Clearly Inspired Challenge #5

Hello Everyone! I am so excited because today is the day for the Clearly Inspired Challenge, the Clear Dollar Stamps challenge.(this time it's a sketch challenge) This is my favorite challenge for so many reasons, one being because of the wonderful & talented ladies that participate along with me! I had to miss the last challenge because my husband was home visiting from Iraq, and one of the last things on my mind at the time was crafting. (weird, huh) Unfortunately, he had to return to "work"( in Iraq) last week and fortunately, I had time to pour some love and creativity into this week's challenge. I was chatting via AIM with my husband the entire time I was making this card, so it took over 2 hours to complete.

A special thing about this card are the whales themselves. The left whale is simply stamped on whisper white and colored in with my new prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol. The right whale, on the other hand, using the same stamp, was inked onto this super neat rub on making kit my husband gave me for Christmas, and then placed next to the first whale as if they are kissing. I used the same prismacolor pencils to color the rub-on whale but since the pencil was on the wax-like rub on material, it turned out much lighter than the first. But, it did work much better than I thought it would!

The Details:

Stamps: Winter Eskimo (CDStamps)

Paper: Real Red, Sugar Rush (basic grey), Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Stazon JetBlack

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor pencils (black & lt blue) Gamsol

Tools: Oval & Labels 4 Nestabilities, Grafix Rub-onz Transfer film,

dimentionals, corner rounder, word window

Accessories: Sugar Rush enamel brads, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon