Eat Cake Graphics - Appreciate What Is...

Well, it's always fun to come back from vacation and have new stamps waiting for you!!!  I was so thrilled to open our week's worth of mail to find my first Eat Cake Graphics stamps and just HAD to make a card on Sunday!  Since I have the honor of being on their design team, I was excited to complete my first project.

So..........here it is:

I used "Mr. Pattersville enjoys view" and "Lighthouse".   I'll go into some detail on how I made the card.

First up - I stamped Mr. Pattersville on cardstock and another on Eclipse masking paper.  I covered him with the mask and then stamped the lighthouse on cardstock and another on the masking paper.

I ripped up a piece of Post-It Note to make the beach area and used Distress Inks and a dauber to create the sand.  I used the other end of my Post-It and covered the beach to make the ocean with more Distress Inks.  I added some white gel pen to create the waves and the water's edge.

With the mask staying on the lighthouse, I then created the clouds with my cloud template and Distress Inks.

After all of that was done.........I colored in Mr. Pattersville and the lighthouse with my prisma pencils and gamsol.  After showing the card to my hubby....he felt it needed a bit more...so I stamped another hat and game Mr. Pattersville some dimension.   I added a rhinestone to the lighthouse 'light' and a few more for some interest.

Lastly, I used a Hero Arts sentiment.   Hope you like my first project using Eat Cake Graphics stamps!!  Be sure to stop by their site because Holly's got a lot of GREAT stamps!!!!

And since my post is 'water' related........here's the beautiful water of Anguilla:

And my hubby and I on the boat :)

Thanks for your visit!