Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Calendar Challenge Week 11


This week's challenge at the Craft Barn is "Pale yellow and grey/bare branches". In other words a foggy november day as we have had them this week!

The design came to me easily, as I didn't have a choice of stamps (should have bought that Impression Obsession stamp I have been hankering after) and had to use my go-to stamp fromCrafty Individuals. The realisation, however proved problematic!




The watercolour paper certainly helped creating a seamless grey-to-yellow sky and light-to-dark green field, BUT I could not get a good impression of the CI Individuals stamp with that much paper texture.
Note: Counter-intuitively, finer detail prints better than solid parts of the stamp!

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7 comments:

  1. Scrapmate23 November 2011 at 12:00

    This is so atmospheric, I love the texture in the stamping - it adds to the misty feel of the page.

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  2. Suze Bain23 November 2011 at 16:33

    I so agree with Scrapmate. The texture of the card really enhances the misty atmosphere. A beautiful calendar page. xx

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  3. Anne 24 November 2011 at 08:24

    Love the watercolour feel and the texture that goes with it! This is a difficult technique to use and you have made it work well. Gorgeous piece of work!

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  4. laury5524 November 2011 at 21:35

    so beautiful ...the background is gorgeous

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  5. Mrs A.26 November 2011 at 19:29

    I love what you have achieved here. The trees are just perfect as they are. A feeling of a real foggy/misty day. Hugs Mrs A.

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  6. Gio28 November 2011 at 14:36

    I love it! It's like a little picture, from a painter!

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  7. G Peplow30 November 2011 at 22:37

    So interesting how the surface makes so much difference to the finished piece! Your result is perfect for a misty November day, love it, Gay xxx

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