Inky Impressions Submission

Good evening girls!! As many of you know, I was able to finally meet my new nephew in person this past weekend. He is just darling - such a charmer! And of course, he still has that sweet new baby smell. What is it about babies that just makes you want to stare at them? He was full of smiles for his Aunt Cass and my little man thought he was pretty neat too! I do think he thought the baby would play more so he was a little put off by that. It'll be fun to watch them as the little one grows though! I also have a few questions answered at the bottom of my post from my Vintage Paris card so read all the way through!

I submitted a few cards for the Inky Impressions design team call and was so excited to have made the second round. Nicole sent us all an image and a sketch to follow to create our cards. Here is my submission using this precious girl! I fell in love with the eyes when I first saw Nicole's images and that is still what draws me in - aren't they just gorgeous??

The entire image except for her hair is colored with my Prisma colored pencils and baby oil. I used Copics on her hair. I tried a new technique for the grass and sky that I am sooo happy about it! I think I spent just as much time blending those two elements as I did coloring the rest of the image. If you love to color, this is a great line - there is so much detail -- I feel just like a
n artist!!

Here is the full card:

The sketch is one I've used before - #218 from the SCS Sketch challenges. My base was run through the cuttlebug 3 times to get it all embossed. It may take an extra moment, but it adds so much I think!

Wish me luck in making the final team! No matter what, I still feel very honored to have made it this far! Ya'll know that I'll be doing the 'chair cheer' if I am fortunate enough to get to work with Nicole and her images though! If you haven't heard of this line before, take a moment to visit the blog and read all about it!

Okay - I am so happy that so many of ya'll enjoyed the Vintage Paris card I posted last week. It was a joy to make! I wanted to clear up a few things. Several of you think that I used corrugated cardboard on it. I didn't - that striped layer has been in my paper stash for a long, long time. I just crumpled it up and distressed the heck out of it before adhering it down. The main image is only ONE stamp! Gotta love that!! I did stamp it in red and then inked up just the one little bit with a black marker, cut it out and glued it over the main image to add a little pop! Just a trick to make it look like I assembled the whole collage! *wink*

I think that's it! Have a beautiful evening - or day if it's actually tomorrow when you read this!