Happy Monday! These boots are made for Mondays didn’t sound like a very good sentiment, so I decided to turn them into a missing you card…much nicer for our heroes!
This is from the new set by Club Scrap – go get it quick if you’re planning to, because til the 28th they’ll be donating a buck to Operation Write Home for all of them sold! 
And I could have printed out a sentiment for it, but I really love it when a sentiment is more than just a little printout. So I picked out some fun alphas and assembled them to accomplish what I wanted to. The thickers used for “Boots” started out cream on kraft – so I colored them with a brown copic to turn them golden
I had a blast coloring these once I had time….I used Copics E59, E35, E33; and a tip, to reserve the spots for the laces (and not accidentally cover them over with all the dark colors) I first drew them in with W2 – once I had everything else colored around them I did a quick swoosh of E33 over the top of the laces as well to smooth out the look. The shading outside the boots was done with W7, W3, and W000.
The little letter stickers are by October Afternoon – what a lot of letters came on those sheets, I love them!
And….I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp & Show “Depth of Distress” challenge. I’d say if you’re thousands of miles away from the one you love and even your boots miss your sweetheart – that’s about as much of the depths as you can get. Some hero in Afghanistan will hopefully love sending this one back to the states!
This is one FABULOUS card with those boots! LOVE it!!
That is a very neat sentiment
and showcases the boots very nicely!
WOW, I didn’t notice it until I read the description, but I think it’s the shading outside the boots that makes all the difference!
WOW! Fantastic missing you card. Love the sentiment and of course excellent color!
What a great sentiment and a good idea for using the boot stamp in a totaly different way
Wow! what beautiful coloring, gorgeous card.
Great card Sandy! Reminds me of my Dad. He wore boots like those a lot! Thanks for making me smile today!
FANTASTIC card – these boots look sort of sad standing there. Fantastic coloring and you’re still making a dent into your stash of letter stickers WELL DONE:…..
A truly wonderful card. That will illicit a tear or two when it’s opened!
Argh, I meant, elicit…going to elicit a tear!
e·lic·it [ih-lis-it]
verb (used with object)
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question
(Must never type on computer BEFORE coffee!) oxox:
WOW! the boots look like you could pick them up and put your feet into them.
A+++++ on the Copic use, they came out terrific. TFS
Beautiful coloring, card, and sentiment. A home run!
you said that you had an idea for these boots…boy oh boy did you! These are fantastic, look like you put pull ‘em on at any time. The letter stickers you’re still using look good and that’s a fun sentiment! AAA+!
Fabulous card, those boots look like they are almost walking off the page. Great dimension and layout. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x
You did a wonderful job coloring the boots. Love the sentiment too.
LOL, Cute card! Good Luck in contest!
Love the sentiment you came up with & how you colored the boots. Good luck in the contest!