Another Mexico Phil!

     You guys got such a kick out of Mexico Phil so here he is again.  I'd had that other image for quite a while and right after I posted him Just Inklined came out with another one.  This time he has his trusty mount Horhay with him.  I couldn't resist the wisecrack sentiment with that look on Horhay's face.  LOL
     This card was inspired by the Make It Colorful challenge.  The challenge was "coloring skies".  YIKES!  I was clueless, but thankfully one of my coloring heroes, Annika the Great, offered up a fabulous step-by-step tutorial.  I had to fudge a little because I didn't have the exact colors she used, but I was rather amazed at how it turned out.  Not perfect, but not to bad for a first try I think.  Here's a close up before I added the sentiment.

     I just knew I had to create a scene for Phil and Horhay so I went surfing and found a kids coloring page of a canyon scene.  It's just amazing what you can find out there!  Anyway, it didn't print out very well so I got out one of the first major crafty tool purchases I ever made, a light box, wiped off the 2 inches of dust (just kidding--it was only 1 inch--hee hee) and put it to work.  I lightly traced the parts of the image I wanted to use in pencil.  I colored it with Copics and then went back in with a Sakura Micron sepia pen and went over the lines of the drawing.  I probably should have done the sky first in case I messed it up, but I didn't and thankfully it turned out okay.

     Next came Phil and Horhay, also colored with Copics, and then I created the card base and design using some Cosmo Cricket Wanted papers.  Phil looks like a good guy to me (I could be predjudiced since my hubby's name is Phillip) so I don't think his face was plastered on any Wanted posters.  Now Horhay--hmmm....that might be a different story. {grin}

     I hope you like this Phil too.  I was tired as all get out last night, but could NOT put the markers down I was having so much fun coloring.

     I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make It Colorful--coloring skies

Cheerful Stamp Pad--Are we there yet?

Crafty Ann's--raise a smile

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge--photo inspiration

Paper Play--Critters galore

Moving Along with the Times--sketch

Happy Monday!

Supplies

Papers:  Cosmo Cricket Wanted, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic Express-it Blending card, Georgia Pacific
Stamp:  Just Inklined "Mexico Phil and Horhay"
Copics:  too many to list LOL
Tools:  light box, sewing machine, paper piercer
Miscellaneous:  Recollections brads