A Day At The Lake

 Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card I had started three weeks ago before getting a nasty migraine and is inspired by two of the Ways To Use It challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  I pulled out an old, and dusty, A Stamp In The Hand (Nature 1 & 2) and Close To My Heart (Beautiful Things) stamp sets.  I had bought the A Stamp In The Hand sets from a rubber stamp convention years ago and hadn't used yet (NBUS).

I started out by stamping images from the Nature 1 & 2 sets using memento tuxedo black, northern pine and nautical blue inks.  Once that was finished, I took my Koh-i-noor pencils and colored the fisherman, tree trunks, some of the water and cattails before blending Tim Holtz broken china, mowed lawn and stormy sky distress inks before deciding to highlight parts of the shoreline using the pencils as well.  After layering, I added some vintage brads before adhering to my card stamped also in memento northern pine ink.  As an afterthought, I then blended a bit of the stormy sky to help create the feeling of a cloudy day then added a sentiment, clouds and additional trees from a retired Close To My Heart set.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #49 - April Use Your NBUS (stamp sets)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Outlawz Twisted Thurday April 6 to May 3 - Anything Goes With Twist: Color It (pencils, blended distress inks)

Park Hopping My Happy Place April 2023 - California Adventure Grand Californian Hotel (also Grizzly River Run and Grizzly Peak)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: A Stamp In The Hand; Close To My Heart

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine, Nautical Blue; Tim Holtz Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots