Thursday, December 31, 2009

Sick anyone?

I have been struggling with a flu/cold since Christmas day... not too much fun but now it is just a nasty head cold. Have you seen these new vintage images from CHF...called "common cold"? There are quite a few fun ones and I thought I would pair it up with one of my favorite sentiments "suck it up". My mother in law gave me oregano oil in my stocking and this stuff is supposed to help with cold and flu. ONE POTENT drop under the tongue...it has me dancing a little but I have learned to "suck it up". I think I make that funny face the boy is making in the image too...

The copic coloring I did on this image was a little different. I used the palette technique and rubbed some colors (YG95, BG10) onto a transparency and then used my blender pen to pick up the color. This gave me a softer water color look while maintaining the tones of color that are in the patterned paper.

The fun paper is by Cosmo Cricket "The Boyfriend Collection" and I tweeked the journaling label a little and added "sick" with my dymo label gun.
Here are the rest of the card deets:
Stamps:
Common Cold (SEP), Domestic Love (ATC) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Red Pepper Adirondack (Ranger)
Paper:
Boyfriend (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
LinkDymo Label Gun
Arrow Sticker, Label (Cosmo Cricket)
Punch (EK Success)
Tiny Staples (Tim Holtz)


See you tomorrow for my "news" and for the Taylor Sketch challenge!

8 comments:

Pat (mspfd) said...

Terrific! What a super fun card!

Jody Morrow said...

Super cute card! :) I'm sorry you've been sick. :( Feel better soon!

katemade designs said...

LOVE IT. Especially the suck it up part. The colors are wonderful too.

Jan Larson said...

Great card! Love the Copic technique you used. Thanks for sharing!

Jennifer Scull said...

I love the card and your choice of sentiments! perfect!!! :) and what a wonderful set! don't know about that oregano oil though..... think I would have a tough time with it, too. feel better SOON! sending hugs and prayers from across the way!

Jean Franks Beck said...

This is such a fun and creative card! Happy New Year, Sherrie, and I hope you're back to feeling great very soon!

Liette alias Pixelle said...

very very very cute,...happy that you feel better ...

Conniecrafter said...

Love the papers you have used with this image and the great coloring!