Saturday, July 19, 2014

Rain clouds

Hi everyone! Whew! Now that I'm back home from a week in Alaska I can relax and get back to getting inky. Here is my take on week 181 theme over at Less is More. It's singin' in the rain....and I went with a rain/weather idea.

I cut out some white clouds (PTI die) and colored them with Copic markers. Popped a few up using foam tape after stamping the rain drops. I used shadow pastel violet ink from Prima marketing to stamp the rain drops, which is a stamp from MFT. You'd never know it was violet chalk ink from looking at it - it really appears gray.

Under the weather sentiment is from PTI as is the die that I cut out the frame with. I popped it up with foam tape to give this a 3D effect.

I think this looks real dreary and had to go with the get well theme on the sentiment.

When I was in Alaska I stopped at one of my favorite stamp stores called The Stamp Attic. Found out that she is closing her shop up the end of September to retire. Bummer! It was a darling little shop that carried a lot of different brands of stamps and what not.

That's it for now......thanks for stopping by!


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12 comments:

Bobby said...

Wonderful idea and coloring, Laurie.

Margaret said...

This is fabulous Laurie
Margaret x

Chrissie said...

Terrific framed composition Laurie!
Love it!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

cotnob said...

This is a fabulous card, I love the way you have framed your rainy scene.
Pauline
x

Lynne said...

This is fabulous Laurie, our weather has been just like that lately in UK.
Lynne xxx
p.s. When using the umbrella die I used on my card, I placed the top layers, with foam pads, but laid them very gently so that I could move them about if necessary. A bit fiddly but not too bad. X

Lee said...

Super card. Love the 'stitched' frame.

Glittered Paws said...

How original - love the clouds and rain.

Tammy said...

Love this, what a great way to offer encouragement!

Julie B said...

Lovely composition and sentiment.
I really have to have some stitched rectangles!!

Anne said...

Laurie what a stunning creation!
Thank you so much for joining in this week
Anne
Less is More Designer

Viv said...

I love this Laurie, not dreary at all...what are you like :) Viv xx

Darnell said...

Yippie, Laurie! Congratulations on being showcased at LIM for this wonderful card! That's a HUGE well-deserved honor!! Hugs, Darnell