Tuesday 1 December 2015

Its nearly Christmas...

Hello again.  Oh my goodness, not only is it the first of the month again, but its 1st December too.  So its time for a new Claritystamp challenge;  and now we've shown you ours;  its time for you to show us your Christmas cards!  Where has this year gone?  As you know, November was a very busy month for me, so I had left making this card to the very last minute and needed to do something quick.  I reused a colour scheme I've used for one of my TV samples, so keep a look out for it during Barbara's shows on Hochanda next Sunday 6th December. 
 
 
For this card, I used some music paper as a base to tie in with the theme of the carol singers.  First, I masked off the moon, then brushed with Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry distress inks.  It takes quite a while to build up this intensity of colour, so be patient.
 
Remove the moon mask, and brush through a little Fossilised Amber distress ink, concentrating the shading on one side to create an illusion of dimension. 


Stamp the carol singers into position across the base with Black archival.  Use water to lift off some of the colour from the lanterns, then add glow with a yellow spectrum noir pencil.  


Finally, stamp the stars with a Gold metallic encore pad. 


Gilding wax and glitter round the edges to finish.


I hope you like it.  I love how you can glimpse the music through the artwork.  It just lifts what is in reality a very simple card out of the ordinary, I think.  Looking forward to seeing all your ideas and inspiration.  Till next time.  Xxx  

11 comments:

  1. The colours look so rich on this card a lovely Christmas card. Xxx

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  2. Such depth of colour it just draws you in. A lovely card.

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  3. Hi Barbara. what a lovely christmas card. the colours look so rich. I like the touch of gilding wax. Hugs to you xxxx

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  4. Do love your card the colour to this just makes it x

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  5. Oh Barbara , I love your card . Wish I had some time but you have inspired me . Jan

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  6. Fabulous card as always Barbara. Love those colour choices. Xxx

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  7. oh, I love this card, it's stunning Barbara xx

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  8. Lovely colouring to your card Barbara. x

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  9. oh Barbara what a great idea to use use Music Paper for the background and I just love your colour choice and I like how it goes from blue to purply pink xx

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  10. I also love your use of the Music Paper in the background, Barbara. Such a lovely Christmasy scene. x

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  11. Sumptuous colours, Barbara and your scene suggests a touch of Dickens. Must dig out my new Distress inks and play. ;~}

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