FS143 at Splitcoaststampers

Today the Featured Stamper at SCS is Miss Boo.  She is the Queen of Clean and Simple- both of which I think are HARD!  With a FS challenge, you have to change three things- I changed:
1) no stamp used for the candle
2)I added embossing with the CB on the candlestick
3)I used a different ribbon treatment.
Here is a link to the card I cased
Beautiful, huh?

OK, so I have no stamp with a candle- so I improvised.  I took plain Real Red CS and put it through the Cuttlebug, then highlighted the embossed areas with Real Red ink straight from the ink spot.  Next, I cut out a 'topper' and applied black ink around the edges with a sponge. I added red stickles to the 'topper'. The flame is the inside of the campfire flame in this set (by FCD)  Well, all of the Holly leaves are HUGE, so I decided- why waste the rest of a good image- and colored in the campfire with green Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol- which worked OK, so I stamped a few more of the flames, colored them in and cut them apart- these leaves became my leaves at the base of the candle. I added a few red stickles for berries on the leaves, then added yellow stickles to the flame.
  The ribbon treatment is a little different from the card I was CASE'ing.  I folded the ribbon a couple of times- like a flat bow tie.  I folded a piece of ribbon ~ 6 inches long in half, did a gather stitch along the edge and pulled it closed and tied it for the little flower. Without folding it in 1/2, it was way too big.  Then, I took red thread and gathered a cluster of red seed beads and applied them to the center of the little gathered flower.  The sentiment is from a new set at FCD Shepherd Snow Family
I made two of these cards, and since we are getting closer and closer to Christmas, that was a good thing!
A great challenge for a Sunday afternoon.
 I colored the leaves and the flame with Prismacolor Pencils and gamsol.  I found a great thread on SPS talking about the pencils, and stayed up half of the night reading it.  I have a set of 120 of these pencils, and would love to use them more- need more color confidence.  The combination of greens was a suggestion by Mr Hambo on the thread.  I used 1005 Limepeel, Marine Green 988, Kelp Green 1090 and Dark green 908. I added a touch of White to the center of the leaves. The flames on the candle are 917 and 1003.
   I spend some time making a color chart, and writing down the 8 or 10 newer pencils that I do not have- as they retired a few of the pencils in my set and added a few more colors.  Here is that post if you care to check it out.
  Here is a link to a chart on SCS for color matches for Prismacolor to SU
I love to have charts like this- as I use mostly SU papers, and it makes it easier to match up colors. 

Thanks for stopping by!I sure hope you enjoyed my ramblings today!
Shelly