A Cheater Color Challenge

It's been almost a week and a half since I participated in an SCS challenge - no wonder I was feeling a little peckish yesterday! This week's color challenge is Mellow Moss, Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, and Creamy Caramel. So I got the first three in, but cheated a bit on the Caramel. It's there, but barely -- I used an aqua painter to add a thin outline in Creamy Caramel around the image.

Speaking of the image ... isn't that crocodile chomping on the birthday cake the cutest?! It is from one of the first sets to be released by H&M Stamps in May. Can't wait to show you some of the other fab images over the coming days and weeks!

A couple of details and how-tos on this one: I colored the crocodile with an aqua painter, then added some glitter to his belly and to the candle flame. I stamped the image a second time, trimmed out just the head with hat, then popped it up on a dimensional. The "bite" out of the focal image panel was done with one of the classic circle nestabilities. I used pinking shears on one edge of the large white panel to echo the croc's teeth.

One more thing -- it's also been more than a week since I "blurfed" in my Google Reader or scooted around SCS leaving comments (other than last week's FS challenge, which I'm still slowly working my way through). Most of my blogs now have more than ten unread posts, some WAY more. My favorite blogs right now are the ones that aren't updating ;) I'll be catching up soon, but slowly. Please don't take it personally!

Stamps: Wild Birthday Wishes by H&M Stamps
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, watercolor paper
Ink: Palette Noir inkpad; Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal & Creamy Caramel reinkers
Accessories: aqua painter, dimensionals, sponge daubers, classic circle nestabilities, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, ticket corner punch, pinking shears, Heidi Swapp bling, 'Diamonds in the Rough' Cuttlebug folder, spring moss and apricot grosgrain, 'Sweet Shop' ribbon collection (retired SU)