The main image is a Lavinia stamp and I used Memento Luxe ink which was recommended to me for its coverage for silhouette stamps, and I have to agree is very good, but takes a while to dry. I am not a great one for fairy images, but I think I have said before I love their little hats in this image, like the knitted hats we used to wear when we were tots! I am showing my age a bit now!
All other stamping and ink shading is done with Distress Inks in Crushed Pistachio (fast becoming a new favourite), Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire.
The other plant images are a mixture of Lavinia, Inkadinkado and Inkylicious and the sentiment a cheapie I picked up at the Rubbernecker stand at Ally Pally sometime, probably for 50p.
It has been so hot here this week, I hope we are over the real peak of temperatures as we have a family barbecue to attend on Sunday which could be a trial otherwise! Being past midsummer does mean more is starting to happen in the veg patch now. We have had our first strawberries and some sun berries with our breakfast this morning and the first courgettes will be ready to pick in a day or two. This is where I hope we will start to reap the rewards of the extra work in the garden that retirement has allowed me!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Elaine
Gorgeous card, love the combination of the beautiful images, it has a great atmosphere. Our summers can get very hot & humid for weeks at a time, we eventually adjust to it. We make up for it in our cold winters. Have a great weekend, Shirleyxx
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely atmospheric card & I particularly like the way your light is falling into the fairy glen, there's a real depth & sense of peeking into it through leafy undergrowth.
ReplyDeletePaula (PEP)
I have always admired yours and the other members of the quartets stamping and this is no exception - beautiful workman ship
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card - the fairy images are really beautiful and I love that blend of colours - very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely card Elaine (I'm lucky enough to have one of your cards with that sweet image). Lovely colours and mix of gorgeous stamps. Really special!
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Lesley Xx
PS I'm not ashamed to say I hated the heat last week but I do wish our weather let us climatise a bit more. It goes from very hot to really chilly in the space of a few hours so we never have chance to get used to either. Xx