNFfGq8C68ETZGvlhyphenhyphenJzkwasg0JInEDnfYQVuAnmBCi00HDqtETs_BQf5cMi1L-1o1saN79MuQZXCQIsp3nyPWuJywhBC1bnyEhcdPusqRp71alkc7esfKoAMge0k3zp8LB4iBit/s400/DownByPond1a.jpg)
You can see my coloring skills a little better with these close shots. For this card, I dotted the colorless blender pen all over the fish to look like scales. I also added some glitter pen and lots of dimension.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrR9TnUFjrJAj3FPvAgW4qT71oXga-2KZ62csQuEvKpmcOlN_f8owTnEK_kd5a_L6KJEroJGhDVANED0_0fHhFSgwDS__vLgYT661KKuLiLv1H-bDRn-8qCLSpSkyzuO8Z1d7IfVtMXL4g/s400/DownByPond1b.jpg)
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If you'd like more details,
here's the original blog post.
My second card isn't a card at all (hope that's ok!) and is much newer. In fact, I just made this fun little notepad last week (sorry to all my regular viewers who are seeing this again!):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LXEKdPG1BFSMMQSCMsYHZho3qlDVYb2IHgvv7wDUMhSlXL6dNTXSuTfiexMpFIz33Aj_brQCT9RRjv2w8Q-x-hAmO_NoJkFZR5V6NWQwiw6UbDyYVM0Tnyt1WfNt1t7l-zaC_dcm8zN_/s400/Mellie2.jpg)
Although the notebook is pretty simple in design, I really love how the coloring came out! I'm always trying to improve my coloring skills and this girl turned out exactly how I wanted!
Here's a close shot of just the image:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0sHy3m7DpLiubVM-jP-CHxqUcBLEWJP16RYXRwxY1JaXFncdIyj1i7Wz-h-Hh23xGOszmSbSIU0PROv_REOjLYVlxM8QpN5XS-6yoEAMe7m1v93t9d0w1X6ZnzBwv6xoGGQ-BcL-deEc/s400/Mellie2b.jpg)
If you'd like more details,
here's the original blog post.
Finally, to Karen and anybody else that may be looking over the DT submissions: I just wanted to mention that although Copics are my first choice for coloring, I also love using watercolors, and I recently learned how to color with colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits. Thank you very much for checking out my post and considering me for the design team!