I created the Kinkade panel under the sentiment by trimming off the right side of the fisherman image at 3 1/2 inches and trimming off the bottom at 3 inches. I then cut the image again 1 1/4 inches from the left side and moved the right side over so the fisherman would show. The sentiment panel covers the break.
The image is stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate on Poison Ivory shimmery cardstock. I find the Brilliance inks work fantastic for these highly detailed Kinkade stamps.
The watercoloring is done with Soft Sky and Close to Cocoa reinkers and a waterbrush. I overstamped the Chocolate Chip sentiment with Versamark using my Stampa-ma-jig and embossed with clear EP.
The Papertrey Aqua Mist paper better matched the Soft Sky ink, perhaps because of how Soft Sky looks over the Vanilla and Poison Ivory papers.
The finished size of this card is 5 1/2 inches square.
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 GMT Views: 2400
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Stamps: Brother Calligraphy (Paper Inspirations), Stem Silhouettes, It Doesn't Get Much Better (Thomas Kinkade by Cornish Heritage Farms), Pine Needles & Cones backgrounder (CHF)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Poison Ivory, Papertrey Aqua Mist
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa, Versamark, Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate
Registered: October 25, 2004 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 17641
Sun, May 18, 2008 @ 10:20 PM
Oh, Linda! You've been stamping again! How lucky can we SCSr's be? What an absolutely wonderful card! There are so many creative touches that come into play here. Your extending of the image is brilliant. The touch of color--just right--and the Stem Silhouettes behind the embossed sentiment--it doesn't Get Much Better! Oh, you inspire me! Thank you for posting this beautiful card!
Registered: November 7, 2005 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 17014
Tue, May 20, 2008 @ 1:31 AM
Linda!! Oh my.. I can't get this into my favorites fast enough... In fact this one's going straight to the printer so I can have it next to my TK stamps for inspiration. I LOVE this!
Registered: May 23, 2004 Location: My Native Texas! Posts: 8707
Thu, May 22, 2008 @ 12:15 PM
WOW, Linda -- this is fabulous!! I LOVE the softly colored river and pop of aqua mat against the chocolate . . . just perfect for this beautiful sentiment!!