Hi everyone, I’ve been missing in action for a couple of weeks as I’ve had a week’s holiday in Weymouth, where we had a fantastic time in a charming olde worlde cottage in the old harbour quarter with great sightseeing and wonderful hot sunny weather. Not really had any time for crafting, but I had to get busy over the past couple of days as my August calendar page was due! Inspired by the illustration of Bumble and Hum on the calendar page plus the summery weather we have been having, I created a sunflower meadow scene. It’s not my best as I felt a bit rushed, but at least I can turn the calendar page over now!!
I cut a piece of white stamping card 19.5cm x 14.5cm and stamped the focal sunflowers and bees. I masked them with masking sheet then created the background by blending Elements inks. I removed the masks and coloured the sunflowers and bees with Zig pens, adding some white Posca accents, plus some gold Wink of Stella. I stamped some additional meadow flowers and grasses, which I also accented with white Posca. Finally I added Glossy Accents to the sunflower centres and added a sticker sentiment.
Stamps: Lavinia Open Sunflower, Bumble and Hum, Summer Flowers, Field Grass, Winter Foliage;
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Blue Lagoon, Blue Toll, Green Parrot, Pine); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Avocado,Shady Lane, Sand Dune); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Wink of Stella (gold); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white); Glossy Accents;
Other: Lavinia sentiment stickers 6.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Beautiful Blossoms #43 - Anything Floral Goes (5th entry)
Creative Color Girlz #7 - Summer
Everybody Art #603 - Summertime (2nd entry)
Four Seasons (August) - Summer
Girlz & the Art of Letters #32 - F is for ..
(Flowers)
Paper Funday (July) - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafters (July) - Flowers (2nd entry)
Try It on Tuesday - Summer Blooms
Word Art Wednesday #762/763 - Anything Goes
Here are a few photos from my recent holiday …. Some lovely scenery and great places to visit in that part of the world.
Weymouth Harbour
Portland Castle
Cerne Abbas Giant
Hope everyone is having a great weekend, whatever you’re doing. Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
