CLARITY CHALLENGE ------NOVEMBER

     Challenge time again at Claritystamps.  This time the theme is TRAVEL. Needed a little bit of thought but I know a lovely lady who is going to Australia for Christmas. She is going to see her brothers who she has not seen for many years, so exciting. So I decided to make a card that would be suitable to wish her well on her journey and also double up as her Christmas card. I chose the Hot Air Filligraphy Balloon stamp, as I could make it look a bit festive. Think she will far prefer a plane to get her there though, balloon would be a bit slow and unpredictable. 
       

Completed card

       I started by brushing some hills onto Gelli plate card, using pale blue, mauve and pink ink, and some torn paper as a mask for the hills, blending the edges a little  I also sponged some clouds in the sky.  Next I stamped the Balloon image onto some pink parchment using white ink. Then I embossed all the solid parts of the Filigraphy stamp, rather time consuming but worth it as it brought out all the detail. Good job I like a challenge. I am not an expert at parchment craft but I love the effect that can be achieved, I do admire the wonderful people who are skilled at this craft. 

Balloon detail

          I stamped the image twice more and cut them all out then layered them up, adding some gems to pick out the detail. Before adding the balloon to the base card I stamped on some pine trees and heat embossed them with some glittery embossing powder. Adding a small deer and some foliage at the bottom completed the card.

  
            I have shown some close ups of the different parts of the card as the colours were quite pale not so easy to show in a photo.
Well I hope she likes her card but perhaps more importantly that she has a wonderful trip to see her family.  I look forward to hearing all about it after Christmas. If you are off on your travels over the festive period have a lovely time.