Voyage

I had time to play around again yesterday and pulled out a new stamp from Impression Obsession that I hadn't used yet.  I love their Cover a Card stamps as they cover such a nice area and are perfect for backgrounds.

I started with a background created previously with a blue glimmer mist.  I pulled it from my leftovers folder. I have one just for backgrounds. I always use up any excess ink on cardstock and put the pieces of cardstock in a file folder.  When I knew I wanted to play with the new Map background I went looking for a background in blue.

I stamped the map over the inky background using Ranger Archival Ink. I then came back in and added touches of yellow around the key areas of the map lines.  I used my STAEDTLER watercolor pencil to add a little shading and my waterbrush to soften the area around the lines.

I then went looking for a coordinating stamp and found the B Line Designs cityscape to stamp over the map.  After that I spent time adding shading around the skyline and along the bottom of the cityscape to help pop the buildings from the details of the map.

I added the word Voyage from the Stampers Anonymous Classics #1 set and the Enjoy the Journey from a Lily Bee set.  To finish it off I just got this Mr. Hueys White Opaque spray and I wanted to see if I could get a snowy effect by spritzing it over the surface.  I sprayed a touch of it over the surface.

I liked how this turned out and decided to use a piece of it on my blog header.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Vintage Garden

My card today combines the City Crafter Challenge - Vintage Garden and Moxie Fab World challenge - Fanatical about Botanical  challenges.  Jacqueline's gorgeous designs and her beautiful grid and inchies cards inspired me to create this:

The stamps are Stampendous - Rose Hips Jumbo Cling, Impression Obsession - Nest Definition, Crafty Secrets, Hero Arts - Artistic Windows, Lily Bee Designs - Picket Fence, Memory Box. 

Inks: Ranger Archival - Black, Versafine Smokey Gray, Memento London Fog

Other: Watercolor Pencils, Thread, Vellum, Clear Embossing Powder, EK Success Border Punches

The inspiration photo from City Crafter Challenge

Hope your weekend is wonderful!

Suzz