In all the last week of school and birthday hype last week, I lost the first birthday card that I made for my nephew, Zachary. (It’s still MIA, with a school form already filled out & a thinking of you card – all addressed, all stamped…LOST!) So, for once I was going to be on-time with a card, and still ended up being late!
This card is for yesterday’s Sketch Challenge 125 over at Splitcoaststampers! Lots of wide open space was the goal of the challenge.
Using Crab & Company from the SU! Spring Mini (I accidently ordered 2 for a customer, and kept the extra because of Cambria! ~ love her stuff!), I colored the little guys in with PrismaColor pencils and blended them stumps and Gamsol. You can see the easy to follow, Gamsol Magic tutorial: HERE! The center panel (approx 1″x3″) is slipped into the crabs claw which I cut out with an exacto knife. I have been working on keeping the inside panels of my cards “clean”, so I snipped the prongs off of the black brads with wire cutter and adhered them in the corners with glue dots.
It’s 2:20 a.m. and the tech guys over at Splitcoast are doing a software upgrade – woo-hoo! But, I can’t post any links tonight. I’ll try to update that tomorrow, so you can see the challenges, the inspiration for the stamps and the tutorial for the pencil technique. Thanks for looking! I’m off to bed!
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