Happy Monday!! I hope you all are having a FABULOUS day!! It has been BEAUTIFUL day here today. I DID NOT enjoy the nice weather, though but instead spent it inside finishing some cards and piecing together some die cuts for future cards.
Today my two cards I created for the Twofer Card Challenge #19. I created a birthday card and an encouragement card.
The theme was a nautical theme.
The first card I used a Neat and Tangled stencil, some Distress Ink and Copic White to create an ocean. It wasn't actually supposed to be an ocean stencil but I decided I would make it so!!
I then stamped images from Simon Says Stamps "Your Light" stamp set.
I used Copic markers to color in the light house and the sky.
I added some red twine and a sentiment that was heat embossed from the same stamp set to complete my card.
My next card, I used the same stamp but stamped the light house on a circle.
I used used a dot coloring technique to color in the lighthouse with Copic's and colored in the ocean with no shading at all.
I then masked the scene and used Distress Ink in two colors to create a night sky. I used Gel Pen and Spika markers for the "stars."
I mounted the circle on a vellum circle that I had stamped the image on as well. I then mounted both on an A2 card base that I had covered with patterned paper. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.
Today my two cards I created for the Twofer Card Challenge #19. I created a birthday card and an encouragement card.
The theme was a nautical theme.
The first card I used a Neat and Tangled stencil, some Distress Ink and Copic White to create an ocean. It wasn't actually supposed to be an ocean stencil but I decided I would make it so!!
I then stamped images from Simon Says Stamps "Your Light" stamp set.
I used Copic markers to color in the light house and the sky.
I added some red twine and a sentiment that was heat embossed from the same stamp set to complete my card.
My next card, I used the same stamp but stamped the light house on a circle.
I used used a dot coloring technique to color in the lighthouse with Copic's and colored in the ocean with no shading at all.
I then masked the scene and used Distress Ink in two colors to create a night sky. I used Gel Pen and Spika markers for the "stars."
I mounted the circle on a vellum circle that I had stamped the image on as well. I then mounted both on an A2 card base that I had covered with patterned paper. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.
I am entering this second card in the Fab Friday Challenge #169, which was a sketch that was the jump off point for the design of this card.
I am entering my first light house card into Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge which is Midsummer Blues.
On another note, I only have two free Mondays left and I am dreading going back to work. I am using my last days to go do some things that I haven't gotten to this summer. I go to visit my Aunts that I haven't seen in a long time. Very excited to go away for a few days by myself. Sometimes a longish car ride (5 1/2 hours) by myself is kind of fun. Then we take Charlotte to my niece's house, which is outside Boston, and will spend Saturday in Boston with my husband. I have to enjoy my time when I have it!!
Well that is all from me today. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Please tune in tomorrow. I am up on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog with my first VIDEO tutorial for a card!!!
Have a FABULOUS night!!
