This is for my parents anniversary...since retiring they've been into renovating caravans, so I thought it fun to represent this time in their lives. One day they might even travel on a holiday in one!
I masked & sponged the background in stages, sky first, mountains, water, lastly foreground.
I stamped the van on the picture, then again on scrap card which I copic colored & trimmed to be adhered at the end. Now I worked on the foreground details, creating a path to the caravan, shadows under it & adding autumn trees & shrubbery. White gel pen details lift the elements to life. After adhering the caravan in place, I created shadows on the van. Finally I added the white embossed greeting on a vellum strip & little punched flowers to give it a 3D element.
For the Free for all TRAVEL challenge and the Ways to use it textures: The daisies, the embossed greeting & the smooth glossy accents on the window.
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2014 GMT Views: 6052
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28936
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 @ 2:08 PM
Wow - this belong on the wall!! The colors are so vibrant and so beautiful -- you are a very talented lady!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 24, 2012 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1241
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 @ 3:41 PM
Oh, what a beautiful scene you have created. I love the little camping trailer, my DH, and I used to have one that looked similar to this . it was a scotty. I love your little flowers, and you have done a wonderful job on those vibrant trees. I love everything about this gorgeous card. tfs.
I'm trying to scrape my jaw up off the floor. The masked layers and your inking are spectacular. So much work went into this and it certainly paid off. Love the trees and all the detailed shadowing. Amazing!
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37113
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 @ 7:03 PM
Thud! Can you hear my jaw dropping?! Every single detail you incorporated into this sweet scene is perfection. I certainly hope you frame this for your parents!
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 @ 8:03 PM
WOW! This is incredible particularly the coloring! Your highlights and shadows are so perfectly done! You even added highlights to the trailer hitch! Your attention to detail is amazing and so are your spectacular scenes!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 @ 8:23 PM
Cindy, this is just amazing. The white gel pen is applied so well and you do such an awesome job on the trees. The colors are gorgeous and the card design is terrific. Pinned for inspiration.