The Best Thing To Hold

 

Hello and welcome.  I am thrilled to be guest designing this month over on the Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) challenge blog.  The idea of the challenge is to use all the fun stamps, dies, supplies, washi tape, etc that we have bought and just have not used.  So dig into that stash, and let's get into those supplies and pull out the schtuff we just had to have and use it!

My card for this month's challenge uses a digital stamp (Pooh Cards 1 Classic), and matching digital paper (Bee Classic Pooh), from Dina Kowal Digital.  Now the weather in California has finally decided to get with the program and let Fall be fall and not just a summer hangover.  Now if we could only get some desperately needed rain.  So, I let our freaky California weather help inspire my card.

After printing the image,  on to Hammermill white paper before pulling out my dusty, and rarely used, watercolor pencils and got to coloring.  After blending the colors using an alcohol marker, I took my Picket Fence Studios Slim Line Cloud stencil and blending brushes and go to making the image background using Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink.  Once my clouds were finished, I took those unloved watercolor pencils and created a rainstorm to go with my blustery day before layering and adding some ruby red brads then adhering the layered image to a ruby red card base with the Bee Classic Pooh digital paper on it.  I then sponged some ruby red ink around the edges of the card before lightly dabbing some of the leftover ink into the lower left corner of the image panel.  Taking a small scrap of the digital paper, I fussy cut, yes fussy cut, three of the honey jars out then adhered them to the image panel before highlighting the honey overflow using a Sakura clear 3D glaze pen.  The final embellishment was crystal ice stickles as raindrops.  I'm really happy with how this turned out, especially since I made it while dealing with a bit of a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #44 November - Use Your NBUS (image/paper)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (watercolor pencils)

Digi Choosday #44 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #97 - Anything Goes Digital (image/paper)

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 43 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Outlawz Festive Friday Oct 28 to Nov 10 - Animals Theme (Pooh/Piglet)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous week.

Stamps: Dina Kowal Digital

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Ruby Red

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Brads, PFS Slim Line Cloud Stencil, Sponge, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen, Bearly Arts Glue