It has been a while since I was able to post a blog article or upload any cards to SCS. Whew! I have been going through withdrawal. I am Cape Hatteras for our annual family vacation and brought tons of stamping stuff with me to play with. All though I love sitting out on the beach and watching the ocean I just can't take the sun and heat like I used to. It is raining here today and has given me lots of time to play. I am having fun playing with images that will release on Rubbernecker Stamps this coming Wednesday. Watch my blog and those of the Rubbernecker Design Team for more information and updates. I thought you guys would enjoy a little preview of what is coming. See anything new? See anything familiar?
I love this lighthouse image and the dune setting with it. The little sprigs of sea oats are just the right touch along the beach fence. I got a little carried away with the seagulls in the sky but I have seen the sky full of them here at Cape Hatteras. I couldn't resist creating the little puffy clouds an popping them up in the sky.
The lighthouse is a newly resized Rubbernecker image. It is much smaller than the original and more user friendly for normal card sizes. I stamped it with distress vintage photo ink and embossed with clear EP. I didn't want the lighthouse to be in black and to distract from the scene. I have no brown waterproof ink with me so embossing the image was a way to keep the ink from running when watercoloring it. I used a few of the brand new images, fence dunes and sea oats that coming out Wednesday to create the scene. I sponged in the sand area with caramel and the sky and water with cool caribbean. I used a Staedtler triplus multiliner marker to color in the sea oats. I love adding liquid applique to the water to create sea foam. The trick to not getting the dreaded blobs with LA is to dab around on it with your finger to spread it and create a fine layer vs a thick one. I lightly brushed caribbean around the outline of the clouds but left them fairly white in the center for good contrast.