Hi everyone, I was really thrilled to be asked to be a Guest Designer for this fortnight’s Try It On Tuesday Challenge as it is one of my favourites which I enter as often as I can.
The theme for this challenge is perfectly in keeping with the time of year, and is
Hallowe’en
So we would love to see your scary projects or those that are too cute to spook!
Here is my GDT card.
I have to confess this was a bit of a challenge for me as I don’t send Hallowe’en cards so I have only very limited supplies .. I already had Willow the Witch and the gorgeous castle, but I also persuaded myself to invest in some flying bats and I managed to get the dragon stamp from a craft de-stash site!
I blended Elements inks over a square of stamping card using an acetate moon mask, then used my hill masks and more Elements to create the landscape. I stamped the moon directly over the circle I had masked using 2nd generation VFC in Morning Mist, then stamped the fairy castle, Willow, bats and ground foliage in Nocturne. I stamped trees either side in Twilight to give a bit of depth, then coloured the castle windows using yellow and orange Sakura Stardust pens. I highlighted various items with white gel pen and smudged white pastel pencil, then did a lot of further highlighting to represent the reflection of the moon with my clear Sakura Stardust pen … the card is actually VERY sparkly, much more so than shows up on camera. I used the tiniest circles on my White Orbs stencil to create the bubbles rising from the cauldron using orange and purple Stardust pens, interspersed with white pastel pencil “steam” and white gel pen dots. Finally I added some sparkly orange fire coming from the dragon’s mouth, and edged the panel with blended Graphite Elements ink before matting onto black card stock and a 7” square card blank.
Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle.
Stamps: Lavinia Willow the Witch, Far World Castle, Mideela (small), Moon, Bats, Forest Scene, Tree Branch, Slender Mushrooms Mini, Flower Collection;
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Graphite, Violet Chalk, Dark Denim); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Twilight, Morning Mist); Sakura Stardust pens (orange, yellow, clear); gel pen (white); pastel pencil (white);
Tools: Lavinia circle and hill acetate masks, White Orbs stencil.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Art Impressions #362 - Give Us a Fright
Craft Rocket #108 - Autumn/Hallowe’en
Crafting Happiness #147 - Hallowe’en
Crafty Calendar (October) - Autumn Colours/Hallowe’en
Crafty Gals Corner #248 - Hallowe’en Colours - TOP 3
Creatalicious #269 - Anything Goes with option Hallowe’en - TOP 3
Creative Crafting Uncles #46 - Hallowe’en
Creative Inspirations (October) - Autumn/Hallowe’en
Daisy Chain #79 - Autumn/Hallowe’en
Dream Factory #121 - The Fantastic World of Oz - WINNER
(keyword - witches)
The Fairy and the Unicorn #10 - Anything Goes Fantasy
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #176 - 31 Days of Hallowe’en
Papercraft Challenges #99 - Happy Hallowe’en - TOP 3
Sheepski #79 - Autumn or Hallowe’en Colours
Shopping Our Stash #507 - Franken-card (Hallowe’en)
Through the Purple Haze #209 - Hallowe’en
Two Old Bats Hallowe'en Challenge (October) - Anything Goes Hallowe'en with optional Moodboard
I hope you can join in with the challenge - please do head over to the Try It On Tuesday Challenge blog to see the fab inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and to link up your entry. Thanks again to Avril for inviting me to be GDT for this challenge.
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
