Thursday, December 13, 2012

Old Mailbox




Sparkle N Sprinkle has added a new artist to their line up - Beccy Muir.  SNS has Beccy's complete line of digital stamps and a select few will also be made into rubber.  I've used the digi version of Old Mailbox and created several different versions.  I chose this image because I wanted to work on my coloring of rust, although not all the cards feature a rusty mailbox. (I hope it looks like rust and not random dots :-).)

For the first card I colored the image with Copic markers and added Amethyst Spray embossing powder to the flower stems beside the mailbox with a VersaMark embossing pen and heat embossed them.  Spellbinders dies were used to cut out the image and to create a mat behind the image.




For this card, I used a variation of the spotlighting technique found in the SNS Tips and Techniques section.  I printed the image out 3 times so I could fussy cut out various sections.  The wooden posts are colored with Distress Stains and fussy cut out of one of the printouts.  I colored the mailbox and bird in the second printout and fussy cut.  For the final printout, I cut the entire image out with a Lifestyles Crafts scalloped oval die.  I adhered the colored mailbox on top of the colored posts and even though I didn't pop dot it, that small layer added just enough dimension.  Next, I pop dotted the entire spotlighted mailbox to the main (non-colored) image.  I added some random dots of Saukra glue pen to the rust on the mailbox and added Tiger Orange glitter for bits of sparkle and I also used Tiger Orange glitter to create my sentiment, which is a Die-Versions die.







For the final card of the day (I know it's a pretty long post), the image is colored with Copic markers and I fussy cut out the entire image so I could pop dot it above my background, which was created using Basic Grey papers.  The flower stalks on the side of the mailbox were covered with Sakura glitter and Evening Glow glitter for a touch of bling.





12 comments:

Tammy said...

Fabulous cards Anne and terrific backgrounds! Love the image, the woodgrain is perfect and looks so real.

rachel said...

great card Anne - love the ribbon and the woodgrain is fab x

Shona Erlenborn said...

Three totally different looks, I think my favorite is the second one - I just love what you did with the ribbon - or at least what I think you did with the ribbon!

jimlynn said...

Anne, these are fabulous! I'm loving those images and you've colored them to perfection!
Lynn

Linda Simpson said...

WOW Anne these are all fantastic. I love the gorgeous colours you have chosen to use.

Hugs
Linda xxx

Brenda said...

Great job in showing different ways to use that one image!

McCrafty's Cards said...

Fabulous cards Anne,I like the different backgrounds and the colours.
Kevin xx

April said...

I love all the cards. Great job!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Beautiful cards- love the first DSP- and colored so beautifully! I love the spotlighting technique on the 2nd card- and how pretty is the image cut out and popped as the main focal point. Looks like a fun and productive stamping day- and love the break from Christmas I am seeing on all of the blogs : )

Joan Ervin said...

Isn't it amazing the different looks you can get with one image...all three cards are beautiful, Anne...your coloring is beautiful, too!!!!

Donna Ellis said...

Anne, your cards are GORGEOUS! Love the variations of colors, techniques, and styles in each one. So pretty!

nwilliams6 said...

I love these Anne! My favs are the ones with rust and the cobwebs. My sister use to beg us to send her mail and feed her mailbox spiders - this would have been a perfect image to send her! Wonderful cards. Hugz!