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Monday, January 16, 2012

Make My Monday - Challenge 32 - Create a Scene

The challenge over at Make My Monday for Week 32 continues with the Nature theme and specifically is to "Create a Scene." This is probably the very first "scene" I have ever created. I marvel at others who do them, but I always think I don't have the right stamps to try. I really wanted to give it a go, though so I decided to go through my old wood mounted stamps and came up with this beautiful group of Horses by Inkadinkado, Pinon Silhouette by Stamp a Mania, Woodland Grasses by Hero Arts and a sentiment by Anna Griffith. I am also entering this card into the Anything Goes challenge at Pan Pastels UK's Challenge blog. My PanPastels just arrived in the mail over the weekend, and I thought I might as well dive in. I began by adding PP in a light blue, pale yellow and olive green to cream card stock. The colors a bit lighter here than in person, so I will probably adjust my values in the future. Being my first try with PPs, I wasn't sure what would work with them. I was delighted to find that Memento Ink, which I used for the Pinon Silhouette and Horses worked well. I also found that I could easily watercolor the Horses with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and was able to distress the edges to give the scene a vintage feel. To finish off the card, I added some flocks of birds from the Beyond the Sea plate by Artistic Outpost, a border punched with an EK Success border punch and some Baker's Twine and a button.

19 comments:

Suzi B said...

I don't believe this is your first attempt at a scene Yvonne ...it's wonderful! thank you for joining in at MMM
Suzi B x

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

A stunning card, and the scene that you have created is fantastic. Thank you for joining in with the PanPastel challenge blog
Lindsay xx

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful scene! Lovely card!

Mynn xx said...

You could've fooled me that this was your first attempt! This is spectacular!!! Thanks for joining us again at MMM! :)

Eileen said...

I find it hard to believe this is your first attempt at a scene! Its just beautiful... do more, you have a natural talent. thanks for joining us at the PanPastel UK challenge xxxx

Claire said...

Beautiful work Yvonne, your scene is gorgeous and I love the PanPastel background you've created. Thanks for joining us at PanPastels and good luck
Claire xx

Unknown said...

Stunning work thanks for joining us at PanPastel uk.

Kerry DT Leader

Meggymay said...

Its a wonderful country scene, looks so restful.
Yvonne x

Meggymay said...

Its a wonderful country scene, looks so restful.
Yvonne x

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Youo're an artist Yvonne! This is a wonderful scene! So very clever! Thank you for entering it into the Make My Monday challenge this week!

lindyloo said...

you have create a beautiful sence using the panpastel thank you for joining us at panpastel uk linda x

Silvia(Barnie) said...

So wonderful. The horse are fabulous.

Jacqueline said...

Fabulous scene Yvonne - thanks for joining inat MMM - Jacqueline xx

Cazro said...

Congratulations, your first scene is wonderful. Thanks for perservering, this is what challenges are all about. Caz from Make My Monday.

lena-dailyscrap said...

Beautiful card! Love those soft colours!

Val said...

This is fabulous. And for a first attempt you have done an amazing job. Thanks for joining us at MMM this week.
Hugs
Valxx

Brenda Brown said...

Yvonne you have created a fabulous scene here and the horses, birds and background give a brilliant perspective to it. Thanks so much for linking it to the PanPastel UK 'Anything Goes' challenge this week.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Fliss said...

Wow! Just gorgeous Yvonne and love the inking and stamping - fabulous!
Thanks for joining in over at MMM.
Hugs, Fliss xx

Maria said...

Wow, this is stunning! I love your scene and the soft effect you've created is beautiful.

Maria x