Monday 17 October 2022

Dragon's Night Flight


Hello, today I would like to share a pair of ATC's I made with Hallowe'en in mind.  My newest acquisitions include a Lavinia fairy castle and teeny tiny dragon, so I tried to represent a flight of the dragon over the castle at night with a blood red sky  - very Game of Thrones!!


I created an inky background on a large snippet of stamping card using Gamboge (yellowy orange), Vermillion and Purple brushos spritzed with water, then cut the inked panel into 2 pieces each 3 3/8" x 2 3/8". On each panel I stamped my castle using Versafine Clair, then used a small punched circle mask to create a moon using black Distress oxide ink. I stamped my li'l dragon and some tree branches to frame the scene, then coloured the castle windows and highlighted the moon, dragon and castle with Sakura Stardust pens. Finally I added sentiment stickers related to the flight of the dragon (as I don't have any specific Hallowe'en wordings, but I thought these would work well with the dragon), and added some gold Posca Pen spatter before matting onto standard ATC size cards cut from snippets of black card stock.

Here is an angled pic to try to show the sparkle ...


... and a close up of each ATC.

1/2
2/2

Stamps: Lavinia Far World Castle, Mini Dragon, Mini Branch;
Media: Brushos (Gamboge, Vermillion, Purple); Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Black Soot); Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Sakura Stardust pens (copper, clear); Posca pen (gold);
Other: Tim Holtz Idea-ology "Small Talk" stickers.

Challenges I would like to enter:

ATC's With a Heart #121 - Hallowe'en - TOP 3
Country View Challenges (October) - Hallowe’en or Harvest (2nd entry)
Crafty Calendar (October) - Hallowe’en (2nd entry)
Dragonfly Dreams (October) - Hallowe’en (3rd entry)
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #153 - 31 Days of Hallowe'en - WINNER
Sheepski #67 - Autumn/Hallowe’en (3rd entry)
Simon Says (Monday) - Hallowe'en/Spooky - DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT
Snippets Playground #439 - Anything Goes With Snippets
The Most Magical Time of the Year #1 - The Most Magical Time of the Year (3rd entry)

That's all for today - take care and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

17 comments:

coldwaters2 said...

Brilliant and very spooky set of ATCs superb work
hugs
lolo x

Tammy L said...

That is an amazing ATC...a lot of work and dedication went into that. Really well done. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Dragonfly Dreams and hope to see you again soon.
Tammy DT

Vicky Hayes said...

Wonderful work Pauline! Your ATCs are beautiful atmospheric and I love the encouraging sentiments :) Vicky x

Donna said...

These are amazing and very much have a Game of Thrones vibe!
Thanks for joining the team at A Tiny Craft {ATC} for our spooky challenge!

Sarn said...

FABULOUS inking. These are wonderfully striking with those rich vibrant colours.

Thanks for bringing your dragons to the Playground to pet! Meet you up in the Treehouse later for a nice warming cup of hot chocolate! xxx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

WOW! Pauline, such fabulous creations, they have such atmosphere within them too.
Faith x

Lisa said...

Oh my goodness I love this dragon and the castle. These are so gorgeous and my hubby and nephews would love these too. They all love dragons as my hubby has been collecting them for years and giving them to the nephews so now they all love them.

Mrs.B said...

These ATCs look fabulous, love the red sky, very atmospheric and spooky with the branches in the background.
Avril xx

Francesca said...

Fabulous card! Love it! Thank you for playing at Dragonfly Dreams Challenge!

Laurie said...

Your ATCs are just amazing. I love the blood red background you created and the stamps are wonderful. Just perfect for Halloween. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge!

Tee said...

Just Gorgeous!

Conny said...

Wow.. wonderful!

Di said...

What gorgeous ATCs Pauline! Luscious colours and I love the images as well as the sparkle!

Hugs

Di xx

Crafting Queen said...

Wow,these are stunning. Thanks for joining ATCs mit herz. Anesha

SarahR said...

Hello Pauline, those are fabulous ATCs! I love your colour choices - just wonderful! Thanks for joining in with us this month at Crafty Calendar Challenge. Sarah - DT

Barbara Godden said...

These are amazing, beautiful background and fabulous composition. Thanks for playing along with A Tiny Craft Challenge.

Cat - Paper Dragonfly, Crazy for Cats, Most Magical Time of the Year said...

So magical, love these! Thanks for playing with us at Most Magical Time of the Year Challenges!
Have a wonderful crafty day
Cat 🐱
https://crazyforcatschallenges.blogspot.com
https://paperdragonflycreativechallenges.blogspot.com
https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com