So on with the show and tell! I cut a piece of canvas 51 x 21 cm and taped up the edges with masking tape. I took two pieces of copy paper, joined them together. I cut along the length of this to get the shape for my hills. I put in a moon mask over to the right of the picture and then added a bit of a sky with my large Clarity Stencil Brush and my chosen colour which as I mentioned above was Aged Mahogany. I used another roughly torn piece of paper and a make-up sponge to add a horizon and to add shading for the hills.
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| Designed by Emma Burns, Handmade in Scotland, http://emmburns.blogspot.co.uk/ |
I chose my stamps all from Clarity stamp ( as them's the rules)- Split Tree, Mini Pear Tree, Large Birch Leaf, Small Birch Leaf, small leaf (used for grasses), Grasses 2, Grasses 3 and Tree ( used for hedgerows ) and finally Pointillism Stamp ( used for added ground texture)
I stamped the bare split trees and then stamped them with the Small Beech Leaf. Next was the Mini Pear Tree. I took the edge of a tree stamp to make my hedgerows (where we are living now they are everywhere...only the real ones are so very neatly trimmed. ) I then added shading and the grasses around the two trees. I added the tall grasses 2 and 3 to the bottom. Next the Large Beech Leaves to the top corners of the picture. I decided to add some more shading with my trusty make-up sponge and Clarity Stencil Brushes
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| Designed by Emma Burns, Handmade in Scotland, http://emmburns.blogspot.co.uk/ |
So all that was left was for me to put the picture in the frame and take some photos...well guess who had a day off work. Yep that's right Hubby. And guess who wanted to sit out in the sun. Yep Hubby. In the end I sent him to the local shop just so that I could get a picture in good light which in itself brought problems of trying not to get a reflection of myself in the picture. Oh well done now!
Hope you like it !
Congratulations to Jane Morris for winning the Flower Power Challenge. Congratulations to the other Top 5 Picks too. Barbara Lancaster, Shelagh Metselaar, Lynne Bishop and Andy Duggan. Very well deserved and I feel very honoured to be among you. (also happy to get another Top 5 button for my Blog )xxxx
Happy crafting.
Emma xxx
