Light House

Sorry I am late my post this week.  We saw 6 doctors in 7 days with 3 sets of Xrays, 2 CT's and an MRI.  So far all is clear on his neck.  They allowed him to remove the hard brace yesterday.  Now to work out the tight muscles and get the concussion cleared up.  He gets light headed very easy...especially when I have a chore for him LOL.  I found plenty of things he can do sitting down. I hate sorting socks and I got the foyer closet cleaned out so he could sort hats, gloves and scarves. ;-)  Enough about my son (thank you to those who added them to your prayers!) on to my project.

I love this set but I am not very good at coloring objects in.  I needed a card for my father's birthday and since I always use the eagle one for him I thought maybe I should go in another direction. I figured lighthouses are always a good choice for a man's card.  I am loving the Framelit Dies!!! They are so easy to use and so many things that you can do with them.  The image was embossed and colored in with re-inkers and aqua painter brush.  I find it so much easier to color an image when it is embossed. To do the light beam I just cut a triangle out of a piece of paper and used it to mask so I could sponge the area I wanted.

Card Details:

Stamps: Uncharted Territory, Bring On the Cake

Paper: Whisper White, Well Worn DSP, Soft Suede, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy

Ink:  Soft Suede, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Versa Mark, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelit Die, Black Embossing Powder, Extra Large Oval Punch

Uncharted Sailboat

I peeked at the sketch challenge last night before falling asleep because I knew my time wold be limited today and I really wanted to use the new set I just got in.  So this had to be a simple quick card.  the reason I put off ordering this set was because of my coloring skills, or lack there of... As long as I was short on time I decided just no to color any of it in.  The biggest challenge for me in this sketch was the fancy something on the edge of the small strip.  Since this was a manly card I did not want any flourish.  I love my Tasteful Trim Die but I just forget to use it. I need to find a better place to keep my extended Dies!  I think it looks like waves sticking out of the edge....imagine very hard lol.  I had also just broke down and ordered some Seam Binding Ribbon just for the purpose of running it through the Big Shot and adding texture to it.  That is what helped me jump start my color theme for today.  For the rolled corner, I just rolled it down and stuck a glue dot underneath to hold it down.

Card Details:

Stamps: En Francais, Uncharted Territory

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Early Espresso

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Big Shot, Houndstooth Impression Folder, Corner Rounder Punch, Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Tasteful Trim Die