Footprints on the Moon

Hadn't used the Brushos for ages, so having a few spare minutes, and some lovely new stamps from Stamps By Me, I thought I'd get them out and have a play.

First I stamped and masked the moon, and then made the background with the Brushos using the sprinkle & then spray method, blotting it after spraying to lighten it up as it was quite dark. Some of the paint leaked under the mask a bit, but I quite liked the effect. I thought it looked like clouds over the moon and gave it some dimension. Serendipity!

The Stamps By Me set has the trees, the moon and two sentiments. I particularly liked the one I've used here, but I thought the picture needed something else to help tell the story, so I added the rabbit & buzzard, along with a few grasses at the bottom, all from Inkylicious.

I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair ink and embossed it with WOW Neutral Ultra Shimmer Regular powder, which has the most gorgeous sparkle, but the photo doesn't do it justice. You can perhaps see it a little better in the next one.

And here's the rabbit gazing at the moon! (And probably hoping the buzzard doesn't spot her!)

 

It's quite a while, well before Christmas in fact, since I had chance to make something just for the sake of it, rather than for a particular person, event or occasion, and I really enjoyed doing this one. When I make cards for family and friends, I tailor them to the recipient and usually know what I'm going to do before I begin. Not that I don't enjoy doing those too, of course, but I love having the creative freedom to pick out a few stamps and inks etc. and just see where they lead. When I started making this card I had no idea how it was going to turn out, but I'm happy with the result!

Happy New January Challenge!

Happy New Year to you all! It's time for our first challenge of 2019 at Stamping Sensations, and we have some wonderful themes lined up for you over the coming months, with some fantastic prizes too from our lovely sponsors. To get us off to a flying start, our January topic is

* * * * * FABULOUSLY FEMININE * * * * *

We'd like to see your creations in honour of the female of the species.You can choose to interpret this with your image, or colours, or anything that would appeal to the ladies, as long as your main image is stamped and your project fits the theme.

We are so sad when we have to discount entries that don't follow our rules, so we are making a point this month of directing you to the paragraph below. It will appear each month but we would like to make you aware of its significance and your responsibility to familiarise yourself with our simple challenge rules.

Please ensure you check our challenge rules here before entering, it may save you embarrassment and make sure your entry receives comments from the team and is entered into the prize draw: We run our challenge for fun in our spare time. It is your responsibility if entering to make sure you check our challenge rules, it is not our responsibility to read your posts and remind you if you fail to comply. If you do not follow the rules we will simply ignore your entry.

Anyway, that said, here's my Fabulously Feminine card.

All stamps are by Crafty Individuals, background paper by First Edition. The images were coloured with Promarkers. Here's a closer look at some of the details.

 Our fab prize this month is a super selection of stamps. Check them out on the Challenge Blog, where you will also find some gorgeous samples from my lovely teamies. We look forward to seeing your Fabulously Feminine creations!