Crafty Adventurista: Winged Things - November DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello All,

I hope you're all keeping well and warm now that the weather is turning colder.

It's my turn to bring you my DT project for Country View Crafts for November, with the theme 'Winged Things' as chosen by Fiona.

The prize for this month's challenge is an awesome set of 5 AALL and Create Washi Tapes.

You can join in the challenge on Facebook and will need to have joined the group to participate - you can join from anywhere in the world as Country View Crafts do ship overseas. You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post.

Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly.

Although it's not yet Christmas, many of you will be getting into the Christmas makes, so I decided to make a Christmas Card with a cute Angel from Janet Klein.

My process has incorported a technique and style I learnt at Kate Crane's recent workshop at Country View Crafts - I loved it so much and wanted to use it for my Christmas Cards.

You can find out the technique and details for this from the Paper Artsy People group on FB, under Kate Crane in the ‘Guides’ section, where there are tutorials posted there. You can also find them under ‘featured’ in Kate's group on FB - ‘Create with Kate'.

To start with I created my background, on an A4 white cardstock, using a build up method. I painted some blocks of colour - I chose 3 from the Paperarsty Range; Mermaid, Sherbet and Cheesecake, then I added some torn book text and some torn masking tape. I dry brushed over these with some white acrylic paint to blend these in, and then I stenciled Janet Klein's 'Nature Listens' Stencil, with Paperartsy Aquamarine paint.

I then set about using the alcohol ink technique as shown by Kate Crane, except I didn't use the gelli plate, I dropped the inks direct onto the clear transparency and then laid my stencil on top and waited for it to dry. I think Kate's technique is much better on the gelli plate though.

Once dry, I drew over the stars, on the non-inked side with a white Posca pen.

I stamped my Angel with Memento Ink and coloured her with alcohol ink markers. The Halo I stamped onto the clear transparency with Stazon ink and coloured this with Yellow and Gold Poscas. Onto a little piece of clear transparency I drew an arch design with a black Sharpie pen and just cut this out into a rectangle.

I fussy cut my Angel and the Halo, but for the Halo, I left a thin tab at the bottom so I could fold into a Z shape a little way down, so this would stand out above her.

I stamped a sentiment from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mr Frostie CMS499 onto a piece of book paper and part cut, part tore around this.

My main card size is just under 6 x 6 inch and the background design and clear transparency is 4.5 x 4.5 inch. I machined the clear transparency and background design together, and then glued this onto my main card.

Next, to assemble my card. I laid down the 'arches' first. I glued the Halo to the back of my Angel's head, where I wanted it to sit, and then glued her down onto the background.

Then I added the sentiment and some Stickles to finish and here it is....