Letters are Better with Purple Onion Designs

I'm slowly but surely working my way through all the images I picked up from Purple Onion Designs recently.  This one from Stacey Yacula called Nora & Butter was just too cute to pass on, and I knew exactly what sentiment I was going to use with it.

The image was stamped with Gina K Amalgam ink and then colored with Copics.  

When I'm coloring in neutrals, I try and mix up the families to create more of a contrast.  I used Warm Grays for the mouse (at least I think he's a mouse) W0, W1, and W2, Cool Grays for the mailbox C0, C1, C3, C5, and C7, and Neutral Grays for the ground N0, N1, N2.

The little bird was colored with E42, E43, and E44, and I used E21, E23, and E25 for the wood elements.

The hats and gloves were done with B000, B32, B34, and B37, and I used R22, and R29 for the red elements.

The sentiment is from my retired Typed Sentiments set for Neat & Tangled.  It's a perfect match with the image don't you think?

This is such a fun image, and I think it would be perfect for decorating an envelope too, especially one of those new slimline ones!