The Great Rescue

For those of you that haven't seen this little baby made with this Crafts & Me stamp over on the Zest blog ...

I made this for my Design Team blog post over at Limetart.com this week and we've sold out of the stamp! Argh! That happens I guess, it's a very cute stamp. It's called 'The Great Rescue'. I'm not sure what this stamp reminds me of, but it really grabbed me and I couldn't wait to make something with it.

I must admit, in my head I had bigger, more embellished plans for this image ... but like most things crafty what was in my head didn't translate into the real deal and I ended up with something a lot more simple but I'm really happy with how this turned out.

And I know, I know, the colouring isn't perfect but ... it works for me. So there. lol.

I've coloured my image using Copic Markers and have been referencing back to my Copic Club file (also available over at Lime Tart). I thought the idea was crazy when I read it, but I added W3 over various areas to add more dramatic shadowing. Love it.

You'll also see that I've used a pebble effect for the sky. Streaks were the original idea, but it wasn't working, and I wanted to add some movement - I thought a sky would look so much more whimsical if it was a series of dots. I love the end effect for this little trio of characters, travelling away.

Ingredients:
Stamp: The Great Escape (currently sold out); Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Embellishments: Chipboard Top-Note (die from Stampin' Up!), Ribbon from Websters, Rhinestones.

Copic Markers:
Sky: B00, B02, B05
Balloons:YG21, YG23, YG25, Y17, YR21, R32, R35
Boy: E00, E02, E11, C1, C3, C5, R32, R35, W3
Teddy: E31, E33, E35, W3
Bunny: W1, W3, W5

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend,