Lawnfawnatics Challenge 53: Spectacular skies

Hello everyone! I am participating again in a Lawnfawnatics challenge. The topic of the 53th challenge is "Spectacular skies".

First I thought about creating a sunset and a nice beach scene with the new stamps and dies. But then while listenting to some volbeat music I got the idea of a zombie-pirate type of card.

I started with the background by creating some DIY stencils. I used the 'porthole frames' die set to create a stencil for the moon and I used the 'simple stitched hillside borders' for the beach scene. I thought about doing a one-layer background but then I decided to adhere the beach on top of the background so that I can tuck in some images behind the beach.

For the spectacular sky I used scattered straw, twisted citron, mowed lawn, peeled paint and black soot distress ink. I absolutely love this combination because it looks like it is glowing. I added some water mixed up with pumic stone and antique linen distress ink to the moon.

The colors for the beach include antique linen, brushed corduroy, ground espresso and black soot. To add some sandy hills I used the 'sandy beach accents' dies. The same colors were used for two palm trees which I diecut with the new set 'hammock and tree'. 

After the background had been finished I stamped the images from the sets 'ahoy, matey', 'booyah' and 'you are sublime' with Lawn Fawn jet black ink and colored them with Copic markers. Some images were a little bit customized although I always want that the original stamp image remains visible.

I diecut everything and assembled the card. Before adhering the scene to a craft card base I had distressted the edges of the background for more interest!

In the photo story below you find all the process steps:

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day.

xo

Lisa

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