Well, it is Hallowe'en!

I've mostly used up scraps this week - I wanted a quick make so I looked back at all the bits I'd saved from other projects and used some of the ready made paper for the background. 

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I have another sample from the last Hochanda shows to share today and this one is actually the one I most enjoyed creating as it has lots of lovely textures and distressing and of course, my favourite - stamping!

 

In the foreground I added one of the tall floral stamps from Small Elements Set 1 using Ground Espresso Distress Oxide and using the same ink added the eagle to the sky area. In addition I added some of the butterflies using the Pumice Stone Oxide Ink.

I added a female form using rice paper 10 from the collection but an alternative would be to fussy cut out the similar image from the paper pack. To keep eveything in keeping with my chosen theme I then fussy cut out lots of images from Craft O'Clock Butterflies II extra sheet and then used a range of Distress Glazes - Rusty Hinge, Fossilized Amber and Speckled Egg to add colour. The little ladybird was coloured first with Festive Berries Distress Oxide and then a layer of Rusty Hinge Glaze was added over the top

 

My title was added using Craftyboard Alphabet 1 adding a little colour with the Weathered Wood Oxide ink before adhering them as shown. My coloured winged images were then adhered in place.

I hope that you will have the courage to take your papers and add to them using the mediums you have have at home.

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Focals tend to be either stamped image or an element from nature, I rarely use printed collage images but I was looking for something else and Craft O'Clock Butterflies caught my eye for the reasons that there are various sizes on the sheet and what suited me the most, that most of the butterflies were muted colour palette. 

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