Sunday 22 July 2012

Magical and Mystical


Ermmmm.....not entirely sure I've totally hit the spot with this theme.  For those of you that know me, you'll know I don't have any fairies, castles and mystical types of stamps in my collection, so I've done the best I could with what I've got!!! 

This week the PanPastels UK team are asking for 'magical and mystical'.

I stamped the CI-137 image, a flourish and the word dream in black stazon.  I coloured the background with a combination of violet tint (470.8) and turquoise tint (580.8) pan pastels.  I coloured the main image with magenta (430.5) and the flowers with violet shade (470.3) and phthalo blue (560.5) pan pastels.  The yellow flowers and the lilac swirl down the left I coloured with Artbars.  I used the pastel Artbars to outline some of the flourishes and over write the word, dream.  To try and make it more magical, I added turquoise and purple Stickles to the flower inners, the dots around the dream and the wings.  I added wool fibres to finish.



Then I decided to see what I could do using Titus from Stampotique.    So I made this ATC incorporating the mushroom stamp from Lavinia and the swirl stamp also from Stampotique.  I used magenta (430.5) and bright yellow green shade (680.3) pan pastels on the background and purple and lime green Stickles for the sparkle of magic - lol!!!!

15 comments:

downrightcrafty said...

oh wow Sam this is such a delicate tag for you and so dreamy just perfect and more of those magical mushrooms too lol
Hugs Kate xx

Gillian .... said...

Dreamy & mystical just perfect Sam, thanks for joining in at PanPastel UK. xx

Sue said...

This is really pretty Sam, it's a hard challenge isn't it this week x

Femmy said...

it's beautiful!!

sam21ski said...

Yes Sue, it is and definitely out of MY comfort zone!! But pleased I had a go though - xxx

...the yorkshire fox... said...

...loVely work Sam...gorgeous colours & great stamping, loVe the image on the ATC, really liking those stamps they are so fun & quirky...super makes...Mel :)

Jenny Marples said...

Love both of these Sam. Who says magical/mystical has to be fairies and wizards? They are both mystical in their own way and so totally different. Hugs, Buttons x

Von said...

Very magical Sam :)
Von ♥

Marianne said...

I think you did a great job with the Dreamtag. Really magical colours and the image looks very mystical to me.
The Titus ATC is less mystical, but very funny and it looks like he has hung a lot of little men in the plants LOL. I can tell that the ATC is more your style.:-)
Hugs,
Marianne
PS Thanks for commenting on Mylo's blog!

sam21ski said...

You are so right Marianne, you know me too well already - lol xxx

chrissie said...

Both terrific but the ATC with Titus gets my vote :) Love how you use these stamps.

Love Chrissie xx

alison said...

They're both gorgeous sam! You did a great job with mystical! xox

Claire said...

Wow Sam 2 fantastic projects with totally different interpretations of this weeks theme. The first has a beautifully ethereal quality, 'dream' sums it up beautifully. Your ATC is a fun and quirky take on the challenge. Love em both! Thanks for joining us at PanPastel UK
Claire xx

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Both gorgeous projects, I love the gorgeous colours you have used, thank you for joining in with the PanPastel challenge blog
Lindsay xx

GinaA said...

Your tag is very ethereal and just love those magic mushrooms.

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