Distress....

..inks have not been a big part of my card crafting lately.  I don't know why because I love them and I always used to use them.  Always!  But after I began to purchase some copics all of my crafting time was really devoted to learning how to color with them.  So, a lot of my other crafting supplies got pushed to the side...put away for the time being.  Well, now the time being has arrived and today for whatever reason, I pulled out the distress inks and got inky.  And, wow-fun.  Actually, I think that I tend not to do distress inks in the winter because...now hang with me here.....because I wear long sleeves due to the cold weather.  I might have a long shirt and a long sleeved sweater on and toooooo many of my cuffs, no matter how far I pushed them up, had these weird ink smudges on them.  So, I went all neat and tidy for a bit.  But seriously, I like messy at times.  So now I keep a long sleeved ugly old crafting sweater along with an apron in my crafting room.  And I am happy.  Happy being messy with my distress inks.  Today I pulled out a really cool Penny Black stamp called Berry Red, Snow White  4202L.  And then, while I know that this isn't truly spot coloring......I thought that I would "spotlight" the  silhouette image with white pencil.  Finally, I rubbed shimmery chalk over the card to make a soft haze over the scene.  I like it....I would hope to blend it better next time but I'm okay with how this turned given I haven't been distressing lately.

Then, I have a thank you to everyone who replied with suggestions for improving my photography.....I hope to look into your suggestions this coming weekend.  Anything has to be better than what I am doing!  And, of course, thank you so much for stopping by....I love to read your comments!

Be well,
Sheila