I Spy With My Little Eye #13

Hi everyone, March is racing by and it's the third Wednesday in the month again, so it’s time for a new I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time … please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

Ellie has chosen the challenge theme this month, and it is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** Something Yellow ***

A lovely theme with spring drawing on and Easter just around the corner, so I really hope you can join us with your spring flowers, Easter chicks or anything else yellow you can think of! Please do pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here . 

We also have Irene joining us as guest designer this month, so please click on her name to visit her blog and see her wonderful interpretation of the theme. 

Here's my card for the challenge - I went in a fairly obvious direction with a daffodil, partly because daffodils are my favourite flowers, and also because it is nearly Easter plus this is a stamp I hadn't yet got round to inking up since I bought it before Christmas in the AALL & Create sale!

I decided to try the simple but effective "inkbox card" technique which is fairly popular at the moment, as demonstrated in a Youtube tutorial by Sarah Anderson. However instead of using the technique to make a small square card, I used it as a highlight for my flower on a bigger rectangular card. 

I cut a piece of white stamping card 6.25" x 4.25" and created my inkbox square by inking up the edge of the lid of a Distress Oxide inkpad, stamping it then drawing the water inwards with a water brush. I then stamped the daffodil and coloured with Distress watercolour pencils, then added the stamped word and birds. I added some white gel pen highlights and Stabilo All white pencil shading, then added a couple of sentiments made from torn washi tape. Finally I added some gold Posca spatters, and when dry matted onto black and yellow borders and a 7" x 5" card blank.

Stamps: AALL & Create #623 Elegant Spring Florals, #648 Firendship Florals;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress oxide ink (Fossilized Amber); Distress watercolor pencils (Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Peeled Paint); Versafine Clair (Nocturne); gel pen (white); Stabilo All pencil (white); Posca pen (gold);

Other: AALL & Create washi tape #44 - Around.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #772 - Fur and/or Feathers / Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Beautiful Blossoms #15 - Anything Floral Goes with optional Mood Board

Creative Crafting Uncles #51 - Spring and/or Easter

Creative Moments #256 - Flora and Fauna (3rd entry)

Double Trouble #162 - Spring Florals - WINNER

Everybody Art #553 - Spring

Fab 'n' Funky #591 - Spring

Four Seasons (March) - Anything Spring Goes with optional Mood Board (2nd entry)

Little Red Wagon #748 - Florals

Make My Monday - Spring - Flowers, Weather etc. (2nd entry)

Stamping Sensations (March) - Spring (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #639/640 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

The I Spy challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday April 14th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday April 17th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,