Two Roads

Here is a card I was pleased to make as a sample for the Chcolate Baroque Design Team using their lovely new Woodland Dreams plate. It was bound to be a hit with me because of the nature theme.

I used a few of my favourite inking techniques on this card to build the image. First I stamped the trees in plum archival ink and then masked it. I cut a hill shaped mask out of scrap paper to match the curve on the trees and then cut two path masks from Eclipse tape. I then added shading with Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo Distress Ink in this bottom portion of the card. I then made the sky using my leafy background technique which I show here and here on my blog. I used a mix of Adirondack dye inks- Sunshine Yellow and Watermelon, plus Spiced Marmalade DI, I always use this in preference to the Adirondack orange which I find a little harsh. I finished the inking with edging in Eggplant ink. I love to add layers of ink to an depth to the image.It is so satisfying! The sentiment was stamped in Plum Archival to finish and matted onto black. 

Thanks for popping by - have a greet weekend. 

Elaine x