Stargazing Foxes

 

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Stargazing Foxes

The Products that I used, were…

New stamps

Tree of Courage, Tree of hope.

fox from set 2         fox from set 1

Brodwin                    Mini Dots

Mini stars                  Twisted vine set

 

The Tutorial for creating

Stargazing Foxes.

Distress oxide colours needed for background.

Tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon, salty ocean and faded jeans.

 

             

 Step 1.              

Using an 18 cm square piece of multifarious card, and Starting with tumbled glass and makeup brush ink up centre of card in a circular motion.

Using salty ocean ink up from edge of card towards centre, leaving a light area in the centre.

Once happy with this, repeat process with mermaid lagoon, leaving both colours showing in the centre.

 

Step 2.            

Repeat twice more using salty ocean followed by faded jeans, you will have a circular pattern with all four colours showing.

 

 Step 3.

Line up the tree of courage and the tree of hope stamps on your background, I used a stamping platform so I could stamp both together using acorn versafine Clair ink.

 

Step 4.

I then repeated the same process with the foxes, also using acorn ink.

 

Step 5.

 Repeat this process once more with Brodwin using onyx black versamark ink.

 

Step 6.

Stamp and cut out masks for the foxes and trees, then placed them over the stamped images, held in place with a small piece of low tack tape, folded in half on the back of mask to hold in place.

 

Step 7.

Place a piece of torn paper over background, then ink base of card with faded jeans to ground trees and foxes.

 

Step 8.

Using a soft lead pencil gently rub pencil on the area where you want the shadow to be, then Rub with a soft cloth to blend into the background.

 

Step 9. 

For the next step place a small piece of low tack tape at base of the trees. Then stamp vine at base of trees using shady lane versafine Clair ink.

 

Step 10.

Using small dots on a small acrylic block Kaleidacolour pastel ink  stamp onto the area under the trees and foxes to give the look of little flowers

 

 

Step 11.

Using vintage photo and peeled paint oxide inks, press inks onto mat spray with water. Using a waterbrush paint the trees.

 

 

Step 12.

Using versamark and stars2 miniature randomly stamp stars in background then using soft paintbrush highlight with Lavinia gold mica minerals.

 

 

Step 13.

 Stamp long branch from tree of courage with gold ink to give the effect of a willow tree. Highlight the owl, foxes and trees with clear sukura pen.

 

 

Step 14.

 Using a quickie glue pen, dab ground area then sprinkle with fairy tales eco glitter.

 

 

Step 15.

Mat onto black and white layers then frame or mount onto blank card.

 

I hope you enjoy following along to this step-by-step guide. Please share your creations as I would love to see them 

 

Take care, stay safe.

Rosemary