Uh oh....I didn't think he would go that high...

I submitted this card in the Art Impressions card contest for September. It was inspired by July's contest winner, Anne. You can see her card here. This card is 5 1/4 by 5 1/4". 

1. Rubbed anti static bag across watercolor paper.
2. Inked up images with black ink, stamped onto watercolor paper, sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set. 
3. In thinking about how I wanted to lay my scene out, I knew I would only use the top of the fence. I cut it in half and planned to butt it together to go across the entire card, and place the little girl in front of the seem to hide it.
4. Added color to the images with markers. Starting with lightest shades and I covered the largest area with in an embossed area. Colored the next shade darker covering less area. Color with the darkest shade,  covering a small area.  NOTE:  I only used two shades in smaller areas. Since I'm only used parts of images, I color the sections I needed.
5. Used a water brush to blend the colors with in an embossed area, starting with a clean brush tip in the lightest area.  Allow to dry.
6. Repeat for the rest of the areas to color
7. For the leaves of the tree, I inked up the image with Distress Ink pads - starting with yellow, then added orange, a lastly red. I also trimmed the trunk so I could put it higher up in the scene.
8. Cut out images.
9. I used a cloud template and the Copic Airbrush system to create my cloud background. 
10. I laid the images out on the background for placement and then adhered them. I used scissors to cut the excess off.
11. I drew the balloon on watercolor paper, added color as described in step 4, and cut it out.
12. I adhered the balloon above the cat and drew the string in.
13. I adhered a piece of orange card stock to the back to frame it.

Stamps: Art Impressions 
Paper:   Fabriano Studio Watercolor Pad 140lb cold press, Stampin' Up! only orange, Neenah Classic Solar White
Ink: VersaFine onyx black, Copic Marker B23, Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Tim Holtz Distress ink pads  mustard seed, spiced marmalade, fired brick
Accessories: heat tool, Stampin' Up! cloud template, black detail embossing powder & emboss buddy, water brush, Sakura Micron .05 archival ink pen, Copic Airbrush System, craft knife and mat

Take care and STAY POSITIVE! 

Trena

 

Comments

[NancyD]

Hi Trena,

Thanks for checking out my blog and thank you for the kind comments. I have some of these Art Impressions stamps. I always thought they were so cute, but I haven't played with them in a while. I guess you have inspired me to bring them out again.

NancyD

[sandy mayfield]

Waay to cute!