The Man in the Moon

Sometimes the packaging can be as pretty as the gift, and today I'd like to share my tag and pendant project:

Tag: I cut the tag shape from coated Clarity card and brushed on a selection of Memento inks (Teal Zeal, Rhubarb Stalk, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine and Sweet Plum) to make an early morning landscape scene.  To frame the foreground, flowers and leaves from the Card-io Majestix Secret Garden set were stamped (again using Memento inks) with a drop of Ranger Crystal Stickles in the centre of each flower to make them sparkle - though sadly that sparkle doesn't show up well in the photographs!

Pendant: the pendant was made using a copper moon shape enamelled with Efco low temperature enamelling powders (Black with a sprinkling of Mallow).  Embedding a gem in the enamelling powders before heating added an extra bit of bling, and gave the man in the moon his eye.  The moon was mounted on a sterling silver chain using a pendant bail.

For the finishing touches I added a piece of ribbon to the top of the tag and cut slots to hold the necklace chain.  Attaching a tiny envelope to the back of the tag hides the end of the chain and helps to hold the necklace in place.

This project is being entered in ThatsCrafty - Bling It Up Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,
Carolyn x

Welcome to my Blog & Favourite Artwork

So I've finally created my very first blog.  To be honest, I'm a complete newbie at this blogging lark, well at least from the writing side!  Over the past couple of years I've read some fantastic craft blogs written by other people and wondered, could I join the ranks in bloggerland? how hard can it be? ... well, dear reader, we are about to find out!

For my very first blog I'd like to share my favourite card, which I made last year and entered (by email, not being brave enough to try blogging back then!) in one of Claritystamp's monthly challenges:

Using coated Clarity card I brushed on a mixture of Tsukineko Memento inks (Paris Dusk,
Cantaloupe, Teal Zeal, Rhubard Stalk and Gray Flannel) to make a seascape.  Before brushing on the inks I added a sun mask cut from a post-it to form the setting sun and torn paper was used to form the cliffs.  A waterbrush dragged (carefully) through the ink added sunlit clouds to the sky and also formed the shadows defining the cliffs.

The scene was triple mounted on black, white and pale blue card and finished with Claritystamp's Kissing Couple stamp (inked in StazOn Jet Black), and a sentiment stamped using Claritystamp's Woodpress Letters (inked in Memento Tuxedo Black).

Thanks for stopping by.
Carolyn x