Portrait of Morrigane

I am feeling very privileged to be asked to showcase this beautiful digi 'Portrait of Morrigane' by Nikki Burnette for the Barnemix site, a Norwegian crafting blog run by Anne-Lise.   I do love the American Indian theme so was absolutely delighted when I saw what I was going to be working with this digi :)

For this creation I decided to make a notes holder and here is what I did:

I started by printing my work sheets where I had prepared my background in Photoshop along with the tag sections and of course a the digi.

I used a rubber stamp from StampScapes Nature Sentiments which I then embossed with embossing powder.

Next I used one of my 6x4 never used embossing folders which now have a new lease of life with my rolling pin hammering method hahahaha.  Seriously though it is a great way of using the folders that don't fit the area you want embossed and also controlling the areas for embossing.

I embossed both the top and the bottom sections of the note holder, here you can see how I worked around the areas which were not part of the digi.

I coloured the moon with grey Promarkers then used Silver Pearl heat embossing over the top.  In different lights the moon takes on different shades and has a lovely shimmer to it.

Promarkers used

Time to colour an IKEA pencil - thank you IKEA, your pencils are just perfect for my wee note cards :)  I also coloured a silver butterfly metal charm.

My latest craze at the moment is using lots of beads on either charms for pencils as seen here or to hang tags.  I was given loads of beads ages ago and could never think what to use them for and this does seem to be a great way.  I have also used light blue sequins in this charm thread for a bit of twinkle.

Time to finish off the tag.  My poor sister at this point will have to look away <g>  I used black and grey feather to follow the colours of the crow/raven and a black/red feather to pick out the red of Morrigane's dress and feathers.  Finally I added a black tassel with pearls.

I have missed out a few photos of what I did, just realised I did not take one of the coloured digi which I fussy cut and then attached to the card or of the box I made and coloured with Promarkers to hold the note paper.

Ingredients

•  'Portrait of Morrigane' by Nikki Burnette
• Promarkers
• Embossing Powder - Personal Impressions Enchanted Blue Pearl and Heat It Up Silver Pearl
• Embossing folder
• Feathers, tassel, pencil, charm, beads from my stash

Challenges entered

• Pals Paper Arts -  W,  PPA203 see below
• All Crafts Challenge - 2M, 1st Monday of the month every other month, NO CARDS - (April / May) Anything but a Card
• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Emboss It
• Created With Love Challenges - 2W, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, no challenge on 5th week of month, 3E - (Week 1) Critters
• Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge 2W, 1E, SIO - Easel Card (Week 2)
• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge W,1E, SIO - Wing It  (add wings)
• A song in your He{ART}-2W, 3E- #6 Great Day to be Alive (2nd week)
• Crafty Creations - 2W - #262 Anything but a card (2nd week)
• Hobbybook Designer Challenge - 2W, E3, SIO-  Add a sentiment (2nd week)
• House That Stamps Built - 2W, SIO, 2 challenges at the same time starting alternate weeks (theme and sketch*) - Bird