Good morning all
I'm back with my next fairy from Morgan Fitzsimons Flights of Fantasy collection
Yet another birthday card - this time for a special friend
(it feels like all my friends and relations were born in March!!)
This lovely fairy is called Darcy
I wanted to create a mono type image with just a burst of colour in the flowers, which I think are morning glory, they are usually blue or shades in that spectrum, I decided to colour her with my Spectrum Noir alcohol pens. Whenever I see images coloured in this way with a pop of colour it's nearly always with red, so I thought the blue would make a good contrast and that I'd be able to blend it in with the greys that I coloured the image with. I did this by transferring the blue directly onto the grey pen tip to keep it subtly blended on the image. I then added some sparkle - because a fairy simply has to have some! - with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens
The background was created by embossing navy textured cored'nations card then sanding back and embellishing with gilding wax. The black frames were also embellished with the silver gilding wax
- I just love this stuff!!
This is what I did....
Image - Darcy from Flights of Fantasy by Morgan Fitzsimons from Crafter's Companion
Coloured with Spectrum Noir alcohol pens -colours IG1, IG2,IG4, TB4, TB9
Sparkle pens - colours silver, starry sky and clear
Flower and leaf die - Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Country Cottage Plain Honesty
Embossing folder - Embossalicious flutterby butterfly folder
Silver pebeo gilding wax
Sue wilson pierced noble dies and frames
Sentiment - LOTV
Ribbons from my stash
Matt black card - Crafter's Companion
Navy Core'dnations card - Crafters Companion
Silver detail embossing powder(on sentiment) creative expressions
Hope you like her as much as I do - I'm not sure that the full effect comes across in the photograph, but i really loved it when I finished - one of those cards for someone els - that you really want to keep for your self!!
Challenges i am entering with this challenge
Chocolate baroque - colour challenge 20/04
glitter and sparkle challenge - use a die/punch 10/04
Stamping sensations - one for the girls 27/04
the ribbon girl - anything goes - with ribbon
have a great day
hugs
Judith x