The View From a Restaurant Window…

In my dreams!

Can’t you just imagine sitting at a restaurant by the sea, looking out the window as a fishing boat comes in to dock!! I can almost smell the salty air and hear those seagulls!

{right clicking on a picture will bring it up larger in another window for your viewing pleasure}

This is ODBD The Waves on the Sea, colored with Copics and white gel pen, clouds sponged with my homemade cloud template using Distress Dried Marigold and Tumbled Glass.

I cut the panes out of the Cathedral Window and Border Die to make it look like a regular window, leaving the top to show the ‘clear’ cracked glass and more sponged clouds.

For the embossed background, I inked (Adirondack Latte and Juniper) my Victoria folder (on the ‘name’ side) and ran it through the Cuttlebug and stitched on the sewing machine.
I did the same for the Cathedral Window frame.  

The final touch to the window was filling in the top with Crackle Accents and the main part with Glossy Accents…. and letting it dry overnight.

I love how it turned out!! A few Martha punched leaves and some flowers…and done!

Ahhhh…some day!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

It’s a Shaggy Dog!

This week Flower Soft is featuring the Shaggy Dog Tails clear stamps. I’ll be showing you the set called “Balloons”.

Both cards are embossed and colored with Copics with white gel pen accents. This first card I used a trick I learned from good pal, Mel from Mel Stampz… I used my piercing tool which has a very fine tip {or you could use a pin or needle} and scratched lines for the dog fur.

 Such a cute dog! My DP is SEI Happy day, Spellbinders is Lattice Rectangles.

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This second card I used a technique that I stumbled upon by accident! I’ll just call it ‘white gel pen technique’.

When the stamping bug first bit me I was like every new stamper…gotta have this and that and try it all!! While trying to make some accents with my white gel pen, I totally messed up my image!!! ACK!!! what to do!!?! I grabbed my waterbrush hoping to ‘erase’ my mistake. Wow.. it pretty much removed the pen marks!
*You have to do this while the ink is wet* 

If nothing else, it softens the marks and saves your project! But, I found it’s a great way to add subtle highlights!!

I’ll show you some before and afters so you get the idea.

Here, I’ve colored my embossed image, and since I was going to cut it out… I WENT OUSIDE THE LINES.. for all you perfectionists out there… LOL!

Next, I added some gel pen.

GASP!!! Totally ruined it didn’t I?!!

See how using the waterbrush softens the pen!! Remember, start out with a little here and there, you can always add more if needed.

*My greens turned out wonky in the photos…the actual card is closer to the full card image*

A quick birthday card, using the Happy Birthday embossing folder and popping the dog on top!

I hope I’ve inspired you to try something new and maybe out of your comfort zone, and to stop by Flower Soft and check out the Shaggy Dog Tails clear stamps!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn