Tuesday 19 July 2016

Dance In The Rain

Morning, Today I am using one of the trees from the 'Tree and Branch' Set that Bev launched on Hochanda a couple of weeks ago. Sam has made a fabulous job and I have really loved using the whole collection.


I cut a piece of white Super Smooth card measuring 8'' square. I drew a very wonky and broken border around the card in pencil to create a frame. I masked this with Pebeo Drawing Gum to keep the area white while I continued with the design.

I tore a piece of copier paper to create a landscape. As the card was going to be visually two sides, I used mowed lawn across the whole piece and then added Iced Spruce Distress ink to the right hand side.


I then added another layer of hills using the same inks.

Next I added a mountain range, again using the same Distress Inks.

I stamped the tree, then placed a moon/sun mask just rising over the horizon.

I replaced the negative of the mountain mask, then added the positive to divide the card. I added clouds, rather heavily using Iced Spruce as I was going to create a stormy sky but still wanted the clouds to show a little. To create the stormy look I used more Iced Spruce and Blueprint Sketch.

Then I splashed with water onto the sky to lift some of the ink to give atmosphere and to give the illusion of rain.

I removed the masks and used the other one to mask my stormy sky. 

I then created an early morning sky with the sun rising. For the sky I used Shaded Lilac. I coloured the sun using Scattered Straw and then blended from the bottom with Wild Honey. Using Cosmic Shimmer Glue, I added green flowersoft to the sunny side of my tree.

Next I added some coloured flowersoft to make some blossom.

Finally I added the sentiment that I had backed onto grey pearlescent card with foam tape, I had shaded it using the Shaded Lilac and Iced spruce to tie it into the card.

Thank you ever so much for joining me today. I really hope you like what I have shared and the step by step of how this was created. I hope you will join me again next very soon. Leonie's new Launch will be On Hochanda on Friday evening at 8pm. I have to tell you I am really excited about this one. Take care xx


4 comments:

  1. Nick this one is just amazing! The idea of the split in the weather and the way you have created the two halves to the card,wow,wow,wow. It has so much atmosphere and so much to say. I have looked at it,looked again and again to try to take it all in. The step by step is amazing and I would like to say in the very short time that I have been visiting your blog your explanations have improved so much,they are now so detailed and may well take you longer than the project you are creating. You get nothing from that but I as a visitor get so much,so an extra thank you for that.
    Can I ask where the masks you use are from?
    As ever thank you for sharing Nick,both your talent and your time. Nicola x

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  2. A stunning atmospheric creation Nick. I totally agree with Nicola your step by steps are so in depth they must take up so much time to do so a big thank you from me too. Hugs Janet xxx

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  3. A stunning atmospheric creation Nick. I totally agree with Nicola your step by steps are so in depth they must take up so much time to do so a big thank you from me too. Hugs Janet xxx

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  4. Brilliant. It is wonderful and thank you for the tutorial. Very easy to follow.

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