"Thinking of you ... By the Sea"

On white cardstock I stamped my lighthouse, my ship, and the sandy bank in black ink. The bank didn't extend as far as I wanted so I used a fine black pen to draw it out farther behind my lighthouse. Once that was done I created masks for the lighthouse, the moon, and the ship.

And once again I created my sunset background but this time using my ink pads, beginning with my yellows and blending in my dark blues to create a cloudy dark sky. I then added a hint of orange above my moon. Sponges work well for this ...torn to stop them from leaving sharp edges as you paint.

I then removed all of the masks. From there I began to add the rest of my colour to the lighthouse, ship, water, sandbanks, and the grass. As a final touch of colour I used the dark blue ink pad scraping it against the outer edges of the cardstock. And once again I used my fine black pen to touch up and to outline my moon.

I stamped the "Thinking of You" onto a rectangular piece of white cardstock, rounded the corners and then painted it with yellow ink, and finished the edges with the dark blue ink pad. I mounted it into the card front using dbl sided foam tape.

And finally ...I layered this whole piece onto green cardstock, and finally onto a cream coloured card.