Have a Norse Fall!

I loved Diane's hand-stamped tartan plaid over at Double D Fall Plaid challenge, so I set out to create another using my PTI Watercolor Plaid builder stencil set.  THEN I heard the call of my favorite Norseman ... I even managed to give him a touch of the Scotsman...

After coloring him with Copics, I added the plaid using Prismacolor pencils!

That big ol' Fall is also from PTI - but you might see that I've added a little more detail to my PTI plaid?  I used a very old EH Plaid Maker stamp set.  It was a little busy, so I cut my panel into a frame using a MFT Elegant Rectangle die - also to create the 'barrel*' he's perched upon!  The leaves?  negatives from the sentiment with a little simple veining with my pencils.

Here are the inks I've used over a pale grey cardstock...

Okay, off he goes to the Double D Fall Plaids challenge!  I hope they love him as much as I do!

=] Michele

*That 'barrel' was embossed with a CTMH Wood slats embossing folder - a gift from a friend!

Freshly Made Sketches #574

I knew the moment I saw this guy in the sale items at MFT that he was going to make an appearance on my card for Jen B's Freshly Made Sketches #574...

I just love him - and it just so happens that my granddaughters play for the Vikings JV and Varsity basketball teams.  I might have to make another using their team colors!

The deck rail is a split-in-half piece of The Greetery's Scalloped Ribbon die - 

and the sky is a full cut of their Pinked Stars Ribbon die!  

This gorgeous woodgrain paper is a gift from a far-away friend - thanks, Neha!  

I love how this turned out - but if I'd thought a bit quicker, I'd have made him slide back and forth on deck! 

=] Michele