Week 2 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The words for week 2 of the Craft Barn Quotes and Lyrics challenge are "silence" and "dazzle". My first thought for a song was "Silence is Golden" but then could only find one quote for dazzle, so I then looked for a song containing that word and discovered "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds. Finding a quote for silence was a much easier task.

For this year's challenge I am making postcards and am already finding that a challenge in itself having to keep things 2 dimensional.

For my song lyric postcard I used Lumière Pearl Blue for the night sky. I stamped a circle of white card with Versamark and then poured on Sticky Stuff embossing powder which for some reason left a bobbly surface when heated. Not what I had intended but I rather like the texture. I then applied a silver Tonertex foil with a 'spilt petrol' effect to the sticky stuff. Sadly, my scan hasn't picked up the sheen of the Lumière paint or the dazzle of the moon. 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Silver paper from Craft Creations

Inks/Paints

Lumière Paint - Pearl Blue

Distress Ink - Stormy Sky

Versamark

Other

Judikins - Sticky Stuff embossing powder 

Tonertex foil

Words computer generated - Annie BTN font

For the background of my quote postcard I applied Fresco Paints and then stamped the diamond pattern in Archival ink before applying a coat of pearl paint.The music came from a childhood recorder book of mine that I found when clearing my mother's house. Not sure why she still had it, she couldn't play the instrument!

I inked and then dripped some water on the music score for an aged look and at last I found a use for the treble clef die I bought some time ago for a bargain price.

 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Music manuscript

Black card

Inks/Paints

PaperArtsy Fresco paints - Bora Bora, Inky Pool, Ice Blue

Adirondack acrylic paint dabber - Pearl

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Stamps

Kaisercraft - Texture Diamonds  C5152

Other

Marianne Creatables Die - Treble clef LR0167

Words computer generated - Asenine Wide font