Day #1 ...A Week of Card Making with Blue Knight Rubber Stamps and a Fantastic Giveaway!

Hello my crafty and creative friends!

I'm really excited to welcome you to my blog today

as I begin a full week of card making

featuring Blue Knight Rubber Stamps 

and a wonderful Blue Knight giveaway!

(Details about the giveaway are below...at the end of this blog post)
and....

I've also got a video tutorial to share today!

Now...a little bit about me and my love of Blue night...

If you follow my blog and have become familiar with me...

and my very CAS card making style..

You might also know that I love to share my enthusiasm 

for favorite stamps...companies...artists...tools etc

A friend introduced me to Blue Knight a few years ago...

and I knew immediately, that I had become a "fan".

I'm guessing that at the end of this week...
You'll be loving Blue Knight Rubber Stamps as much as I do!

Today....I'm kicking off the week with a few cards

that I've created with "THE DIRT ROAD" rubber stamp

There's lots to love about Blue Knight's stamped images...

and one of my favorite things about the stamped images 

are the image details that make coloring & shading so easy...

almost effortless!

This is the first of 3 cards that I'd like to share with you today...

I stamped The Dirt Road image, with my MISTI

onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Card Stock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
I colored the image with Copic Markers.

I added blue shading to create a stream to the right
(an alternate idea is offered on the stamp's packaging....

showing this are as being a dirt road/ dirt field area)
To complete the scene...
I created the cloudy sky with Blue Knight's HEIDI PETTIE CLOUD STENCIL

by lifting ink from an ink pad with a Clarity Stencil brush
and applying it to the sky area.

I cropped the completed stamped and colored piece to size...
I chose black card stock to mat the image.
I backed the matted image layer with a large piece of fun foam

to add dimension to the card front.

I chose metallic green card stock as the base mat layer.

For the 2nd card...

I've got a video tutorial to share that will show you how to create 

a "spot-light" style card

Here's the easy to follow video tutorial:

 It's been a while since I've created a spotlight-style card

This image seemed ideal for a "spotlight"

Today's 3rd card came to be...by "happenstance"!
After I created the spotlight card above...
I had the colored piece leftover...with a big hole in the center...
I felt like it was too pretty to throw away...

even with a big hole in the middle...

So...
I stamped out one more image with The Dirt Road stamp...

left it uncolored...and created this card

(kinda a reverse-version of the spotlight card above )

I love the contrast of color against the black and white image.

Creating each of today's cards with THE DIRT ROAD rubber stamp

was lots of fun!
I found myself having lots of ideas as to what I could "do" 

with this wonderfully detailed stamp.
I love that the image details offer the opportunity for effortless shading.
If you're new to coloring (marker...pencil...water coloring)
Today's featured stamp will easily enhance your coloring skills!
Add the cloud stencil to the stamped image...

and you'll WOW yourself (and others) with your card making skills!

And now...

The Giveaway!
Don't forget to leave a comment below to be "in" on the giveaway.
(Comment each day for additional chances to be "in" on the giveaway!)

and..
Guess what??!!
Today's featured stamp...THE DIRT ROAD...the Cloud Stencil...and a Stipple Brush 

are all part of the giveaway!

                

Thanks for visiting today...

and don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Day #4

of Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Week here at my blog
Michelle