Love you...

Hello there!

I'm up on the Bellariffic blog with a new Scenic Saturday card to start off the new year. Valentine's Day card making is in full swing right now and as I was looking at the stamps from the latest release, I thought that the Tiny Townie Wonderland Queen of Hearts could take a break from shouting, "Off with her head" and soften her image to send some love instead.

I really wanted to take advantage of her pointing hand and have it directing the viewer's eye right to the message that I chose from the Love Sentiment set. The bold serif font carries the weight of her decree quite nicely, I think. To make room for this effect I flipped the card stock panel to a landscape orientation and stamped the Queen far to the right, even letting some of her gown get cut off at the edges. Not only does this choice allow room for the sentiment but it also creates a more dynamic design than if I had simply stamped her in the center of the card front. With the Queen and sentiment both in place I could start coloring both her and the world she would inhabit. Because I wanted the Queen to have a sweeter look, I opted to deck her out in pretty bubble gum pinks and pale creams... even her wig got the cotton candy treatment. And since she is a royal, the idea of a castle type setting seemed appropriate but I didn't want the entire background to be stone grey. That's when the idea to place her on a balcony came to me and from there I started sketching in the floor and railing using a ruler and a very light grey marker. Once the shading and brick/stone detailing were complete it was as simple as adding a wash of blue sky and green fields to fill in the rest of the scene and this card was done. I gotta say... I'm kinda loving this softer side of the Queen of Hearts.  ;)

Stay crafty my friends!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Tiny Townie Wonderland Queen and Love Sentiment set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- RV00, RV02, RV13, RV95, RV34
clothes- W00, E81, C2, C3, RV10, RV32, RV34, Y02, YR23, YR24, E47
balcony- W1, W3, W4, W5, W6, N1, N2, T3
sky- B000, B00, B60, B21
grass/trees- YG21, YG03, YG23, YG63/G43, G24