Coloring with Pastels and Markers on Glossy Cardstock Tutorial - Thanksgiving Card

Hi Everyone!! This is another image that I had colored over 2 years ago, threw in a plastic bag and found after reorganizing my craft room (see the story on my previous post). Anyway. . .back then (before Copics, Prismacolor Pencils), I used to color with Pastels on "glossy cardstock". You're like, how do you do that? Actually, if you rub on the pastels really well on to glossy cardstock, it "stains" the cardstock really nicely and add shading by watercoloring with water based markers, you can actually color on glossy cardstock.

With the pumpkin images, after I had colored the images with Pastels, I went over it with "Crystal Effects". Back then, I was a big fan of using SU "Crystal Effects" to give my images an epoxy look to them.

Anyway, check out the tutorial on coloring with pastels and markers on glossy cardstock. Try it out and let me know it worked out for you. The results are a little bit more subtle than if you colored with Copic markers but it's really nice because the image results in a slight glossy appearance.

Here is a close up of the pumpkins with the SU "Crystal Effects" applied.

Card Details:

Stamp: Pumpkins (unknown), SU Happy Fall Y'all

Paper: DVWV Fall Stack, SU Only Orange, Certainly Celery, Eggplant Envy

Ink: SU Pastels, Copic markers, SU Basic Black

Accessories: Making Memories Ribbon, Marvy 3" scallop punch, 2" Circle Punch, Martha Stewart Border Punch Sakura Opaque Pen, SU Crystal Effects, SU Key Tag Punch