Then came the task of lining up the ladies on the base card, so that they could be dressed in the graduated papers. As my elegant lady is from some years ago, she is fixed to a handle, so I decided to scratch a mark on the handle in the centre top and bottom, this enabled me to place a pencil mark to more accurately position them.
The centre plaque was created by masking over the ladies with 2 large post-it's then applying 2 shades of distress green and over stamping with the crackle stamp in a contrasting raspberry, using the technique of holding the stamp in your hand, rather than securing to a handle, and using 2nd and 3rd generations of ink.
Then the ladies needed grounding so I shaded a puddle under each lady imagining the light source above.
Oh i do love this lady and i like how you have used different tone.
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I have used this lady quite a few times, it seems timeless and can suit so many ages. Thankyou for your words of encouragement.
DeleteA lovely idea to use a graduated colour scheme for this oh so elegant lady. Best wishes in this month's Clarity challenge and thank you for taking part. ;~}
ReplyDeleteI had the idea that I fancied using the elegant lady for the paper piecing, however I only have the small one, so a card would need more about it, with a bit of effort I managed to find 5 suitable papers!
DeleteI like these lady's good way to show fussy cutting good luck in the clarity challenge x
ReplyDeleteThanks for your message of encouragement.
DeleteWhat a clever idea to use graduated coloured paper. Thanks for joining this month's Clarity challenge. Good luck! x
ReplyDeleteNo luck this time! I'm one of those who finds it hard to cut up beautiful papers, I guess it was easier with the relative plain nature of the papers! Thankyou for taking the time to look at my work.
DeleteUsing graduated papers is a clever idea. An elegant card. Good luck in the challenge x
ReplyDeleteUsing this stamp goes a long way to assisting the elegance of the result! Thankyou for taking the time to comment.
DeleteDelightful artwork with the graduating shades of colour - your elegant lady looks great.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the Challenge draw x
Thankyou for commenting, and sorry for the latness of this reply. It is very special to get comments from fellow crafters.
DeleteVery elegant and eye catching, and I really like your border. I'll have to look out that crackle stamp!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comments. The crackle stamp was a recent purchase but I can already see it is going to be very useful. I first used it on a Jo Rice workshop, where it was used to produce a more subtle background texture.
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