Geo Moths

By
I've been creating with more of my new Funky Fossil stash.  This will be my Dad's birthday card, he loves anything to do with nature so the possibilities are endless thankfully.


Using the watercolour lines stencil vertically I created a background by sponging distress oxide inks, blending them together to loosely represent plant stalks, edging one side with a black fine liner to give more definition.  I did attempt to create a light source in the top corner as moths are attracted to light but that turned out to be a muddy mess now hidden by the yellow Brusho die cut!


The moths were stamped with olympia green Versafine ink and clear embossed, coloured with promarkers, fussy cut, shaped with a ball tool and just the body adhered with silicone gel so the wings are curved and raised.  At the moment I favour adding sentiments that are white embossed on black card.  I like moths, do you?

Here's an interesting snippet I found from the RSPB website -
"Many moths have been given strange and beautiful names. Some of the best include the poplar lutestring, scorched carpet, peach blossom and ruby tiger. Then there’s the lobster moth, the geometrician, cousin German and the setaceous Hebrew character. Don’t confuse the brown-line bright-eye with the bright-line brown-eye, will you? Or get mixed up about the uncertain moth..."

I've used - 6x6" white card base
Funky Fossil: Geo Bugs A5 stamp set & Watercolour Lines stencil
Distress Oxides: evergreen bough, cracked pistachio, hickory smoke
ClarityStamp stencil card; Neenah solar white card
Penny Black 'happy birthday!' stamp
Mag freebie 'enjoy' stamp

Linking up with -
Little Red Wagon Challenge #560 - Give Us Your Background!
Watercooler Wednesday WWC282 - Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge
Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. As.I.Do.Rodos.Friday, 31 July, 2020

    This is so beautiful Ginny x
    My Blog As I do Rodos

    ReplyDelete
  2. EmmaTFriday, 31 July, 2020

    So beautiful, love the whole design, the stencil is so useful - your dad will love it. Yes nature is a good theme as you say its endless inspiration. These look a bit like the hummingbird moth with their giant bodies......nope im not a moth fan - although now im quite capable of just catching them and putting them outside...i far prefer spiders. Emmax

    ReplyDelete
  3. ClurFriday, 31 July, 2020

    I adore this card Steph, the colours are so serene.
    I quite like the way moths look (especially the big ones with furry bodies) but I don't like having them in the house. I get very paranoid at this time of year about having lights on and windows open!
    Back to the card ... I really love the stencilled background and the way you have added the outline in places. 💕 Clare x

    ReplyDelete
  4. Alison59Friday, 31 July, 2020

    Super card Steph; love the 3d effect with the shading. Stunning colours on the moths :-)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Michelle WSaturday, 01 August, 2020

    Love your moth card! Thanks for sharing with us at Watercooler Wednesday.

    ReplyDelete
  6. MortiCraftSaturday, 01 August, 2020

    Love the way you have fine lined the edges, that makes them look dimensional! The moths are lovely colours too. X

    ReplyDelete
  7. BrendaSaturday, 01 August, 2020

    What a great background, the fine liner definitely gives it real dimension. I'm sure you dad will love it! Thanks so much for joining us at Little Red Wagon Challenge this week!

    ReplyDelete
  8. pinkyMonday, 03 August, 2020

    That is so pretty and very eye catching with that gorgeous background you have greated.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Nozomi DesignWednesday, 05 August, 2020

    Another beautifully summery card, Steph. What a lovely effect on the background - the fine liner gives it a real impact. Wow, I thought we had some strange names for moths in Japan, but the English names are definitely the winners!

    ReplyDelete
  10. sallysbitz2Thursday, 13 August, 2020

    What a stunning card. Your colouring is perfect and your dad will love it x

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz2.blogspot.co.uk

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for taking a moment to visit ... I read and appreciate every comment you have time to leave. Steph x

Popular posts from this blog

CAS Christmas Challenge - Guest Designer Card

By
Image
Excited to be sharing my guest designer card for September's  CAS Christmas  card challenge where this month's theme is Christmas Tree.  I was their winning card in July, you can see it  here . I reached for my all time favourite Christmas tree stamp from an enchanted Christmas set by Hot off the Press.  A solid stamp with a lovely flourish design and snowflakes as part of the tree itself.  First I heat embossed the tree with white EP then positioned a circle stencil partly over so I could dab using cling film some pearl effects before sponging with distress inks to create a snowy sky backdrop.  Both the tree and pearl effects act as a resist and buff up to a lovely shine. I've ended up with a contemporary colour palette with an emphasis on lighter shades of purple with touches of blue and turquoise as the three DIs were still out on my desk from a previous project so I just went with them.  Finishing touches are three stamped and embossed snowflakes with coloured dot centr
Read more

I Spy With My Little Eye ... Guest Designer

By
Image
So lovely to be invited by Ellie from Simply Ellibelle's blog as guest designer for challenge 14 of " I spy with my little eye.... something with wings " selected by Pauline.  A fabulous theme with so many possibilities ... I chose to ink up this wonderful large scale owl with draft lines and geometric styling and created a spotlight die-cutting technique. Owl stamped and heat embossed with clear EP then die cut part of the image into a circle.  To make the background, two different distress inks (one green, one blue) were smooched onto the remaining panel.  I did some light stencilling in areas, blue ink for the hex matrix pattern, white ink for the circles with iridescent mica pigment powder so they catch the light.  Finally some over stamping in smoke blue ink (which looks more light grey) for the doodle patterns and additional words (spread your wings, soar, fly).  Die cut circle has another layer underneath so it's slightly raised and left uncoloured.  Die cut &a
Read more

Color Hues Guest Designer

By
Image
Very excited to share my guest designer card for the new challenge at  Color Hues  with a lovely soft palette of cream and blue.  You can see my winning card  here .  I was aiming for a cream and blue ceramic look.  I wonder who has left their boots behind in the garden? Hope their kite stays flying long enough for them to return ...        Having bought some new Card-io stamp sets at a local craft fair recently I was keen to create with them alongside other sets I already had.  Made a cream background on my Gelli plate with acrylic paint keeping some white areas for interest.  Stamped all the separate images in blue ink using a stamping platform for either a lighter or darker hue.  Stamped and heat embossed a few white clouds in the sky.  Bushed in some added blue lines for contrast. The central part of the scene was cut out with a decagon (10 sided) die, used a neutral matt layer behind before matching it back up over the panel.  Final panel finished with another neutral layer.  Whit
Read more