Friday 20 March 2009

Red Sky At Night

The challenge them on My Time To Craft this week is "Nature". This gave me a nudge to get a card that has been in my head for a long time - since last summer actually - made and out of my system!

The stamps are by Elusive Images and come from the Wild Meadow themeplate. Inks are from a variety of Kaleidacolor ink pads, but mainly Desert Heat and Creole Spice. The stamps were heat embossed onto the red sky background with black EP and on the main card I stamped with Versamark then dusted over with Perfect Pearls using a purple colour from the Jewel set.

The red sky background was created simply by using torn paper masks to sponge colour from the ink pads down onto the card, starting with the sponge on the edge of the mask and drawing the ink down onto my card. The colours graduated from lightest to darkest and I moved the mask a little further up with each colour. Once that was done I gently washed over this with a water brush to bleed the colours together even more.

16 comments:

  1. Wow! Now there's a card that makes an impact!

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  2. Stunning background. Great card.
    Anesha:-)

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  3. Beautiful card Phree, thank you for taking part in the MTTC challenge this week xx

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  4. Stunning, the background looks FAB! Thanks for joining in with us at MTTC :o) Jo x

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  5. Love this card Phree, so rich, and purple is my favourite colour! Love the silhouette effect of the plants. Keep up the good work. Judith x

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  6. Beautiful Phree - those stamps look stunning on your inked background!

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  7. This is beautiful, your inked background is stunning xx

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  8. Lovely colours, so vibrant, and it looks like it's been watercoloured. It really showcases the stamps.

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  9. Fab-u-lous. The background is stunning and the stamped scene is perfect.
    Beryl xx

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  10. Beautiful, just beautiful Phree!

    Lesley Xx

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  11. Love this card Phree, it stands out from the rest. I would be really pleased if I'd created something like that. Kate

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  12. Gorgeous card - I love those colours - I was going to try and play with my brayer today - you've just inspired me.

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  13. Your card is stunning with that background. Your title reminds me of the saying about red skies at night and in the morning.

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  14. Phree this is stunning, love the sunset colours, so beautiful!

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