Thursday 2 May 2013

Monochrome Sea Town Scene

It was the other half's birthday last Friday and this is the card I made for him.


At the start of the year our monthly craft group had a meeting where our theme was creating backgrounds and some of the pieces created during this session were used to make this card.  There are two different backgrounds here, one created deliberately and one accidentally. 


The backgrounds for the main topper and the little one behind it were made using shaving foam with distress inks swirled into it to create the marble effect to stain the pieces of card.  Tesco's cheapest shaving foam and Tim Holtz's distress inks in Sail Boat Blue and Pool were used.  Although the pieces were made back in January the card still had a lovely smell from the shaving foam lingering on it.

The stamp used on the topper is a Michael Powell design from Docrafts Urban stamp range.  The stamp was inked with Versafine Majestic Blue ink and stamped straight on to the background.

Another technique we tried that day was dropping distress ink on to acetate and blowing at it through a straw to spread the ink over the acetate.  The accidental backing paper behind the main topper was a piece of card I'd set the pieces of acetate on and ink had been blown off the acetate on to this card.  It left a watery effect frame, like splashing waves, so this piece of card was used to back the main image.


Half inch circles were punched, sponged with ink and layered with peel off letters added to personalise the card and blue butchers twine was wrapped around the card to add to the nautical theme.  The plain blue card stock used was from the Papeterie along with Stampin' up's baha breeze card which was embossed with a sizzix embossing folder to add texture and mimic the stonework of the houses in the stamped image.  The printed gingham paper was from the Cuddly Buddly download A Patchwork of Papers Blue.


From this view you can see how the toppers were layered up.  The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from the Stampin' up set Petite Pairs and punched out and layered using their plain and scalloped oval punches.   Above it is a bow made from the butchers twine.

Two die cut clouds, cut using a Joy die, were sponged with Brilliance pearlescent sky blue ink and added to the top corner.  The same ink was used to sponge around the scalloped edges of the main card and the insert inside the card.  Other embellishments used were brads in a toning colour and crystal dot stickers.

Hope you enjoyed the trip around the bay today

23 comments:

  1. Fabulous card Liz, love the way you have layered the images and papers! Susan x

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  2. Lovely card.

    Thanks for sharing at Crafty Sentiments this week.

    Susan

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  3. What a stunning Michael Powell lighthouse card you have made. It fits our challenge this week well of “something fishy”. Thanks for taking part and good luck. Best wishes, Kym (Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog Design Team Member)

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  4. Fabulous card, love your backgrounds work so well with that image, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week. Jac x

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  5. Oh this is cute! Thanks so much for sharing at Cupcake. Good luck. X

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  6. WOW! That's a stunning card. I love all the subtle backgrounds! Thanks for sharing your creation for our Anything Goes challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

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  7. This is a gorgeous card, brilliant design.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons.
    Pauline
    x

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  8. WOW this is awesome! LOVE the techniques and design! Great job! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood ‘Free For All (anything goes)’ challenge and please come back again soon!
    Darlene
    one of the 'Sistahs'
    The Sisterhood of Crafters
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  9. so stunning liz.really great stamps and i love your blue colours :D

    xx coops xx

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  10. Gorgeous creation, love your design and mono colour scheme, thank you for joining us at Creative Moments

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  11. Gorgeous, Liz! Great techniques! I learned something today. :-) Thanks for joining us at FYI!

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  12. Beautiful card! I love the backgrounds. So glad you joined us at FYI!

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  13. Superb card! I love all the backgrounds! Thanks so much for playing at Crafting For All Seasons this time in our Monochomatic Challenge! Good Luck
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  14. Super cool card! Love the images and background papers! So glad you joined us in our B challenge at Crafty Sentiments!
    Jackie W :)

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  15. This is absolutely stunning! I LOVE the blue monochrome and your image is fabulous! Thanks for joining us at FYI! :)

    PS: If you're interested, I have a DT call going on for a new challenge called House of Cards! I'd love it if you'd consider entering! :)

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  16. Love your card. Very nice. Thanks for joining at Artistic Inspirations this week.

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  17. Love that background! Thanks for playing along with us at For Your Inspiration!

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  18. Wonderful detailed card! Thanks for joining in with FYI!

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  19. Simply stunning, fabulous details.Thank you for joining in the B challenge this week over at Crafty Sentiments.
    Cathy xx

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  20. Wow Liz - this is a beautiful card! Love all the details, especially your hand-made DPs. Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations this time.
    Helen x (DT)

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  21. This is such a nice project! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Stampin for the Weekend and good luck!

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  22. What a fabulous project - love the stamp! Thanks for playing at FYI!

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  23. Beautiful card and design love the selection of papers you used too!

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