Hello and welcome. It's been a few days since I've posted. I've been dealing with this nasty migraine again and also the loss of one of my foster kittens from leukemia - little Jerry. Although I'm missing him very much, I know he is no longer in pain, or suffering. He hid his illness quite well until it was too late. Since they say coloring is good therapy, and I agree, I decided to do a little coloring and creating.
I had started coloring this image panel a few weeks ago for the monthly Woodblock Wednesday challenge and didn't finish the card until this morning using a long retired, and dusty, Stampin Up set called Winds of Grace. The images and saying are stamped in memento tuxedo black ink and colored using my koh-i-noor pencils before blending using a blender pencil. Once the coloring was finished, I stenciled the cloud background using a retired Picket Fence Studios slimline cloud stencil before layering and adding brads. For the final touches, I added a bit of twine and waterfall ice stickles to highlight the ocean.
Challenges entered:
Woodblock Wednesday June 2024 - Use Your Woodblock Stamps (SU Winds of Grace)
Splitcoaststampers IC968 - The Other Aesthetic (see inspiration pic below)
IC968
Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Kor-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Stencil, Ice Stickles, Twine, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots
Next up are a couple of cards made using some pre-colored images from Gecko Galz. Let me say this, I LOVE sunflowers and the Sunflowers For Ukraine collage has several gorgeous images included. Every summer white I live, there are so many wild sunflowers growing everywhere. After I had trimmed and layered the images I wanted to use, I added them to their respective card bases before stamping the sayings I wanted to use underneath the layered images. I then punched some small circles to create my own matching "faux brads". The final touches was adding a few coffee bean sequins adhering them using Bearly Art glue.
Challenges entered:
CD Sunday Plus #136 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz)
Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up (thank you); CTMH (Helen Keller quote)
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Sequins, Small Hole Punch, Glue, Glue Dots
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.