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.