Digger, or for the real diggers...a backhoe!

Here's the digger that you were looking for...exploring! digger is a Daisy Doodle image - check out Jules' blog.
This is card is not part of a  blogging challenge. I took it on as a challenge to me. My comfort zone is cute, floral, earthy. Well, I guess this card is definitely earthy!!!! But not my style. It was fun and different and that made it a great challenge.

yes, this one I colored with SU watercolor crayons and blender pen. To prevent smearing, I sprayed  digger with a fixative, a clear acrylic sealer by Plaid in a matte finish. Not knowing a thing about diggers is real life it was hard to know what to color and what not to, so I just used artistic license and had fun. Pencils, only needed four, two yellow a gray and a black. I printed the digger on plain copy paper, also, and cut it out leaving an edge all the way around and cutting out the center and used that as a mask. Holding the mask down over the cs image I sponged on three ink colors (see below) then used Itty Bitty backgrounds to get my sand look using CCaramel, River Rock, and Basis Gray. This way I did not have to cut out my image. There were so many corners and such that I knew it would be difficult at best to cut out the entire image. Cutting it out with a border is so much easier. I layered with a smoky gray scrap that was nearby, more mustard, a textured Bazzill yellow (that has the tiny gray stamped dots), and the black card base. is this a manly card for a guy that operates a back hoe, or what? My husband can operate a backhoe like he was born on one! It's amazing to see him work the equipment, he makes it look so easy and then I tried, yea, not so good at my first attempt. There will be no second try for me. I can say been there, done that!! and I wasn't even on one that big!

I have a blog for my cards, but it has become a memory storer! funny how the little things that we do or try become such huge memories when we get older!

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STAMPS: Itty Bitty Backgrounds,  sent from  See D's, 'A Word or Two'

INK: C Caramel, River Rock, More Mustard, Basic Gray

PENCILS: SU yellows, black, gray water color pencil, blender pen

PAPER: MMustard, yellow, black, smoky gray, white

TECHNIQUE: masking, sponging

I just had to hook up with a few challenges to get Jules image seen out there in the digi world.
totally paper Crafts...digital...thanks Rhonda
Midnight Madness...sketch