Magical Sunset

This lovely card is my entry to the Lavinia Stamps February challenge 'Bright and Beautiful'  http://blog.laviniastamps.com/.   I really love these stamps and thought they would be just right for a 'sunset scene' design.   The Stamps I used are Lavinia Stamps Tree Goddess 'Luna', Fairy House, Fairy Words and Willow.   I used Distress Inks:- Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold,  Mustard Seed,  Pesto Adirondak ink, and Versafine Vintage Sepia.  I also used H2o paints.  I started with a piece of smooth white card which I die cut into a nice shape.  I masked off part of the panel with some copy paper that I had torn to create a hilly landscape.  I brayered with Pesto ink across the panel, then moved the mask slightly and repeated that step without re-inking the brayer.  I added shading  and depth using the same ink and a sponge, moving the mask again several times.  I then drew around a jar to create the shape of my setting sun behind the hills, and blended red DI carefully keeping within the circle.  I then blended the other colours - dark to light - radiating out from the sun.  I finished the sky with a touch of blue.  Next I stamped the Willow fronds across the top of the panel in sepia ink using first and second generation stamping.  I then stamped the fairy and the toadstool houses as a guide, placing them where the final pieces would go.  I stamped the images again onto smooth white card and heat embossed them with clear powder.  I painted them with H2o's and cut them out.  I then cut two pieces of dark card with a larger die the same shape as the panel.  I scored one of the panels about 1cm from the top.  I attached the panels with double sided tape forming a shaped card.  I added gilding wax around the edges of the front panel and the stamped panel.  I attached the stamped panel then added the fairy and houses over the first stamped images using dimensional glue.  I stamped Fairy Words onto another piece of dark card in white Stazon ink, then cut a heart shape out of the stamped card.  I edged it with gilding wax and attached it to the card with dimensional glue.  To finish I added some liquid pearls.  I haven't made a fairy themed card for a while and I really enjoyed myself with this one!