It's All In the Eyes!

Second post for me today.  If you are looking for my FYI challenge post, please scroll down one.

While waiting for migraine meds to kick in last night, I was looking at the inspiration picture for the Play Date Cafe's color splash challenge, as well as a couple of other challenges, and an idea came to me.  I had already reached the point of stamp or cry with the pain, so I chose to stamp and keep my card very clean and simple.

I started out by stamping my lion image from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set called Big Cats in memento tuxedo black ink and then colored with prismacolor markers; making sure to highlight his mane in different shades of yellow to give a more realistic look before layering.  Then taking some white card stock, I dry embossed it using a tree branch cuttlebug embossing folder with my big shot.  The only embellishments I added were some Making Memories black baby brads.  Even with this CAS look, what should have only taken me 20minutes to make took well over an hour.  Geez!  Anyone want a headache?  Free to a good home? 

Challenges this card also submitted for:

Play Date Cafe #132 Color Splash

Anything Goes #67 Color Combo

Moving Along With The Times Keep It Real

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Big Cats

Card Stock: All Stampin Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Big Shot, Tree Branches Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Making Memories Black Baby Brads

Seagulls & Lighthouse

Hi there.  This last weekend I came across a couple of challenge blogs that I thought interesting - Moving Along With The Times Nautical challenge and CCEE Stampers faux brad challenge.  So, even with another one of my migraines, I pulled out my stamps and got to work.

I started out by stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Gullible Mini , Scenic Selections and Lighthouses stamp sets in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils, prismacolor markers, and a blender marker.  Once my coloring was finished, and the images from Scenic Selections cut out for popping up later, I started stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass  and forest moss distress inks around the edges.  Then I stippled Adirondack caramel ink for the sand and aqua ink over a cloud template to help fill in the sky before layering.

Once my layering was finished, I pulled out a small hole punch to create my own brads to make sure they matched the layered card stock.  The final embellishments were some baker's twine with a starfish charm and white liquid pearls for the sea foam.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Scenic Selections, Lighthouses, Gullible Mini

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss, Adirondack Caramel, Aqua

Card Stock: All MFP

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Markers, Blender Marker, Baker's Twine, Charm, Liquid Pearls, Stipple Brushes, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen