Friday, 3 January 2014

Artful Times - Goes for Shades of Blue

Back to a full complement with Von rejoining after her break and with a warm welcome to Chrissie who has joined us on the DT. 

Well our neighbour called two nights ago, quite upset as she had had to have her little cat put to sleep that very day.  Sadly Pepsi had a tumour on her lower jaw and it was beginning to look quite a mess and must have been painful so Carol did the kindest thing and had her put to sleep.  It is not long ago that Pepsi's brother Max had to be put to sleep because he was deteriorating badly with CRF.  So sad - we will miss them too.

Anyway I made her this BLUE card to say I was sorry and was thinking of her:


I used Pan Pastels for the background with a piece of torn paper so that I got gradations in the colour and then I used Denim Adirondack for the stamping.  Simple, but I always think effective, for a card of this nature.

I also had a Stitched Star Book ready for this challenge and so here it is - not easy to photograph but you might get the general picture.


View from above to show the star shape

then the pages





all in shades of blue
using various ink pads along the way

Now what will you make for our blue challenge - pop over to Artful Times and see what the other two have made (then visit their blogs to see how they did them) and please read our Rules and Guidelines so that we can comment on your blog.  Remember there is a prize each month from Oyster Stamps.