Silhouettes

Silhouettes

Hallo there!

Another lovely day

and I hope, a happy one

Certainly Claire Jackson is

set to make us smile with her

beautiful project, so let's get

going........

"Cut a piece of yupo 10cm x 10cm. 

Use a piece of masking paper or a post it

to create a mask for the moon. 

Using a felt applicator dab spots of aqua alcohol ink 

over the entire piece of paper. 

On a clean piece of felt pad put a few drops 

of blending solution and go over the aqua 

to create a mottled background.

Tear a piece of card to mask off the upper part 

of the square and create a hill line. 

Apply turquoise ink below the mask. 

Go over with blending solution. 

Move the mask down and add purple twilight 

around the bottom. 

Remove the moon mask and add a mixture of 

turquoise and purple alcohol ink around the 

edges of the square. 

Make sure a few dots overlap the moon

 to create the impression of depth.

 Stamp the rabbits in black Archival ink. 

(Touch up any pale bits with a black Sharpie.)

 Along the bottom, stamp the fairy buttercups

 in cobalt and deep purple. 

Stamp the mini leaves around the sides 

and top in cornflower blue and cobalt. 

Add a couple of drops of aqua ink to a baby wipe 

and gently dab onto the moon to create depth.

Add black stems with a fine permanent pen 

and white highlights with a gel pen. 

Add a very pale grey edge to the moon 

with an alcohol marker.

Stick the top layers of the printer tray together 

and paint the tray and stand in Fresco Finish eggplant. 

When dry, stamp the tray (not the stand) 

with small flowers in mermaid and sherbet. 

Wait for it to be completely dry and paint 

a thin layer of translucent blueberry over the top. 

The flowers will just show through. 

If it’s too thick just wipe it back with a baby wipe.

Rub on a thin layer of pink tulip Alchemy Wax, 

again using a baby wipe to take off any excess. 

It’s hard to see in the photos but it adds a delicate shimmer.

Run a clear embossing pad along the edges

 and emboss in silver embossing powder. 

Cut a piece of patterned paper to go on the back of the tray. 

Assemble all of the pieces together"

Materials used:

Yupo paper

Alcohol ink: purple twilight, turquoise, aqua

Archival ink: jet black, cobalt, cornflower blue, deep purple

Lavinia stamps

Tando mini printer tray

White gel pen

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint

Alchemy wax: pink tulip

Detail embossing powder: silver

Clear emboss ink pad

Thank you Claire for such a fun project

Another for my 'To Do' list.......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx