Sunday, April 25, 2010

Creative Inspirations Sketch #57 and some Distressing

Happy Sunday! Yesterday happy mail arrived! I got an awesome card from my BFF, Cassie, AND this stamp set from MFT called Sheltering Tree. I do love tree stamps! I was so excited to get to work with this set! I was inspired by the sketch challenge at Creative Inspirations.
This card also qualifies for the distressing challenge at the Crafty Creations blog. I sponged the edges in chocolate chip for that aged / distressed look.
I used the March Key Ingredients kit from Taylored Expressions for all the paper on this card. I really like the organic feel of the dp with the tree.
I first stamped the circle leaves on white cardstock and then stamped the tree in chocolate chip directly on top of the baja breeze image. I then colored in the entire tree with my prismacolor pencils, blending with gamsol. It was a total experiment to actually use the prismacolors & gamsol on top of a stamped image, and I am happy to report, it worked just fine. ;p
The Details:
Stamps: Sheltering Tree (MFT)
Paper: March KI Kit (TE)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Momento Tuxedo Black
Tools/Accessories: Lg Circle Nestabilities, Sponge, Dimentionals, Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol, D'vine Swirls embossing folder

4 comments:

NGCARDS said...

Great card hun! Thanks for joining in this week at Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge Blog! xxx

Cassie said...

This is a BEAUTIFUL card, Christi! I love the dp you used with it, and I love the look of the prismacolors with the tree. This is very inspiring, Christi ;D

Cassie said...

This is a BEAUTIFUL card, Christi! I love the dp you used with it, and I love the look of the prismacolors with the tree. This is very inspiring, Christi ;D

shelly said...

great card! thanks so much for sharing it with us at craftycreations