Bright Colors

I came home from work early today as I feeling like I’m getting the flu.  My husband came home just now feeling the same way.  Oh no!!!!!  I took a long nap and woke up and decided to try doing the Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers which was a to use bright colors- rose red, apricot appeal and sage shadow.  My first thought was Easter so I pulled out my new Rubbernecker Easter stamps and picked a cute Mrs. Chick and some eggs to put in a scene. No big description necessary as this card is very straight forward.  I stamped the image with Black Brilliance and watercolored with Adirondack reinkers.  I cut frames with Nestabilities dies and used the chicken wire background from the Rubbernecker On the Farm set on the rose layer.  I used my plastic bag of dried rice to create a non descript background on the apricot layers.  I used some Diamond Glaze and crystal glitter on the eggs and the flowers on the hat to add some sparkle. This was a fast and easy little card.

I decided to try another simple card and use another Rubbernecker image that I haven’t played with yet called Parasol from the People section.  I decided to use the die cut from my card above as a base layer for this image.  I cut a smaller white layer to stamp the image on.  I stamped the image a second time so I cut her out and pop her up to give depth to the umbrella.  I used a grey artist pen to additional some rain water dots above the umbrella and watercolored with sage. I applied Diamond Glaze and glitter to make the rain look sparkly. I painted the girl and umbrella and cut out so I could pop her up over the rain layer.  I used the rice bag once again to create the background for the scalloped layer and then added little dots of Stickle glitter glue.  I embossed the apricot layer with a textile Cuttlebug folder for some additional texture.  I popped the scalloped layer image up with mounting tape.  This was another fast and easy card but now I’m going to go lay back down.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Easter, On the Farm and Rubbernecker Stamp Oasis People-Parasol

Paper:  Sage, Apricot, Rose, White, Watercolor

Ink:  Adirondack Reinkers, Brilliance Black Graphite

Accessories:  Diamond Glaze, Glitter, Cuttlebug, Nestabilites, Watercolor Brushes, Grosgrain