Bring on the HAPPY!

Happy hump day crafty friends!!  I hope you are having a fantastic week so far!

Here is a little pumpkin sure to bring on the Happy! isn't she just adorables!... taking in the rays in her stylish swimming gear : )

My card was created with the Happy Little Stampers August challenge in mind.  The challenge is to create a CAS card featuring some masking.

I began by stamping my image on solid white cs.  Next I created a Mask for the image and applied it on to the panel.  Then  I masked off an area in the center of the panel for the water and sponged ink.  I then moved my mask around a bit and sponged some soft yellow for the sky.  Once my sky was light yellow I added a circle mask for the sun and then kept sponging yellow ink on to the sky - with special emphasis around the sun.  Finally I moved my mask again so I could add some sand to my beach.  I used a stipple brush and "pounced" sand here and there : )

With my background completed I could then pulled off the image mask and concentrate on coloring the image.  I colored my little gal's skin first being sure to give her just a little bit of pink on her chubby skin : ) ya gotta love Sun Screen! The final touch was to add some polka dots to her hat for added texture as well as some sequins to make the she shine sea shine giggles!.....Say that 10 times really fast!!

I wanna mention that the polka dots on her hat was one of those light bulb kind of moments for me.  I had planned to sponge in some polka dots using my stencil but after masking off the area around her hat and laying my stencil down I realized I wanted the polka dots to match perfectly with the color I used on her swim suit and ribbon.  I realized that was not going to be easy being that I had colored those with Prisma Pencils.  SO! I simply took my pencil and drew a mini circle inside each of the polka dot openings.  I would not have had to spend the time masking off the area around her hat at all.  It gave me the results I wanted and taught me I could do that anytime when I wanted to use a pencil with a stencil.  I could have even blended the polka dot a bit with Gamsol for a softer look if I wanted to.  I will keep this in mind for another use of stencils : )   How many of you crafty gals had already thought of that!?!

I will also add my card to two other fun challenges:  Word Art Wednesday and the Color Throwdown

That is it for me today.  I am in my crafty space today being creative : ) It's a rare day home alone! (ahhh silence is golden!) when I don't have anything I NEED to do! so I'm visiting my bloggy friends and getting inky! : )

I appreciate you stopping by!  I hope you are enjoying whatever you get to do today.

(((Hugs)))
Patti

Supplies:
Beach Baby #30-369 by Penny Black
Sprinkles and Smiles # 30-297 by Penny Black
Oscillations Stencil #25-014 by Penny Black