Tackle the Day...

Sentiment was provided by Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne

The challenge is to make the Sentiment the Focus.  

Aud Sentiments challenge this go around was not an easy challenge for me for some reason. But then that is why it is a challenge - right?  I started with a sentiment that would be perfect for fisherman family members.  I kept trying to come up with an appropriate background - and they all seemed to overpower the sentiment.  Sometimes if I lie down for a nap, I will spend time "quieting my mind" by creating a solution to a design problem.  I came up with the idea of a very muted background - all the images stamped in grey as if in fog.  When I went back to my RubberRoom, I dug around in my "fish" and "nature" drawers & came up with 4 rubber stamps to make the background.  After several test runs, I decided all grey made it really hard to distinguish the images at all, so I went with three Distress inks - a light brown, grey and grey blue.  Then to further distance the background from the focal sentiment, I cut the panel in three sections to create a window.  Not a favorite design by all means... but thought someone might enjoy the insight into my process for this "Not my Usual Style" project.

Stamp Art Design by Kathryne

What I encourage you to do is to go HERE to see what the other very creative  DT women did with this challenge - it's obvious not everyone has trouble with this theme!!  LOL!  You have one more week to enter your projects and a chance at the prize of five free images from the sponsor!  See what you can do when challenged!

TECHNIQUE

[Note: specific information on supplies and sources will be found below under “Supplies”.]

•  Base card is a basic white A2 size
• Using "Weathered Wood", "Stormy Sky" & "Pumice Stone" Distress Inks, I stamped the background with four images.
• The "rainbow" on the trout was created with Copics and I used a wet brush to move around some of the ink in the log to shade it a bit.
• A Micron 05 pen was used to draw shore line and add additional plant life and give some of the stamped grasses more definition.
• Image panel was cut in equal thirds and mounted on a black mat
• The sentiment digi was printed out, colored with the chisel tip of an E35 Copic, fussy cut and attached to a toothpick that had also been "weathered" with warm grey Copics.
• Using a craft knife I made a small slit in the sand in front of the log and inserted my "stake" into the ground.
• Both the sign and the background panel & mat were mounted on foam tape to elevate them off the base card & accommodate the wooden "stake".



Inside

• The inside repeats the stamped image of the trout.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Sweet Stampin' – Sports and Fitness WON
Pile it On #1 – Just Because
OSAAT #194 – A/G
Robyn's Fetish #193 – Use a Digi
Digi Darla #96 – Photo inspiration (blues,browns, whites]
LEJ Designs #85 – A/G
Simon Says Mon –Blues
Sweet Pea Stampers – A/G

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  The focal image is from Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne; Trout is from Rubber Stampede; Water Rings from Mostly Animals; log is Art Impressions; grass is Stampendous

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; base card is from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: wooden toothpick used for the sign post colored with Copics.

INKS: the sentiment image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics E35; rainbow on the trout was with Copics R00 & R20; background images were rubber stamps inked with Distress Inks: Weathered Wood, Pumice Stone & Stormy Sky.

Be well, and give your mojo free reign!

~ginny