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Sunday 23 February 2014

By the light of the silvery moon

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, warm and dry. Here's a few hugs for those who want or need them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

For my card today, I decided once and for all to have a final go at getting inky and messy without having to throw the results in the bin, which is where they usually end up, so here is the result. Inspired by the lovely Doreen 
If you haven't seen Doreen's wonderful moonlit scenes then do go and have a look.  I have a long way to go but at least it's a start.


I used a piece of old linen card from ? as I didn't want to waste my lovely new linen card.
I am no good at brayering so I used cotton wool pads, the sort used for cleaning your face, and rubbed the ink in with a circular motion. 
Various stamps were used along with Memento inks. One thing I did discover is that I don't have a big enough range of colours in my distress inks so they are one the ever growing wants list!
I layered the panel onto black card and then onto the base card which is the same linen card folded and cut to 6x6.
A scrap of ribbon from stash finished off. Nothing new was used in the construction of this card :o)
Jackie xx

22 comments:

brenda said...

Well done on getting inky Jackie and what a fab result, very atmospheric.

B x

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Wow Jackie a gorgeous and beautiful card would love to do something like this have a brayer myself but just haven't mastered it yet maybe one day
Hugs Dianne xx :-)

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Jackie. I love the scene you have created with the images and the background colours look fabulous.
Sue xx

Doreen said...

Just gorgeous Jackie,love the result.xxx

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Beautiful card Jackie.
Sue x

McCrafty's Cards said...

This is stunning Jackie, I love it!!
Kevin xx

Judy said...

This is such a beautiful card Jackie, I hope you are warm, and dry where you are, hugs back to you.
I love the linen paper too.

Viv said...

Great job here Jackie!

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Jackie love this you have created a beautiful card know what you mean though Doreen's cards are fab and I thank god she showed me how to do this type of card by doing a tutorial for me. Love alison xx

Christine L said...

Such a change for you Jackie... but a lovely one! I like the style of this card... you've really got a feel for the atmosphere.. and I think the ink was probably better rubbed than brayered onto the linen card... maybe the brayer wouldn't have got into the linen texture..
It's fab!

Christine x

Donna Mosley said...

Ooh! this is wonderful Jackie, love it.

Donna x

Lynne in NI said...

Wow, I love this Jackie! Great colouring on your sky, and the clouds in front of the moon are fab too :)

Tracey said...

Lovely card Jackie. I had a peek at Doreens Blog and thanks for passing on this link. Another inspiration place to visit. Hope you are well, take care Tracey x

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Hi Jackie,Beautiful card...love the colours...you will have to get more inky and make a few more...Joolsx

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

Oh wow, Jackie, this is fantastic! Love how you made the scene look misty and love the colours.

Jocelyn x

coops said...

so gorgeous jackie.i love the scene you have created and fantastic atmospheric colours :D

xx coops xx

Stamping With Bibiana said...

love the colors and the whole scene great card
bibiana

vic said...

Jackie this is gorgeous I love how you have made the background your seriously talented !!

Hugs to you

vic x

Carolina Girl (Cely) said...

It is GORGEOUS!!!! Just now getting back to a computer to comment and went straight to your site. I missed many awesome postings on your blog.

Unknown said...

It's beautiful Jackie! This is the kind of stuff that, like you, I shy away from but it is so rewarding when you plunge in and give it a go. Wonderful!! xx

May said...

Love it Jackie, The background is fantastic... Love the stamping...Hugs May x x

Lesley said...

like your inky effect hope you enjoyed getting messy best wishes Lesley x