Showing posts with label wicked cool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wicked cool. Show all posts

Tuesday 13 May 2014

Debbie's Bat Birthday Card

More night sky sponging this time with bats flying in front of a full moon. Less romantic than my last moon lit card but this one was created for my cousin's wife Debbie, who is into bats. I hope she liked it.

Inks used were Stampin' Ups  Marina Mist,  Midnight Muse, and Black craft ink.
A white gel pen for highlighting.
A sponge daubers to sponge in the sky and another to sponge in the foreground.
Stamp sets Serene Silhouettes from Stampin' up! and the bats are from a retired set  called Wicked Cool.

I masked off the moon  and sponged in the sky,  first using Marina Mist ink pad and dauber, I  always start on the mask and working outwards.
When I was happy with the density of the colour,  I sponged on the Midnight Muse ink this time starting from the edges of the card and working in towards the moon but not quite getting there.

Having completed the sky,  I removed the mask  and  blotted off  any excess ink from the dauber on scrap paper then gently sponged over the  edges of the moon,  just to add a small amount of colour and depth to the outer edges and  leave some white patches  towards the centre.

To form the clouds drifting  across the moon I used the very edge of the dauber  and without adding ink I dragged it part way across the moon. These drag marks  kind of look like streaky  clouds drifting by.

When all the black ink had dried completely,  I added white dots and dashed with a white gel pen to give the impression of moonlight hitting the edges of the plant life.
 I have to say doing random dots and dashes does seem to look better than  highlights added  precisely.