Monday, January 5, 2009

Tickled to Share Another Sneak Peek!

As I mentioned, yesterday's Featured Stamper on SCS was no other than Her Royal Rubberness herself, Julie Ebersole! I have the honor of having Julie as the Creative Team Director for A Muse and besides her creativity and artistic talent, this gal is "good people." The tough thing about this particular challenge was selecting only 1 card as an inspiration piece. All of Julie's cards are filled with such wonderfully, simple detail (yes, that should be a contradiction in terms but this gal is talented enough to pull it off) that I could spend days perusing her beautiful gallery. But since I didn't have that kind of time to piddle away on the computer, I selected an image I wanted to showcase and went from there. I wanted to share this fun little lingerie shop that will be released by A Muse on January 7th, along with the awesome french lamppost and sentiment that are, also, included. With that in mind, I chose this card from Julie's gallery. What inspired me about this particular creation was the backdrop panel and matting the little boutique on black cs to really make it shine. I began my backdrop with a piece of a black argyle band notecard. After adding the French Lampposts, I air brushed a Warm Gray 2 Copic marker to give it a dusky look, added some yellow Copic around the light source, then painted the light source with Candlelight Shimmerz. A little yellow twinkle sticker was placed on the candle for a finishing touch. The Lingerie shop was colored with Copics. Once again, Candlelight Shimmerz was added to the "windows" for a glowing affect. Both panels were adhered to one of my new favorites- Chiffon Pink 4-bar notecards. If you get a chance be sure to check out Julie's Gallery. It is truly worth every minute (err, hour) spent! Wishing you fun Times and inky fingers! Take care!

12 comments:

jenstamps said...

This card is just FABULOUS!!! I *love* it!!!

Hope you are having a great year so far!

Tracy said...

This came out wonderful Beth. Another image I haven't seen before. It looks like you are starting the year off with a bang!

Anonymous said...

Very cool airbrush effect. Love it!

Bethany Paull said...

What a cute stamp! And i love your foggy sky swirling around those lamps. SO PERFECT!!!

Rose Ann said...

Your airbrushing looks great, and I love those adorable images!! Wonderful job with this, Beth!!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE this! Those little "light bulbs" and the glitter are perfect!

Glenda J said...

Love your little scene! Great colouring!

Jill said...

This is so cute! I can't believe the awesome cards you are turning out! Fantastic!

Lynda Benden said...

I saw this card yesterday Beth and ran out of time to leave a comment so here I am because I just have to tell you how awesome this is! What a great job you did!

Anonymous said...

This turned out awesome beth! Excellent attention to detail! :)

Anonymous said...

What a fun card Beth! I love everything about this!! :)

Unknown said...

{{{{Beth}}}} Thank you! The fog on this design is an ingenious touch--so COOL, and such a WOW!