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Saturday 3 March 2012

Moonlight.....

Wow, into March already. Time is flying past, it seems.
We had some fabulous entries in last months Craft A Scene challenge, which was 'A Winter Scene', and I believe the winning entries will be posted up this weekend.
So now onto this months Challenge, which is 'Moonlight'.
For the first of my two pieces this month, I have used images from Lavinia Stamps, Stampscapes, and Inkylicious.

 The Lavinia Stamps are:
Moon Fairy
Bamboo( Bottom Left)
Fairy House

The Inkylicious are:
Grasses
Willow (Bottom Right)

The Stampscapes are:
Oak Branch, 203G and
Spooky Branch 273G.

This piece sort of grew of its own accord as I worked on it, and  I wasn't entirely sure what I would do with this when it was done, but when I got to the end, I realised I had made our Granddaughters Birthday present!
  She loves fairies, and this will go in a frame for her bedroom.
The piece of card is A5 in size, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4. I brayered the background firstly with Adirondack dye inks, starting with Cool Peri. I followed this with Shell Pink,Stonewashed,Purple Twilight and Eggplant. The 'tunnel' effect was achieved by keep turning the card so that I brayered all four sides, and tried to come in a little further at the corners by brayering across the corner. All the images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, starting with the Moon Fairy. Next came the Fairy House, then I added the grasses along the bottom edge, Willow in the right corner and Bamboo in the left. The 2 oak branches and the Spooky Branches were all positioned using the Stamp Positioner, so that I could get the orientation right.
The moon was given a little colour with Antique White Flexmarker, and I used Promarkers in browns, reds and greens to colour the Fairy House. I added a little colour to her wings with a Glitter Sakura Gelly Roll pen, and also the dots around the moon. I dotted a glue pen between the Moon Fairy & the Fairy House, then sprinkled some crystal glitter over it. That doesn't show up too well, to be honest, and I shall add some more dots of Stickles over the top, before I frame it. Then I just trimmed the edges to neaten it, and matted it onto some black cardstock.
You can probably see that I tend to work on top of an A3 pad, the sort you can buy for children as a sketch pad. It makes it easy to take the ink off your brayer, test stamp images, stamp off onto, and sometimes you end up with a really interesting masterboard style piece, quite by accident!
   So thats my first this month, pop over to Craft A Scene tomorrow and you will see all the DT first pieces, as well as the winners from last month.


10 comments:

MaggieC (Silvercrafter) said...

Another lovely card, Shaz, full of atmosphere. Is it for our joint grandaughter or another? Whoever it is will love it anyway. Glad to see you back in circulation on your blog. don't work too hard. xx Maggie

shazsilverwolf said...

Hi Marg, yes it is indeed for our joint Granddaughter.I have been busy doing wedding stationery, which I can't post, and some stuff for another DT which I can post now over the next few days. Shaz xxx

stampinganja said...

Beautiful, your granddaughter will love it!!

Sheree said...

How gorgeous is this!!! Another beautiful scene Shaz! I love those fairy stamps from Lavinia and your colouring is true perfection!
Hugs,
Sheree

NancyD said...

Shaz, you have created a wonderful little fairy evening scene. The images are so cute and your brayering is tops. NancyD

Colleen said...

Shaz,
This is adorable! I love all the fairies.

Kittie said...

Shaz, YOur grandaughter will love this. It's a beautifrul scene.

Anna-Karin said...

Beautiful card and a great combination of stamps. Lovely shades of blue. TFS!

Debbie Rock said...

That card is just stunning Shaz ... I keep having to come back to it to take another look. Debbie xXx

The Sparkly Fairy said...

Such a beautiful card, I saw it on Craft A Scene and had to have a look x

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