Tropical Monkeys

Hubby is going TDY (temporary duty) to Virginia (not far from Virginia Beach) for a few days so I thought I'd sneak a card into his suitcase. I thought I'd play on the beach (VA) vs. jungle theme of these stamps. Since he is leaving three of us (me, DS and DDog) I thought that the card sketch at CPS would work great. I did flip the sketch to make this work.

I love these stamps from StarvingArtistamps. I used the Tropical Backdrop with Chip the Monkey.

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I also used Artful Sentiments Color Challenge #18 to use V06 (used V05), YG03 and RV25 (used RV14). The RV14 and V05 are hard to spot because they are the flowers, but they are there I promise!

Doodle Factory Moki

Well I've had my eye on several of these Doodle Factory stamps for awhile but when Starving Artistamps came out with these Set The Scene stamps I had to finally jump the fence! I had to get two of the Set the Scene stamps and four individual stamps for my scenes. Today I am showing you Tropical backdrop and Moki.

I used my Copic markers to color this. Please don't notice the sky's blotchiness. My B21 dried up on me. I haven't had it very long so I'm not sure what happened. I put a tag on this so it meets OCC's challenge to use a tag. The three flowers are supposed to conjour up a lei. I'm not sure if it works, but that is my story and I'm sticking with it! ;D

I'm giving this to my DH. We are vacationing in Cancun late next month so I'm getting in the mood for a nice warm beach!

Stamps: Tropical Backdrop & Moki (Starving Artistamps), sentiment by Firecracker Designs by Pamela; Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), various Copic Markers; Paper: Basic Black, Pure Luxery #120 (GinaK); Accessories: Prima flowers, twine (SU- retired), tag punch (SU).