I created this card using Lavinia Stamps, Brusho, Mondeluz Aquarelle Coloured Pencils, and a little bit of fairy magic.
To begin the background, I sprinkled Turquoise, Sunburst Lemon, and Leaf Green Brusho crystals over the surface of the watercolor paper. I spritzed the water upwards, then tilted the paper so that the Brusho and water ran towards the bottom of the paper. There’re different ways to apply Brusho, but I’ve noticed that I get a better end result when I do it this way.
After the cardstock had dried, I stamped the images with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. I used Mondeluz Aquarelle Coloured Pencils to color the mushrooms, as well as the flowers. A Mondeluz white pencil provided the highlights. To make the windows in the mushrooms look more inviting, I applied a yellow Uni Posca Paint Marker on them; then used the Light Pink Marker to put a few dots along the large mushroom. I added sparkle, with a clear Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, to the fairies’ wings and the stones at the base of the large mushroom.
I used a small, inexpensive throw away paintbrush to apply IndigoBlu Flitterglu along the bottom of the card and sprinkled Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy over it to add sparkle to the ground. I drew a horizontal line, with a Lime Green Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Gel Pen, to give the ground definition. I positioned the ‘Magic’ sentiment, from the Lavinia Stamps Sentiment Stickers 7, at the top.
To finish the card, the cardstock was adhered to a black cardstock base with Scor-Tape.
The fairies are ready for the upcoming storm in November!
Materials Used:
- Strathmore Watercolor Paper. Cold Press, 140 lb.
- Core’dinations Cardstock Base, Jet Black
- Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Colours: Turquoise, Sunburst Lemon, Leaf Green
- Lavinia Stamps: Forest Cap Toadstool, Fairy Foragers, Pris, Swing, Silent Bloom, Small Shrooms, Shadow Bloom, Birds, Sentiment Stickers 7. (Tracey Lavinia Dutton is the artist of the Lavinia Stamps.)
- Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz Aquarelle Coloured Pencils: Grey, White, Pink, Grass Green, Blue Violet (I really like these pencils.)
- Uni Posca Paint Markers, PC 1M, Extra Fine Point: Yellow and Light Pink
- VersaFine Clair Ink: Nocturne
- Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
- Ranger Mister
- Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Clear
- Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Gel Pen in Lime Green, #727
- Inexpensive Paintbrush
- Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy
- IndigoBlu Flitterglu
- Scor-Tape: 1/4”
Thanks for stopping by my website! Wishing you a day filled with Magic!!!
Diane