Blah Blah Blah on The Phone

Do you know anyone who talks and talks and talks on the phone? If you don't, it might be you :o) I have people in my life that this cute little guy from Hambo Stamps reminds me of, and sometimes it is me!

1. Stamped the pig image with black ink on watercolor paper.
2. Scribbled marker on non-stick surface. Picked up color with waterbrush. I tried coloring direct  on the paper and then spreading the color with the waterbrush, but it was too dark, so I switched methods. For the darker areas, i.e. his ears and nose, I colored directly on the paper with the marker. I darkened his eyes, inside his ears, his mouth, and hooves with a fine line drawing marker (I need to add some reinker to my ink pad!).
3. I cut out the main parts of the image and ran them  through a sticker maker. For placement, I'll stamp the image again, so the things I cut completely out - phone antenna, balloon string, and his tail - will be there.
4. After all that, I started thinking about the background... I decided on an outdoor scene in a square frame. I wanted to add the cute ice cream truck by Hambo in the background and some trees. I drew a road, sponged in grass, added blades of grass with a marker, drew in some trees and sponged in the sky. I used a stamp from SU! Watercolor Minis to create the tree leaves, using two shades of green (I learned this from Kittie. She has really kool scene stamps). I inked up really well then stamped several times across the trees before reinking. 
5. I used the steps above for the pig to stamp and color the ice cream truck. I used a pink metallic marker to give it some sparkle. I used a clear glitter pen on the windows.
6. I used the same marker coloring technique to add color to the street.
7. I stamped the pig and ice cream truck images in the scene for placement and the little lines, and adhered the cut out images.  I colored in the exhaust from the truck directly with marker.
8. I stamped the sentiment "blah, blah, blah" with VersaFine so it would be dark. I need to buy a Brilliance reinker!
9. Assembled the card and added dew drops and ice cream elements.

Stamps:  Hambo Stamps, Stampin' Up! (retired water color minis)
Paper: Fabriano Artistico Bright White Watercolor Paper Block 140lb, Stampin' Up! whisper white, pretty in pink & designer paper
Inks: Brilliance graphite black, Stampin' Up! green galore, glorious green, ballet blue, brocade blue, VersaFine
Accessories: Marvy LaPlume II 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 51, Tombow blender marker,  waterbrush, Prismacolor .005 Fine Line Marker, Xyron sticker machine, Nestabilities square die cut, Sakura metallic pink & clear glitter pens, sponge, dew drops, ice cream element

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Comments

[Monica]

This is a great scene Trena! Tim's going to love it when he sees it. :) If it were me, I'd put down the phone and chase the ice cream truck! LOL

Have a great weekend! :)