Dragons Dream TIO #113 Angels and Demons

Over at DragonsDream TIO this time Lyn has chosen the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I've used a theme plate from Non Sequiter called Greco Roman, which I though fitted the bill. Unfortunately as I'd not used these stamps before they were still un-mounted, not to panic won't take long. How wrong.... Not one scrap of EZ Mount have I in the cupboard! No problem I cut them out, placed them on to a sheet a paper and sprayed they backs with Stick and Spray, then left them on the floor to dry whilst I put the coffee pot on. Came back up and would you believe out of all this floor space Oscar chose, yep to sleep on top of all my newly sticky backed stamps!!! Going to be one of thoses days!!!!! So all washed, re-stickied and defluffed! I've re discovered chalk pencils again, I love the soft shading you can get with these. Our challenge is open again two weeks so please share your tags with us, and remember to use at least one real stamp. Elizabeth x

TIO# 84 Let's Face It!

Our dream this week over at the DragonsDream Challenge blog is "Let's Face It" led by the very creative Wanda. I decided that my dream would be pastel and pretty this week, not like me at all lol!
I made these paper roses back in March and yes Frankie, they are the same one's that I  showed to you at the NEC lol, finally they have a home! I used a crealies die to cut out three of two different sized flowers in some Anna griffin paper. I then layered them up with a brad through the centre, and gave them a spritz with water. Then starting with the middle flower I scrunched it up towards the centre, and worked my way through all six layers like that. The flower was then left to dry out. They background is inked up with a mix of spun sugar, victorian velvet, milled lavender, dusty concorde and black soot. The Pre-Raphaelite Lady's face is from a theme plate by Non Sequitur (another Stampman bargain from Port Sunlight lol), stamped out with black soot, and coloured in using Lyra Polycolour pencils. I used an Anna Griffin flourish stamp in black soot, and again with a versamark pad, and brass sparkle embossing powder. Once the roses were dry I gave them a spray with the gold spray and sparkle, not only does this make them sparkle, but it also holds the flower in shape. I did have a piece of black ribbon to go through the top of my tag, but some how lol, it's disappeared. I know how can I loose things on this "o so tidy desk". Hope you enjoy our challenge this week and pop on over to join us, just click on the DragonsDream logo on my sidebar for a direct link. Love Elizabeth x