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Friday, August 3, 2018

no line coloring with honey bee

A few tips from my first no line coloring project with Copic markers and Honey Bee stamps!

Happy Friday friends and welcome to Honey Bee's Bee Bold release hop! This release is full of so many great new sets and one of my favs is the Chin Up Buttercup set! 
I've had lots of fun practicing coloring in yellow to create Buttercups but this set was just begging me to color it in blush, Poppy flower tones. Here's a little quick video about my no-line process:


To finish this card, I stamped a little field of poppies (buttercups) to create a background. I layered my colored poppies on top, along with a sentiment created with Honey Bee Bee Bold Alpha and "just because" from the Honey Bee Cheerful Sentiments stamp set.

For the second card, I stamped the poppies directly onto my card panel and no need to do any masking, just color accordingly! Love that shortcut! The sentiment is Bee Bold Alpha and "you" from the Thinking Of You die.

If you haven't had a chance do the rest of the hop, here's the lineup:
And make sure you leave comments along the way for a chance to win one of two $50 Honey Bee gift certificates! (Winners will be announced on this page of the HBS blog on August 10th.)
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Carly

P.S. Please forgive my mess as my blog is under a bit of construction. If you are having trouble leaving a comment, just click the post title and scroll down.  

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Honey Bee Chin Up Buttercup stamps & dies
Honey Bee Bee Bold Alpha dies
Honey Bee Thinking Of You dies
Honey Bee Cheerful Sentiments stamps

78 comments:

~amy~ said...

Carly! LOVE everything!
Happy Friday!

Amber Jean said...

Those flowers are amazing. I need to practice with my copics to try to be that good. The shading is impeccable.

Amanda Lanager said...

These are so cute!! Thanks for sharing!!

Lori Kobular said...

Love your color combination on this beautiful CAS card! It looks amazing!!

Esther Asbury said...

Absolutely beautiful cards - love the CAS design, and those flowers are amazing!

Debbie Rumpza said...

Lovely cards today! I like how you did the first one with uncolored flowers in the background to really highlight the popped up ones! Very cool.

carrie said...

Unique cards using a POP of color. That buttercup flower is beautiful.

Cynthia Cole said...

Your cards are lovely!

berokke said...

Love, Love these cards! They are so beautiful!! The Poppies stamped in black and left uncolored are super cute and then to add the colored poppies - that just makes the card! I love this card and now I want the stamp set.

Kenia Lancaster said...

Your coloring of the flowers is beautiful. Definitely something I aspire to. Very pretty!

Becca Yahrling said...

Very pretty coloring of these gorgeous flowers.
Awesome cards!

Linda Jeanne said...

Love your card! Those poppies are adorable!

Barbara Woodard said...

Your no line coloring of the poppies is amazing. Love your cards!

cghundley said...

Beautiful cards
with the lovely
flowers!
Carla from Utah

morentin1326 said...

oh, so very pretty... love the color

Denise Bryant said...

Love the buttercups and the alpha! Fabulous cards!

Julie said...

Love your tips on no line coloring. I love the look plus the colors you used.

Noga Shefer said...

So pretty!!

Shelly said...

Absolutely beautiful! Love!

Amy C. said...

Gorgeous design! I love the black/white with the bold pop of color.

MadeByMeghanK said...

OMG! Your coloring is PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!!!

Lori said...

So pretty! I'm off to watch the video!

Dee Earnshaw said...

LOVE your coloring - such soft and realistic looking flowers :)

Amanda Wilcox said...

Beautiful card!!! I love your coloring and can't wait to get a moment to watch the video!

Maegan Hendricks said...

I'm pretty jealous of your coloring game. This stamp set looks perfect for no line coloring too.

Karenladd said...

I love the monochromatic background with those colored blooms as a focal point!

Sue D said...

Lovely floral cards.

شـذا Shatha said...

Beautiful cards

Karen Sanville said...

Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Lovely cards - well done!

Jen P said...

Beautiful cards! I especially love the black stamps with the highlighted colored image on top.

Efrat said...

Beautiful!! Thanks for the video.

Andrea Hastilow said...

Thank you so !such for a fab video. Your flowers are amazing, your colour work is so bright & realistic looking, got so much out of your video & cards. Thank you so very much.

Mirella said...

Lovely cards and designs - the pop of colour against the black and white, plus the big bold letters for the sentiment really look great!

Joy Meadows said...

these cards are so beautiful! And, I love the video, too.

Andre M. said...

Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing the technique video and inspiration.

SMWhite said...

Your coloring is AMAZING!!!

Lisa said...

These are SO gorgeous! Love the no line coloring and the color scheme of these is so stunning! Love them both!

Deb Selby said...

I never thought of no line colouring with Copics. I am going to give it a try.

Jeannie said...

Gorgeous cards! I love the bold black words with the pop of color.

SLMPetersen said...

Great use of color!

Michelle H said...

I also have a black thumb, so I got quite a giggle out of your comment about killing cactus. Been there done that. Lol. I’m horrible with copics, but you made it look easy enough for me to give it a good try. I love the no line coloring effect. Beautiful cards.

Patty said...

Hey..Your flowers are beautiful!! I can even begin to color and shade but you are doing a fantastic job!!

Lucy E. said...

I guess it doesn’t matter that you don’t have
a green thumb-your flowers are fabulous!
Thanks for the tip about die-cutting before
coloring-I wouldn’t have thought of that.

DGolly said...

Lovely cards. I love the mix of black and white and no line coloring. Such a great idea!

Kelsey Thomas said...

These are beautiful! Love the pop of color from the flowers. :)

Marisa said...

Love the black and white with a pop of color, super elegant!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the layering of the colored flowers
over the stamped background. Very pretty.
thanks for sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(d0t)com

Joyce Erb said...

So elegant. TFS

Karthikha said...

Gorgeous cards!! The flowers are so pretty with your coloring!!

ionabunny said...

Beautiful. Love the red against the outlines. Hugz

Connie said...

Great cards.

Patt H. said...

Wonderful coloring on these gorgeous flowers! They look amazing!

Unknown said...

I love these cards! Such a pretty pop of color against the black and white card.

sherri said...

Beautiful cards. Love those poppies!

Robin P said...

Love your no line coloring on these cards.

justMarie said...

Your cards are beautiful! Thank you for the no line coloring tips. I’ve been wanting to try this technique also.

Cheriese said...

Your no line colouring is so great!!

Betty said...

love that new buttercup stamp from this release and your cards are just gorgeous using it!!

Dana M said...

Stunning cards! Lovely designs and gorgeous coloring.

Thoughts Held In Time said...

Ready like this stamp set

Margery C said...

Creative way to use the Buttercup stamp set and make Poppies. I have a black thumb too.

Arianna Barbara said...

Poppies are so gorgeous!!! Beautiful cards!!!

Isabel Z said...

I love what you have created!

Cheri said...

Pretty card - love your coloring!

ann barnes said...

I just love how you've incorporated the be bold alphas into your cards. The card designs are fabulous. Chin up buttercup is really a great set!

Mrsfish02 said...

Lovely shading. I like both buttercups and poppies. Simple but elegant. Nicely done.

Isabelle said...

Your cards are beautiful and very elegant !

mindy1414 said...

Your cards are beautiful and this set is amazing (I think I say that every time but it's true! LOL)

Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

Wow !! You’ve made some incredible flowers ! Your coloring is just perfect !!
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Mary-Anne V said...

Very nice cards love the pop of colour.

Martha Herrera said...

WOW.. your coloring is amazing. Love the colors your choice.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheryl Rigney said...

Fabulous no line coloring! Just gorgeous!!

mtscrapgal said...

The buttercup flowers make perfect poppies when they are colored so expertly as you did. Terrific cards.

Denise Mlady said...

Love your graphic black and white with a pop of color. I think the coloring on your flowers is beautiful!

Linnea S said...

luv the buttercup colored as poppies and with the black and white flowers in the background

Miriam Prantner said...

Those no line colored flowers look amazing, love them in contrast with the simple black and white!

Annalisa said...

What a beautiful concept. I love the details of the no-line vs. the background of the outlines. I'm definitely going to have to try this idea. Thank you for sharing with us!