Play Date Cafe Color Challenge - Are we There Yet

Thanks for stopping by! Today The Play Date Cafe has another wonderful Color Challenge. This week I also used Julie's words as inspiration along with the colors she picked.   I thought the newly released SteamPunk plate from Artistic Outpost would be pefect for this weeks challenge.

When the boys were little and we'd take trips, it would never fail, we would hear "are we there yet"?  One time as soon as we got on the road, my oldest says with a straight face "Dad, are we there yet", waited a minute or two, then said, "just kidding".

Here's my take on this weeks colors, I used Ruby Red, Grey (retired DSP), Brocade Blue (for coloring and in the Map).  Click photo to enlarge

I stamped the Train Station image in Sahara Sand on the background paper, layered on a Black panel then onto the Ruby Base card.  I aged the Map panel with Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink, layered on Black panel then to the base card.  The Train image is stamped in Black Archival on Watercolor Paper, colored using a combination of the Marker Watercoloring Technique, and coloring with Distress Inks.  I used a punched out Scallop, sponge dauber and Brocade Blue ink to create clouds in the sky.  Using the Bottle Cap Technique, I stamped my sentiment, added color then adhered it to a flattened Bottlecap.  The Big Shot works wonderfully for flatening bottlecaps!  Had I been thinking ahead when I created this card, I would have added Ice Resin to fill in the Bottlecap - I added that after I took the photo, as I didn't have time to let it dry before my project was due.  The Bottlecap is adhered to the card with Dimensionals.  The sentiment is from this same plate, stamped in Black Archival.

Details:
Stamps - Artisitc Outpost SteamPunk
Ink - Black Archival, Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink, Crushed Olive Distress Ink
Card Stock - Watercolor, Black, Ruby Red, Map Paper, Retired SU DSP
Other - H20 Brush, Markers, Ink Blending Tool, Big Shot, Bottlecap, 1" Circle Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by, we'd love for you to play along with this weeks challenge at The Play Date Cafe. You can find all the details here on The Play Date Cafe Blog.

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