The Male Room Blues

     This time in The Male Room we are looking for anything masculine created in shades of blue. For me this whole card started with a new mask/stencil from Memory Box, called Style.
     I wanted to use my new mask and thought it would make a great sky if I only used half of it, so I masked off the lower half with some copy paper and got out my trusty Distress Inks. Working with Broken China first I inked over my mask, then added a little Faded Jeans around the outside.
     I removed the mask and gently coloured the lower half with Broken China. Once happy with the look I went around the outside of the image with Faded Jeans to draw the eye to the centre.
     The main image is a stamp from a set called Down By The Seaside by Inkadinkado, this set has been in my stash for at least six months waiting to be used on some scrapbook pages....it's still waiting! I have used Archival Ink Cobalt to stamp the image in the centre of the beach scene.

     The tiny shells are made with air dry clay and a silicone mould of seashells. The finished card is an A6 size so you can tell the shells are tiny. I haven't painted them, just left them white as they dried.
     The image is mounted on a layer of dark blue and then on to a white card blank that has been distressed with Broken China.
     Please come and join us at The Male Room with your creations, we would love to see you there.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Fashionable Stamping - Something New

Sentimental Sundays - New Beginnings

The Artistic Stamper - New Beginnings

Naughty or Nice Chalelnege- New, New, New

Darnell's Challenge to use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff