Small Wonder

Good Monday Morning everyone!

I have a first from me today....my first Digital Image!  Like many of you I really love Mo Manning's work and have resisted till a few weeks ago.  I still like the process of stamping.  You could never take that away from me, but images like Mo's to color are just fantastic, and the colorist in me won out :)  Is this not the sweetest image?  I believe it's called John Praying.  It's just like my little blonde boys in their jammies, and that cute little teddy bear!

A goal of mine in the next few months is to practice and perfect my technique a little more with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS for blending.  I use the pencils often but the process of blending with OMS I'm still working on.  So this sweet boy praying was one of my practise sessions.  We have a nice little art supply store near work/church and I went in there to get a few more Prismacolor pencils to fill out my collection (which happened to be on sale, score!) and bought a couple more blending stumps.  A different brand this time.  I wasn't getting the movement I'd like with the other stumps.

But I think I'm catching on to the blending a bit more and how the colors move, because I'm so happy with how this turned out!  It's my favourite coloring I've done so far with these pencils!  I also added some color to the beaded edges and blended it as well to tie it into the main image.  For accent I've added Baker's Twine around the beaded edges and some gold nailhead stickers and sewing.  The sentiment is SU's Whimsical Words, I thought it suited the design perfectly.  The wonder kids have when they come to God in their prayers, and their sweet small innocence, and how He must look on them with such complete adoration, and then to realize that He loves us ALL that way!  Good news :)

Just a last personal note.  My husband's Dad is in the hospital, it's very likely he had another stroke.  He's had several mini ones in the past 18 months, so we're waiting to hear the MRI results today.  It's hard when you're so far away from family, we're about 16 hours away of driving.  Anyway, we'd appreciate your prayers.  Blessings friends.  

Stamps:  Mo Manning's John Praying - Digital;  Ink:  Ranger Tea Dye and Ranger Vintage Photo;  Paper:  Confetti Cream, Flourishes Classic Ivory, 7 Gypsies Gypsy Market DSP;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Beaded Ovals, Ovals Nesties, Oval Punch, Gold Nailhead Stickers (Flourishes), Sewing Machine, Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Scalloped Eyelet Edge Punch,  Sponge, Prismacolor Pencils, Blending Stump, Odorless Mineral Spirits.