I created this card using Lavinia Stamps, Brushos, PanPastels, a sprinkling of fairy glitter dust, and love.
I wish you could see the sparkle on this card!!! It looks really magical in person, but the sparkle wasn’t captured when I took the pic.
I sprinkled Ost. Blue, Violet, Turquoise, and Leaf Green brushos over the surface of the watercolor paper to begin the background. I spritzed the brushos with water and lifted and tilted the paper so that the brushos and water ran towards the bottom of the paper; then let the paper dry for a bit.
To make the fairy more visible against the dark background, I used a Lavinia blender to apply white and yellow PanPastels in the area where I wanted to place the fairy. I applied a little more PanPastel to the blender and flicked it upward and outward from that area to give an illusion of the fairy’s healing energy actually glowing. Next, I stamped the fairy and the tree with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Some areas on the fairy didn’t ink completely, so I dabbed a small paintbrush onto the VersaFine ink pad, and used the paintbrush to fill in those areas.
I used a Quickie Glue Pen on the places that I wanted to add sparkle, then sprinkled Mermaid Blue Eco Glitter Starbrights over the card. A clear Gelly Roll pen added additional shimmer on the fairy’s wings and the tree.
A Uni Posca Marker Pen provided light in the tree window because the fairy had left the light on before she had stepped out.
To brighten the brushos and to preserve the card, I sponged Distress Micro Glaze over some areas of the card and wiped off the excess. (The Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool/Foam is the perfect size for the Micro Glaze container.) I started to apply the Glaze on the PanPastel part of the card, then stopped because I realized that it was removing the PanPastel.
To finish the card, I used Scor-Tape to adhere the watercolor paper to the black cardstock base.
Materials Used:
- Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 lb.
- Core’dinations Cardstock Base, Jet Black
- Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Colour: Ost. Blue, Violet, Turquoise, Leaf Green
- Lavinia Stamps: Aria, Druid’s Inn (Tracey Lavinia Dutton is the artist of the Lavinia stamps)
- PanPastels, White and Yellow
- Uni Posca Marker Pen, Extra Fine Point: Yellow
- Eco Glitter StarBrights, Mermaid Blue (Lavinia Stamps)
- Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Clear
- Lavinia Stamps Blender
- Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
- Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat
- VersaFine Clair Ink: Nocturne
- Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
- Ranger Mister
- Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Micro Glaze
- Ranger TH Mini Ink Blending Tool/Foam
- Scor-Tape: 3/8”
- Baby Wipes/Paper Towels
Have a MAGICAL day!!!
Diane