From the Prismacolor website, I found this Prismacolor Soft Core Colored Pencil color chart that you can fill in, just like you might be doing with your colored chart for Copic Markers! The link is:  http://www.prismacolor.com/Style%20Library/PrismaColor/media/promotions/PrismacolorColoredPencilsChart2.pdf
If the link address doesn't activate on your computer, copy and paste onto your web browser. I printed it out with these settings:  landscape mode and at 64%. That's the only way I could print it out on one sheet; however, I will need my reading glasses to work on it (but what else is new!). Hope this works for you! And look at this gorgeous work from their website . . . can you believe it was done with only colored pencils? 

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Prismacolor Soft Core Colored Pencils on Bristol Board

If you would like me to print off the color chart on Neenah Crest Solar White 80# paper, I will be happy to for 50-cents a copy to cover the printing and paper cost; just contact the store (360.357.6528) or email the store at artnsoul@artnsoul.comcastbiz.net.  We also have Prismacolor colored pencils at the store if you find your 'stash' of colors needs adding to.




From Dreamweaver Stencils' blog, Lynell shows a technique for adding more colors to your stencil embossing pastes.

"I am showcasing a very simple technique today. Since we started selling embossing pastes with our stencils several years ago we also decided to offer a set of heavy-bodied acrylics, often referred to as 'tube acrylics' (TAP). This is because Dreamweaver doesn't have EVERY color of paste possible and yet the mortarboard stencil (LL449) and Friends stencil (LM210) needed to be paste-embossed in a dark purple. So, what do you do if you don't have purple paste? You mix one tablespoon of Translucent Embossing Paste (DEPT) with approximately half a teaspoon of purple 'tube acrylic' (TAP) paint.

It needs to be mixed well with a palette knife (DPK) on a non-porous surface like wax paper or a foam plate. Now you're ready to apply the paste. Remember the Translucent Paste (DEPT) dries glossy and our Regular Embossing Paste (DEP) dries to a matte finish and the tube acrylics can be mixed into either one.

The reason that you want to use the tube acrylics is because they are thick and won't add too much moisture to the embossing paste, if you add liquid paint it could make the paste "sloppy" and cause it to seep under the stencil while you're working with it, ruining your work of art.

For this reason the Dreamweaver Metallic F/X (F/X) powders are another way of adding color to the embossing pastes. Again one tablespoon of paste and approximately one half teaspoon of the Metallic F/X mixed in with a palette knife and you are all set to paste-emboss."




From Elizabeth Craft Designs  . . .

by Els for Elizabeth Craft Designs

". . . using a transparency as a background. Lots of glitter Peel Off's and Micro fine glitter and the New Dee's Distinctively's dies."





Speaking of peel offs, here are the peel offs from Magenta that I have been working on while watching the season-ending episodes of my favorite shows that have been taped. I placed the Magenta peel offs on papers that have light background designs; using Glaze and Stardust pens from Sakura, the design sneaks through at times adding another dimension to the overall effect which I like. After I've added them to cards, I'll show you what one of the cards will look like.

by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz

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by Debbie Gaetz 

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by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz 

by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz

by Debbie Gaetz

It's been a very relaxing Memorial Holiday for us. I've admired the variety of ways people have shown their patriotism and appreciation for our active, retired and fallen members of the United States Armed Forces who sacrifice the daily comforts and freedoms we enjoy so we can. The next time you see a veteran or soldier, think of a way you can show your appreciation . . . give them your place in line at the store; buy their cup of coffee or lunch; or just say "thank you". Don't ever think your thank you will go unappreciated!

Back tomorrow with, I'm hoping, pics of the wooden frames from Magenta that we've been coloring with alcohol inks, stamping with Versafine and coloring with Prismacolor colored pencils. I'm still absorbing what I learned in Helene's class and thinking about the WOW! possibilities that can be attempted. There are more frames at the store to purchase; they're going to make perfect keepsake gifts for my friends and family! And the project itself is nicely contained after I've colored with the alcohol inks and stamped the image; all I need to take with me is the frame and my colored pencils! Perfect!