Wacky Wednesday, Artist Trading Cards and Stamper’s Quest Magazine

 I sure have missed stamping and posting on my blog. Life certainly seems to get in the way of the fun stuff.  Work has been busy and I have been lacking stamping mojo for the last several days.  My friend, Sherry (BadSherry) came up with a challenge that inspired me.  She put out a challenge to our whole Rubbernecker Design Team to host and participate in Rubbernecker’s Wacky Wednesday.  Every Wednesday one of our team members will host a challenge and she can choose whatever technique or requirement she wants.  I don’t know how well you know our  team but we are all pretty wacky.  It will be fun to see what everyone has in store for us.  Sherry is hosting our first challenge and it is to make an Artist Trading Card (ATC).  This is a mini creative wonder that is as detailed as a full size card but packed into a much smaller size- 3.5” x 2.5”.  

It is no surprise that I love to create scenes.  For my project I decided to do a mini beach scene.  I used my Kittie Kits “Cause a Scene” Beach Master and  the smaller images.  I don’t know if you have noticed that my two master sets have several sizes of many of the images to allow you to use on any size project.  The smaller and middle sized sea oats were just the perfect size to use on this small canvas.  I stamped the sea oats on my main image layer and on another piece to use to pop up for a layered sand dune.  I stamped the sand dune image over and over to create the sandy appearance on both pieces of paper and then sponged lightly with brown. I used a fine line green marker to redefine the color on the oats that were sponged over with the brown. I masked off the sky area just above the sand line and sponged on blue to create the water line.  I sponged in the sky with light blue and then added a little yellow to add the soft appearance of a rising or setting sun.  I used the Sand Castle Fun die to create the three little shells and sea horse popped up on the scene. I popped up the front dune layer with dimensionals, adhered my shells to complete my project.

Check out all the details of our weekly challenge at Rubbernecker Stamps.  You are not going to want to miss what Rubbernecker Dave has to offer to those who participate in our challenge.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Kittie Kits “Cause a Scene” Beach Master

Paper:  Papertrey Aqua Mist, Fabriano Artistico Watercolor

Ink:  Distress Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint,

Adirondack

Latte, Lemonade, SU Soft Sky, Baja Breeze

Accessories:  Deckle Scissors, Spellbinders Sand Castle Fun Die set, Dimensionals, *Stylus and Foam Sponge (I love this tool) , Brushes, Handmade Cloud Template, Olive Marker, Glue Dots, Black Marker

*My new favorite tool

Stamper’s Quest Magazine

The March issue of Stamper’s Quest Magazine has been released and I have several projects you can check out.  My favorite is a complete tutorial on how to create a project with faux leather, faux snake skin and faux gold.  Pop over and check it out all of the March projects which had a major focus on texture.