Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Speedy

Happy Wednesday! I made this card during WCD, using a sketch by Joanne. The skateboarding turtle is from Whatever Floats Your Boat, from Gina K Designs.

I colored the image with Koh-i-noor pencils, cut it out and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

The background is sponged with Certainly Celery and Old Olive ink and it is backed by a layer of So Saffron and Very Vanilla. Below that is a layer of Bali Breeze designer paper and another layer of So Saffron, all mounted on a Very Vanilla card base.

There is going to be a "Land Cruise Party" at the Gina K forums tonight, from 7 - 10 CST, for all of us stampers that didn't get to go on the cruise. Rumor has it that there will be challenges and contests with chances to win stamps sets.

I'll be back tomorrow with another A Year of Flowers project! In the meantime, you can check out Melz Stampz for a few amazing projects, including tutorials, using A Year of Flowers. Also, Cathy Edgar has some beautiful samples.

Have a great day and I hope to see you tonight at the Land Cruisers Party!

16 comments:

Cat Tidwell said...

Oh this is just too cute! What an awesome card! I love the greens and the ribbon is pretty! love the swirls on it.

6 wacky women said...

Absolutley adorable!! Love the colors. Your painting is great.
Take care
Karen

Jennifer Love said...

Ooh wee! This is gorgeous!!!

I need to come take some sponging classes from you. I don't do sponging very well at all.

Deb Wood said...

Soooo adorable, love the colors and the embossed turtles!! Awesome card!

fishlips said...

This turtle on the skateboard is just way 2 cute, and all your layers are just stunning, like the added greenery too, care in the details... thats simply all your cards...Wonderful!!!

Catherine said...

love that you embossed him...he's just too cute and your card... adorable!

Annapurna said...

I like this leaves with the flowers look on your cards. Very nicely done!

I love the inspiration piece you chose and what you did with it.

Lee said...

Oh just adorable as ever!!! Can you believe I haven't inked up this set yet??!!

trisha too said...

cute!!!
:)

Stampin_Melissa said...

I love this little guy! (And that title, too funny!) You did a wonderful job designing this card!

Shirley said...

Theresa, its gorgeous! I love all of the glazing and the embellishments too!

Melanie said...

hee too cute, such a pretty treatment for this whimsical image!
thanks for coming to the party, sorry I couldn't chat more... KIDS!!

Heather "Hev" said...

What a fantastic card :)
Clever turtle!!!

Cathy said...

Teresa,
I love this little guy. It is one of the few GinaK sets that I don't have ha ha. Beautiful design and coloring as usual.
Thanks for mentioning me on your page :)

Elena said...

This card is adorable! Love this little guy! Beautiful colors!

Fiona said...

What a fabulous card - how do you get the colours looking so rich? I have all those colours but they don't look like that on my cards!