Friday, August 31, 2012

Back to School Blues

Happy Bellariffic Friday Folks! This week we're preparing for the return of all the kidlets to school. I know that some have already gone back and some are still sleeping in until after the Labor Day holiday. I have been saving this image for just this occasion! She joins the rest of her Uptown Girl sistahs...meet Tessie the Teacher one of the newest images from Stamping Bella.

I loved Katarina's release card so much and had nothing but black board images in my head but thought you might like to see another way to use this stamp. My first instinct was to pull red and black papers but as I searched my stash, I decided to go Fall burnt reds instead. I was inspired by the My Mind's Eye Union Square design paper. I stamped the image onto Bella's Bestest paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with copics. Prismacolor pencils blended with gamsol were used for the ground shading.

Extra's are machine stitching, EK Success border punch, dimensionals, upholstry pins with the stems cut off and applied with Helmar Scrap dots. The sentiment comes with the image and was made into a banner (my favorite thing to do).

Good luck to all parents and kids experiencing back to school for the first time! If you're home alone and need something to do, check out the Bella blog for some more inspiration. Maybe you'll find some spare time to participate in next week's challenge which is a sketch. Don't forget to send Em a picture of your card to Emily@stampingbella.com by Thursday night to be included in the Friday lineup and for a chance to win some Bella bucks!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cath

4 comments:

Leslie said...

Oh Tessie is fab - love the fall colours and your pefect shading and such a pretty layout too! You deserve an "A" for this card :)

Mary J said...

Beautifully coloured, Cath - love the muted colours!

Carla Murphy said...

I LOVE the colours you chose... so rich and warm. Fantastic card Cath!

Dana White said...

The colours you picked are perfect for the fall back to school teacher Tessie!!