Clarity Stamps Challenge 24 - Floral

Hi lovely day here in Yorkshire at the minute.

This is my entry for February's Clarity challenge.

I made the brick wall using the stencil and grunge paste. Inked over when dry with a combination of inks until I got what I thought was a good brick colour.

I made the tulips using the remountable filigraphy petals and some masking using red and yellow distress inks. I added some shadow with promarkers then clear embossed them; just because I love embossing!

I drew the tulip leaves on  green paper, cut out then used promarkers to add some detail.

Mounted the wall on some pretty paper I had for a background then added the tulips on top. I only stuck the base of the tulip down so the tops would curl over a bit and look more 3d.

Added celebrate from the word chain set.

It's quite a tactile card - hope you like it - thanks for looking.

Clarity stamps challenge 23 - Things with wings

This is my entry for the first Clarity Callenge of 2015.

First I took an old Gelli plate background that I thought looked like old stone

(come on use your imagination) and stamped two butterflies onto it. 

I then cut out a square aperture leaving the butterflies half in the middle.

I coloured them using Spectrum Noir pencils and then embossed them with clear powder .
Stamped leaves in opposite corners coloured with SN pencils.
Stamped flower group several times and coloured, then cut off violet flower curved them a bit to make 3D and stuck on around the leaves.
To make a background for the aperture I stamped and coloured the blossom branch the inked a cloudy sky with clarity brushes.
Stuck the frame over the background with sticky pads to lift it up.
Thank you for looking.

Lavinia Stamps Challenge 1 - Anything goes

Hi Happy New Year to everyone.

This is my entry for the first Lavinia Stamps challenge for 2015.

I started with a piece of smooth white stamping card on which I  played with some yellow and red Brusho ink powders and spritzed them to create the background.  When this was dry I drew around the outline of a film strip stencil and coloured the outside edge with a black promarker.

So I could stamp the Sycamore fairy inside the film strip I masked off all the outside edges then stamped the fairy and seed as if I had caught them on film falling through the air. I added Glamour dust to the fairy wings.

To make the card I used an A4 piece of white Centura Pearl card scored in half, planning to attach the film strip on an angle.  Before attaching the strip I used the miniature leaves to add an autumn feel background stamping them randomly using Big and Juicy Mountain Meadow and Adirondack Lettuce.

I attached the film strip using sticky pads to give it some relief and then used a micron pen to write "I believe in fairies along the side."

Hope you like my card and thank you for looking.