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Monday 4 July 2016

Prairie Dawn






This is my entry for the Chocolate Baroque colour challenge # 24  http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/.  I love this months colours, and the inspiration photo, shown in the second picture, was what I was aiming for.  I have used a mixture of CB stamps from several different sets, Distress Inks, black Versafine ink, and acrylic paints.  On a piece of white card I blended the DI's, then added more ink through a stencil to create the clouds.  At this point it could be either a sunrise or a sunset.   I then started to stamp various foliage images in black ink to create a 'Prairie Grasses' look, I used first and second generation stamping to give perspective, and I used black ink through a stencil to add grounding to the grasses.  I blended more black ink around the edges of the panel.  I then took a piece of black card, slightly larger than the panel and embossed it in a folder.  I added gold gilding wax,  attached the panel to it  then attached the whole thing to a card.  Next I stamped some butterfly images in black ink onto acetate and heat embossed them with black powder.  On the reverse side of the butterflies I painted them with acrylics, and when they were dry I added a coat of white acrylic to make the colours pop through.  I cut them out and attached them with dimensional glue.  I stamped the sentiment in black onto a spare piece of the background panel, heat embossed it and matted it onto black card, then attached it with dimensional glue.  I love this design, it's a great worker card, useful for male or female and a variety of occasions.

11 comments:

  1. Stunning card, your colours are amazing, brilliant interpretation of the colour swatch. Fabulous stamping, love it Kate x

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  2. Stunning card, your colours are amazing, brilliant interpretation of the colour swatch. Fabulous stamping, love it Kate x

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  3. I'm loving this card! I love how you shaded all the colours so wonderfully. I love the clouds and that's done with a stencil? Very cool. I'm also loving the butterfly- very bright and fits perfectly.

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    1. Hi Birgit, thank you very much :) Yes the stencil did all the work really lol! :) xx

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  4. Wow, love the layering of the colours, your design is simply stunning. Thank you for joining in with the Chocolate Baroque Challenge and good luck xx

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  5. Penny, you have clearly enjoyed creating this stunning card, the photo definitely inspired you for this project. Love the cloudy sky, and the grassy silhouettes. The butterflies add great interest, as does the embossed frame. Thanks for your super entry into the Chocolate Baroque challenge, Judith xx

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  6. Stunning project Penny.
    Flo xx

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  7. What a fabulous card, loving the vibrancy and composition, thank you for supporting Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge, good luck, Zoe DT member xx

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  8. stunning card, love how the acetate and acrylic makes the butterflies popThanks for playing with Chocolate Baroque
    Veronica

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  9. WOW - stunning card. Good luck with the Chocolate Baroque Challenge. Anne X.

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