Monday 10 November 2014

Joy to the World

It's one layer week over at Less is More where the theme is Starry, Starry Night. I instantly had an idea but having looked at the beautiful cards already posted I can see that other people had similar ideas so I've gone with my plan B:

I stamped the image - by IndigoBlu - onto watercolour paper in VersaMark then embossed it with silver embossing powder. The "tooth" in the paper meant that it didn't emboss too well so I used a Versamark pen in the gaps repeatedly, re-embossing until I was reasonably happy with the finished effect and the only gaps left were the stars which were meant to be there!

Colouring was a simple matter of watercolouring with Aquamarkers. The greeting (by IndigoBlu again) was stamped in silver Versacolor ink. The photo below isn't too good but it's the best I could do in artificial light!



6 comments:

  1. That embossing is perfect for the card, love it !

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  2. A beautiful card Helen. Carol x

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  3. Fantastic image Helen and superbly CAS - super delicate stars too
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  4. Plan B worked brilliantly Helen!
    Love this image and it's so delicately coloured!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  5. Helen what a lovely image, your extra embossing paid off!
    Thanks so much for your LIM entry
    Anne
    Less is More Designer

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