Shades of Grey

Hello! Today I am participating in the Odie, But Goodie Blog Hop with the Design Divas.  If you came here from Cathy Edger's blog, then you are in the right place. The hop challenge is to use stamps and supplies that are at least six months old. I pulled out my very first stamp set I illustrated for Gina K, Out West, along with another of my very first sets. I also used a piece of hemp twine, one of the first embellishments I ever bought.

The card is also for the Moxie Fab challenge to use the color grey in an innovative way. I'm not sure this qualifies as innovative, but I decided to make a scene all in grey, then add a splash of color with the boots. Ordinarily, the scene would be the focal point, but doing it all in grey really allows the brown boots to pop.

I have step by step photos below, but first, be sure to check out the next blog on the hop, Brenda Turner.

To start, I stamped the mountain scene, from Happy Camper (Gina K), using Memento London Fog ink.

Stamped it a second time, to create a mountain range.

I added color using my Neutral Copics, starting with N3.

Then added N1.

Using my Jumbo Sponge Dauber, I sponged Memento London Fog Ink for the sky, starting at the edges and working my way in.

Then I used torn sticky notes to mask some rises/shadows in the scene and sponged more Memento London Fog.

Moved the sticky notes and sponged again.

Then I removed the top sticky note and sponged lightly in the white space above.

Then I masked off again with the same sticky notes and sponged more Memento London Fog ink.

I used my N3 Copic to add more shading to the mountain and add some wispy lines and dots for grass & rocks in the foreground.

Used N5 for more shading on the mountain and more lines & dots.

Next, I stamped the cactus, from Out West, using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I stamped off on scratch paper once, first, to make it appear lighter.

I saturated the entire image with N1.

Added N3.

Added N5.

Then added N7.

Next, I stamped the boots, also from Out West, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and began my coloring with E59.

Added E57.

Filled in most of the bottom section with E35.

Then scrubbed in with my blender pen on the blank areas to let the color bleed in a bit.

Added E19 to the top section.

I decided that was redder than I wanted, so I went over it and blended out a little further with E39.

Added E15 and also remember to add some E59 to the heels.

Then I filled in with E35 and E53.

I went over the heel and sole with N5 to darken them a bit, then used a Memento Rich Cocoa marker, fine tip side to fill in the stitched lines of the boots.

After coloring, I cut out both images.

I layered with Pure Luxury Black Onyx card stock and used a Moonlit Fog card base. I added a hemp twine "rope" and adhered the boots and cactus with Pop Dots. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!