Lazy Days

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I'm sharing a cheerful little card with you today featuring some beautiful CB stamps from the Trees A Crowd, Floral Edges and Country Views sets; Distress Oxide inks, watercolour ink, white charcoal, black Versafine ink, clear embossing powder, black fine liner pen, die cuts and some gems from my stash.

On a piece of white card I stamped and embossed the tree with hills image in black ink and embossed it with clear powder.  I extended the lines of the hills with a fine liner pen then coloured the scene with Distress Oxides and a watercolour ink for the sky.

I coloured and shaded the trees with alcohol pens then stamped the grassy edge image along the bottom of the panel. 

I blended dark ink around the edges of the focal panel and added clouds with a white charcoal stick.   

I matted the focal panel onto some black card and attached it to a white base card.  I took a couple of floral die cuts from my stash and attached them to opposite corners of the focal panel, then added a gem to each.  On a spare piece of white card I stamped and embossed a sentement, die cut it, added ink through the die and added  black pen around the outer edges.  I then attached it to the card with 3D foam pads.

This is a lovely, cheerful card with a peaceful message that would suit any occasion and any recipient.  
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Purple Haze

Hi and welcome to my blog  :)  Today I am sharing a sample from the CB shows last month featuring stamps from the CB Trees a Crowd set; Distress Oxide Inks, white gesso paint, black Versafine ink and a stencil from my stash.

   

On a piece of white card I placed a circular mask near the top, this will create a sun for the finished picture.  I then placed a mask of 'mountains and valleys' from my stash onto the card, and began to blend the inks onto it.  I wanted to create a 'misty morning' effect so I chose to use shades and hues of purple and lilac.  The lightest colour was blended onto the the top of the card as the sky, then as I moved the mask down the card I deepened the colours of the ink.  This created a landscape of hills with perspective, that means that it has a distance, middle and foreground.  

I used a dry brush to add white gesso over the whole panel, this created the misty effect that I wanted.  

I removed the mask from the sun.  It was too white so I took the blending sponge with the lightest colour ink on it and dragged it lightly across the sun a few times to knock back the brightness a bit.

I took one of the tree images and stamped it in the lower third of the panel, then I stamped it again without re-inking which gives the effect of the second tree being behind the first.  I then stamped a smaller tree, using third generation ink, making it appear further away in the distance.  

I blended some black DI around the edges then I matted the focal panel onto purple card.  I took a white base card and stamped the small tree around the edges in purple DI, turning the stamp as I moved around the card.  

On a spare piece of white card I stamped and embossed a sentement then die cut it.  I added ink through the die then removed it and added silver pen around the outer edges.  I attached the sentement panel to the card with 3D foam.  

This is a great card for any occasion and any recipient.  I am really pleased with the result, the design turned out just as I wanted it to and it captures the whole 'mood' of a misty winter's morning.
Thank you for popping in today, I hope you've enjoyed your visit and you're welcome to look around my blog.  I hope to see you back again soon  :)