Castle

Time for another challenge over at

IKEsWORLD

Challenge 43
All About The Night

Welcome back to the IKEsWORLD challenges :)  do pop on over to IKEsWORLD to join in the challenge, just remember, you must use and IKEsART image to be eligible for the prize.  Why not pop on over to the store too :), Ike produces the most amazing stamps, everything from off the wall to cute and fluffy :) :) :)

I have such a feeling the DT are going to go dark on this challenge and I just never know where to begin with dark lol so I have chickened out and opted for a classical blokes card using the lovely digi Castle available from IKEsART.

To begin with I coloured the castle with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils, it looked quite night time with moonlight at this stage but alas when I cut the image with the oval die I lost most of my black sky, not bright of me.  I have tried to darken the sky a bit but it still looks like the moonlight is sunlight.

 Trying to keep a night feel to this card, I embossed some black paper and then sprayed it with blue Cosmic Shimmer.

 Next I wanted to make some clouds so used this Angel Hair fiber I have had for donkeys years. I pulled a bunch out, stretched it into a sort of square shape and ironed it to bind the fibres together.  This was then placed directly behind the digi images and then this section was mounted onto the card using foam tape for lots of height.

 A simple Birthday sentiment from my peel off stash which I mounted on card and then airbrushed with Midnight Blue Promaker. A black brad was used to finish off.

 Time to add a bit of metal, don't think blokes are into flowers and ribbon lol.  Something else I have had lying around for a few years are the spiral paper clips, they seemed like a good idea when I bought them but alas they sit there looking forlorn.  Today they came in handy though :)  Using some gold star brads which I cut the backs off, I then attached these to the spiral paper clips to represent stars in the night sky and the glow they emit.

 For the inside of the card I used some of the left over embossed black paper, added a thin strip of metallic blue paper and the rest was just a pretty blue I had a hand.

 And here we have the finished card :)

Ingredients:-

• image - Castle by IKEsART
• colouring medium - Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and Promarkers
• dies - Spellbinders Grand Ovals, Grand Scalloped Ovals, Circles, Grand Label 1
• from my stash - Angel Hair, spiral paper clips, brads, peel off sentiment sticker

I am entering this project into the following challenges:-

• Cardz 4 Guyz W, 3E - #81 Something Beginning with T - (TREES)
• City Crafter Challenge  W - #272 - Masculine Birthday Card
• Inky Chicks W, 3E, cards & altered items - #54 - Use a Metal Embelishment (week 2)
• Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 2) Anything Goes
• Glitter n Sparkle - W - #147 Something that starts with a B (BRADS, BIRTHDAY, BLUE, BLACK, BROWN, )
• A Gem of a Challenge 2W (W2)birthday wishes