Sunday, April 12, 2015

Fly Past

When I went to the NEC at the end of March, I got some beautiful stamp sets from Hobby Art. I ended up with 6 different sets as I couldn't make a decision on just 3 (they were £10 each, 2 sets for £18 or 3 sets for £25- so they HAD to be bought in multiples of 3!). I did buy with a plan in mind as I am going to a local steam rally to sell some cards later in the year so I bought farming themed sets that I could use to make cards along those lines. I also got a set that features old aeroplanes, one of which normally does a fly past at the event. I have used stamps from lots of different sets to make this card.


I started by creating the green and blue circle background of my card which I did using a Clarity stencil, Gelli Plate and Distress Inks (mowed lawn, tumbled glass). I placed the circle aperture Clarity stencil onto my Gelli Plate and used a brayer to roughly apply the green distress ink to the bottom half and the blue distress ink to the top. I tried to make it random rather than a straight line. I used a scrap of paper (screwed up) to remove some of the blue ink, hoping to create a cloud effect. I then removed the stencil and printed the ink onto my card. I was really pleased with how it had turned out- I luckily managed to create something that looked a bit like a hill which was good!

I then used the stencil again and the same colour of distress inks just to ink the edge of each circle aperture to create a little more definition as it was rather pale. It was then time to stamp. I was a bit scared about messing it up by getting the perspective wrong so didn't add too much stamping in case I messed it up!

I started by stamping the plane silhouettes (from Flypast stamp set) into 3 of the sky panels. I then used stamps from 'In the Country', 'Farmhouse Scene-it' & 'Old Barn' on the green 'hill' panels. All of the stamps were inked with Versafine black ink which shows the detail perfectly. I then used some more distress inks (leftovers on my blending mat) to colour up the house and define the hills a little more.

I simply mounted my artwork onto a black, then green, mat and attached it to an 8x8 card base. Took longer than some of my usual cards, but I really love it and I'm glad that I was brave enough to give it a go!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
Crafting for All Seasons 'animal magic' 13.4
Crafting Musketeers 'man's world' 28.4
Craft Your Passion 'anything goes' 12.4
Papertake Weekly 'anything goes' 14.4
Clear it Out 'anything goes' 14.4
Crafty Cardmakers 'wings' 19.4
Penny's Papercrafty Challenges 'anything goes' 14.4
Creative Inspirations 'A trio of... planes' 14.4

9 comments:

  1. Perfect Animal Card so cute.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons.
    Hugs Elfie

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  2. lovely layout, thank you for joining us at creative inspirations
    Suzanne x

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  3. Wow what a fabulous design. I love all the little circles with images inside dotted across the card. Really striking!

    Thanks for sharing with us

    Lin
    Crafty Cardmakers and More

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  4. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafting Musketeers.
    Mags
    x

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  5. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.
    Mags
    x

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  6. This is really such a lovely card. I love the image and your coloration too. Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons! Hugs Bianca

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  7. I just adore this card! How uniquely clever to frame out little images with "bubbles" but still have it look like a whole picture. I'm amazed. Thanks as well for sharing your process. I may give it a try.

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  8. Great card..just loved it. Has sparked a lot of inspiration. Thankyou so much for sharing with us at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge. Good Luck...Genny DT

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  9. Thank you for entering this months challenge over at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog , we love your entry xx

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