Gazebo
Posted: September 8, 2023 Filed under: Coloured pencil, Echidna Studios, gazebo | Tags: digital stamps, Echidna Studios, Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencil 5 Comments
This dreamy gazebo image is the latest digital stamp from Echidna Studios. As I coloured it I had summer gatherings in mind but it would be pretty in autumn colours too.
As I’ve mentioned before with a digital stamp it is possible to print it any size so I printed this one to fit a 5.5″ square and the gazebo itself is 4.25″ across. It is printed on a heavy weight kraft paper because I enjoy using coloured pencils on kraft. I really did want a white gazebo so it seemed the obvious choice. This particular kraft paper has a warmer look than the desert storm kraft cardstock I sometimes use. As you can see I coloured the gazebo and plants with enough pressure to fill the outlines and used the side of the sharpened pencil tip to add shading to the background and sky area.
I added a sentiment from the Simply Graphic set ‘English sentiments‘ then attached the panel to a white card base. We went to a wedding many years ago where the bride and groom stood in a gazebo and the guests gathered round to watch which made me think a ‘congratulations’ sentiment fitted nicely.
There are fifty items in the Echidna Studios store now; please pop over and have a look around.
Heather Telford 
Dreamy is a good word for this. Amazing what Kraft paper adds to the stamp.
The digital site is beautiful. Nice to see it growing.
Good job.
Tish
What a beautiful and unusual card Heather. I love your colouring with polychromos, you have made it so inviting. Congratulations is so appropriate.
Thank you Karen, I enjoy the polychromos when I pull them out.
This reminds me of the park in my hometown. The old folks said that they used to hold band concerts there. I remember it best from playing in it. Sadly it’s gone now, but your beautiful gazebo brought back some treasured memories!
I remember playing in them too when we saw them. There are still a few around but not so many.