Name Your Poison

...I think I'll call mine..."Chino".

"Chino" is short for  C21H22N2O2. That's strychnine, btw.

I've been working extra double time in the Labora-Torrey lately to get my entry ready for the Kraftin' Kimmie DT call. I made 2 cards for their call. One of them is sweet and elegant, the other is quirky and creepy. Thought I'd show them 2 sides of the many facets of Torrey.

They're having a challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie blog, so I thought I'd enter one of the cards I just made for their DT call-- since it fits their theme. The theme is "Lots of Dots". And, since I'm a bit "dotty" myself, this challenge was cake.

Here's my card using their "Perfect Poison" stamp set. I made the background paper by daubing acrylic paint through a piece of Punchinella. This made a whole LOTTA dots! They're subtle...but that is the ONLY thing about this card that's subtle.

Next, I drew in some Zentacles (that's Zen-speak for Zentangled tentacles) with my Micron pen then shaded them up with a purple pencil. I thought they lend an extra layer of creepiness to my poison-y theme. I stamped little Miss Ivy (get it? POISON Ivy??) onto white cardstock, then colored her in with my Prismacolor pencils. And, you're not seeing things...she has a green cast to her and yes, she's exuding  a green aura. She's toxic ya know. I hand cut an irregular "frame" around her and matted it in deep purple cardstock. Then, I added some Zubbles (yeah...Zentangle bubbles--now you're gettin' it) to give it that extra somethin'-somethin'. I consider them "dots" too.  I really love the color combo of poison green and aubergine. It's positively pernicious, dontcha think? To finish it off, I used my Xacto knife to cut around some of the Zentacles and lifted parts of them off the background. Then I wove a glowy green ribbon across the bottom and up the right side.

Ingredients:
"Perfect Poison" stamp set - Krafin' Kimmie Stamps
Corner punch - EK Success
Prismacolor Colored Pencils
Micron 01 pen - Sakura
Acrylic paint - Plaid
ribbon - Michaels
cardstock