Challenge: Magic

Here is my entry into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Magic.  I must confess, I didn't have anything in my card making stash that was magic related.  I didn't have papers, stamp sets, a magic wand, or anything.  I had to improvise a lot!  The card base is red card stock.  I stamped the rabbit and colored it with my colored pencils.  I had to make the wand and hat from scratch.  I drew the hat and wand on black card stock free handed.  Then I paper pieced the wand and hat with red and white card stock.  I added the final touches with my colored pencils.  The playing cards I cut out from white card stock and stamped the stars from Simon Says Stamp "All Boy" Stamp set.  I'm not sure what brand the individual wooden stamp letters I used are.  It was an inexpensive wooden stamp set  from Michaels.  It took me forever and many tries to get the lettering stamped somewhat straight.  I gave up and decided the crooked letters gave it character.  It makes me appreciate clear cling stamps and acrylic blocks.  I need to invest in some more distress inks and maybe a craft heating tool. The background of the cards would have been much easier to create using distress ink.  I had to go with what I had on hand,  the card background was created with color pencils and lots of blending.  Of course after all that work I realized that I was working on my card upside down and that it opened the wrong way.  I had to cut the front off and remount the card on a new piece of card stock.  I hope you enjoy the card!!

1. Fancy Pants "Be Different" Paper Pad (Simon Says Card Kit May 2014)
2. Prima Marketing Inc Item #545086
3. Prismacolor Colored Pencils
4. CN Crafts: Enamel Hearts (Simon Says Card Kit May 2014)
5. "All Boy" Simon Says Stamp Set (Simon Says Card Kit May 2014)