Hot summers, for me, must involve the beach, so that was my starting point in designing the card. Then, I pulled from my stash a stamp that would fit in with a beach scene.
The background was brayered with inks, for the sun I used several sizes of masks to produce a light halo effect and for the sand I textured the brayered layer of ink with an inked piece of pliable soft plastic (from packaging) and also with sprayed water. For good measure I added Copic At You Spica glitter pen in clear to add a subtle glint, just like sand in the sun, unfortunately the photo doesn't show this.
For waves I used a white gel pen.
The hammock was inked with a combination of inkpad and markers, then masked before brayering the background.
I then die-cut the scene with 2 sizes of dies and a pink mat with an intermediate size and layered them together to create a frame, sticking the whole thing on an A5 card blank.
Finally, lest the hammock looked like it was floating in the air, I added posts made out of toothpicks. I sanded flat one side of the toothpicks so they would be easier to stick down.
Do you feel the heat ? Hope you like this mini scene... let me know in your comments below !
Lovely, relaxing and summery! Some interesting techniques used to create the effect of lazy summer afternoons on the beach. Love the sparkling sea on this. Julie Ann xx
ReplyDeleteHow I would love to be lounging in that hammock, fabulous summer at the beach scene, wonderful card.
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Ta news marche très bien, bonne nouvelle ! Ce qui me permet d'admirer cette carte, toute en subtilité bravo j'adore ! A commencer par ton soleil, génial... Félicitations pour cette belle entrée en matière de guest DT sur ce blog !! xx
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