Maude

Hi, I've got a few cards to post for various challenges, but I'll try and space them out over the next day or so, so as not to bombard you :)  This card I made this morning and when I started my only intention was to do a bit of coloring.

Meet Maude.  Maude is one of my older stamps, I think I bought her in about 2004 and she is from Art Impressions.  At the time I bought her, I also bought two matching sentiments - the one on the card and another which says "I'll rise but I refuse to shine"!  Love them!

As I said above, I just wanted to do some coloring and decided Maude needed a pink dressing gown.  Once I'd done that, I realised if I was careful how I colored the rest of the image, I could enter her in the latest Color Throwdown challenge.  Consequently, Maude got a kraft nightdress and a teal coffee cup :)  I then went looking for a sketch and found the perfect one at Retro Rubber Challenge, where you are required to use your older stamps.

I didn't spend a lot of time on the coloring, which is one of the things I love about AI stamps - they are drawn so that the coloring doesn't have to be perfect!  After coloring Maude onto a panel of X-Press It cardstock, I then cut the sentiment stamp apart as it is actually on two lines.  I used my Misti to line up the words and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I then cut a strip of Desert Storm and another strip of Audrey Blue.  The image panel is popped up on foam tape.  Here's Maude in all her morning glory:

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Maude, I Don't Do Mornings (Art Impressions)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  X-Press It, white, Audrey Blue, Desert Storm

Accessories:  Copics

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Retro Rubber Challenge.