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Margery Allingham, The Tiger in the Smoke
Re-reading these books currently and as soon as I read the opening paragraph of this one it was such a powerful visual image that I wanted to make a card. Luckily I had just got the cityscape stamps with a birthday Amazon voucher - so I was up and running.
Sponged the top part of a piece of white card with wild honey and mustard seed to get a vivid yellow. I tried to mask that off and then sprayed the bottom part of the card with water and added grey Brusho powder. I had to wet it and dab a little off to lighten it a bit more, then I stamped and embossed the city skyline in black when it was dry. With a bit of masking, I stamped the script stamp in Soft Grey. Trimmed to size, and then added some spatters of pewter paint - there is a second photo in THIS blog post which shows the shimmer of the silver a bit better.
It's popped up on foam, then I doodled a frame with a black pen and added some yellow Stickles to give it a bit of...something. |
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Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 GMT
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Additional Info
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Keywords: SA Cityscapes London mixed media
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Stamps: TH Cityscapes, IO Cover-a-Card Script
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Paper: white card
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Paper Size: approx 4 1/2" x 7, I think
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Ink: Versafine Black, Wild honey and mustard seed distress, Memories Soft Grey
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Accessories: clear EP, Brushos (grey), Stickles, black pen, foam tape, Pewter Twinkling H2Os
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