Red, Navy and Glorious Green

I don’t know about you but Stampin’ Up!’s Glorious Green is anything but glorious to me.  When I saw the color challenge today on SCS I moaned to myself when I saw the color combination.  I love red and navy together but that strange green is more than I can take.  But…isn’t that what challenges are all about?  I came home and unwrapped my brand new Whipper Snapper images that I got for FREE!!!  I sent six cards into Whipper Snapper for the Spring card contest and didn’t win a placing prize but WS gave me store credit of $10 each to keep my cards.  Hey….I’ll take free stamps any day.  I love Anna Wight’s darling images and I spent all of my credit on them.  I doubt Anna ever thought she would see her darling rooster painted red and navy but…it was a challenge after all.  A girl has got to do what she has to do.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper with Brilliance black and heat set.  I colored the rooster with SU red and navy markers.  I sponged in caramel for the dirt area and then used my mini fern stamp to lay down the textured weeds growing in the background. I used an artist pen to sketch in the fun little wire fence and used a sponge and bashful blue to create the sky with a cloud template.  The rest is self explanatory.  Fun challenge even though we did have to use that terrible green.

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper Designs-Anna Wight Rooster, SU Dotted Background

Paper:  White, Red, Navy, Watercolor

Ink:  Brilliance Black, Caramel, Glorious Green, Bashful Blue

Accessories:  Red and Navy SU Marker, Crimper, Grosgrain, Gingham, Sponge, Cloud Template