Just Sharing With Friends

Hello.  Welcome.  Have you checked out the Crafty Individuals Challenge this month?  The theme is Scenic Stamping and the entries are amazing.  I must admit when I saw the theme my heart dropped because this is something I don't do!!  Then I saw the first entry which Rosie posted and I knew I was lost.  But you have to try don't you??  I mean, if we only do what we are good at then how will we improve and grow?  So I tried.  Then I tried again.  And again.  And, I'm not joking, I have a pile of papers covered in really bad scenes that don't work.  I was thinking of giving up.  I made scenes with flowers.  I have sea scenes.  Scenes with turtles.  Lots of turtles.  Too many turtles.  So many turtles there is no room for the scene.  I was frustrated.  Covered in ink.  Running out of ideas and patience.  Arrrrrgggggggg.   

I was in two minds whether to share this but, since I am amongst friends, I feel you will be polite enough not to laugh.  At least you have the option to not leave a comment.  Don't feel you have to, just to be polite.  I must admit, scene is maybe a stretch of the descriptive but I like the final result.  I am trying to decide whether to share the before version.......   

OK, OK, you can stop laughing now.  A penguin standing on a rock watching a butterfly.  A scene?  Maybe it is.  Not a grand scene.  But a scene.  All the stamps are Crafty Individuals.  I used 2 Penguin, just the one here, the turtle from A Bright Future is pretending to be a rock, the butterfly and sentiment are from Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons and the flower is from Build a Meadow ( it was on my desk cos I had tried to build a meadow ROFL).  I coloured with distress stains, Mustard Seed, Milled Lavender and the other one.  I mounted in a trifold aperture card and fussy cut the butterfly.  Then I thought it looked a bit bare so I did some lines around and around and around.  I think it's an improvement LOL.  

Joining the fun at
Crafty Individuals Challenge - Scenic Stamping
7 Kids Challenge 118 - Anything Goes 
Allsorts Challenge Week 296 - Flower Power

Thanks for dropping by.  Do check out the other entries in the CI challenge.  My penguin is in illustrious company bwahahahahahahaha.  Hugz