Saturday 27 May 2017

The Craft Barn Twelve Month Challenge - May

May's page for the Craft Barn Twelve Month Challenge involved lots of masking on my part. This months verse is:
May brings flocks of pretty lambs
Skipping by their fleecy dams. 

I started by stamping the house, wall and sheep and then masked them all. Cutting out those little sheep masks was a bit of pain! I then stamp the trees on the left behind the wall. Leaving the masks in place I brushed on Distress Ink (DI) for the sky and grass. The trees, house and wall were then watercoloured with DI. It looked rather too neat and tidy at that point so I added the border to give the page a little informality. I finished the piece with the computer generated verse.

 

Page Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Super Smooth Printer Card 200gsm
Anna Marie Simply Card High White 300gsm  
Inks
Versafine Smokey Gray
Distress Ink - Broken China, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick, Hickory Smoke
Stamps
House, wall & trees - Crafty Individuals CI-460
Sheep - Crafty Individuals CI-467
Birds - Crafty Individuals CI-209
Border - Kaisercraft Texture-Edges CS155 
Other
Verse - computer generated with "Papyrus" font

6 comments:

Elaine said...

Fabulous scene. Well worth all the masking!

Julia said...

Oh I do love that Crafty Individuals stamp. Your scene is just perfect, lovely artwork Maggie.

Lesley said...

You have created a lovely scene, and are very patient with all the masking! xx

Mickie said...

Super card - thank you for joining the Craft Barn Month Challenge xx

Crafty Claire said...

A wonderful scene seems so very English! Very clever use of masking xx

Florence said...

Beautiful scenic card. Lovely stamping and masking.
Flo :)