Home Birds 2

Morning, Thank you so much for stopping by today. I am sharing a new card that I have made using Leonie's stamp and stencil collection. I have also used the beautiful House Martin Stamp from Clarity. This is a fairly large card measuring 10'' x 5''.

Using Stick n Spray from Crafters Companion, I stuck down the 'Home' mask to my cardstock. I added the birds using Black Archival ink. I also made masks for these using copier paper and used the spray to secure them over the image.

I used a couple of the flower stamps and added them in areas around my design, masking them in the same way as before. Then I took a variety of solid stamps from Leonie's collection to complete my design, hanging some of them in a string from the letters. I used the swirly foliage to connect the flowers.

I coloured the background blending, Cloudy Sky Adirondack, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire, keeping it darker around the edges. I wanted to highlight one of the birds so kept it very light in that area. I took of my masks and coloured the birds using a selection of alcohol markers, in red,orange and yellow.

Then I coloured my flowers using a selection of alcohol markers in various shades.

I took some plain white card to make my mat and coloured around the edges with Nuvo Mousse from Tonic Studios, the colour is Black Ash. It gives a really nice tone and shimmer, saves using black card but above all it's less harsh than black while still giving that extra drama to your finished card or project.

Finally I mounted onto my card and this is the finished piece. I do hope you like what I have shared today.

As you may know I am running a draw via Facebook today. Good luck. The winning comment will be randomly drawn on Sunday and the winner announced on my Monday Morning post and receive my lovely handmade Art Journal.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and thanks so much for all of your lovely comments, I really do love reading them all and try to keep up to date with replies. Take care xx

Misty Morning Scarecrow

It was very misty this morning, the sky was the most beautiful shades of blue and the mist was sitting in the pockets of the land. I have tried to show that in this card I made for the Monthly Clarity Challenge blog.

I used the Scarecrow as my main image and wanted it to appear that he was coming out of the card. I started by stamping him onto my base card and onto a piece of copier paper to act as a mask. Then layered masks over him to create the frame, sunrise, and hills. Using a Clarity Countryside Stencil, a clarity moon mask, a clarity landscape mask and so torn copier paper.

For the landscape I used, Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. For the Sky I used Adirondack Cloudy Blue and Stonewashed. For the sun I used Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks.

I then removed the Stencil and replaced it with the Countryside mask (inner) and masked my frame with washi tape. I offset the mask slightly to achieve a slightly 3D look and continue the misty feel. I blended away from my mask first and then blended off from the frame using Blueprint Sketch distress ink,

The frame was deckled using a black fine line marker and the space between coloured with my alcohol markers. I then removed the mask and coloured the scarecrow using my Alcohol markers. I cut out the frame using a craft knife and ruler, and finished by cutting around the parts of the scarecrow that extended past the frame.

Finally I layered this onto white cardstock then onto a black pearl card.

I am entering this card into the Clarity Blog Challenge Number 38 

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Something completely different using just two of Leonie's new stamps, the Kites from The Tangled Tails set and the Branch from The Branching Out set from Leonie Pujol. I found the branch particularly useful as It bends really well giving lots of scope for trees etc. The sentiment on this card is from the Fanciful Phrases collection from Creative Expressions.

After deciding on the size of the image, I made a box frame by taking a sheet of Centura Pearl and adding a 3/4''measurement to each side. Then using my big score board scored at 1/4'' and 3/4''. This gives the frame a 1/2'' depth and leaves 1/4 to attach to the base card. I then used an oval die to create the aperture.

Firstly, I stamped the kites in the area I wanted them in and masked them off using Pebeo Drawing Gum and leaving it to dry naturally. Then I created the landscape using some torn paper, I used 3 distress ink pads for this: Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn and Forest Moss applied with cut n dry.

I then masked of some clouds made with torn paper and used Adirondack Cloudy Blue and Stonewashed for the sky. The tree branches were stamped in Coffee Archival, the foliage was made using the same distress inks as the grass with the addition of Pine Needles.

After colouring the kites, I attached embroidery thread to the kites by making a hole and threading through the holes to the back of the card. The oval Background was  then stuck onto my base card, Blue Centura Pearl from the Brights selection from Crafters Companion. I used acetate in the aperture so before securing it, I made a hole for the kite tails to come through to the front. For the kite handle I used 3/4'' of paintbrush and glued it while winding it onto the handle.


I have entered this card into the Penny Black April Birthdays Challenge.

I have entered this card into the Country View Crafts April Spring Challenge. Flying a kite on a mild spring day.