Fossilized Amber

I have been in quite the amber mood lately.  I am playing along with Linda The Funkie Junkie's 12 tags of Christmas - Week #2.  Her challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I was inspired by Linda's beautiful tag by the stars and rays coming down from the sky.

 I tried about 5 versions of the rays and stars stenciled in various colors and materials.  I ended up using this tag where I started with a stencil that had very thin rays which I sprayed over onto the tag with the yellow sprays.  I then stenciled the stars over the top with white embossing paste.

Then onto my next problem no trees the right size for the tag. I almost bought the cool tree dies that Linda used but I ended up using my money elsewhere. :(  So I dug through my stamps looking for something to stamp beneath my lovely sky.  I found this Stampscapes scene which I used to stamp along the bottom. I finished off with some more spray in a lovely green color.  I added more highlights/shading to finish of the tag.

I then used my Fossilized Amber Dye Ink pad to sponge in a large moon on the background. I wanted to try using the Ken Oliver's Color Bursts to create flowers.

 I sponged in my moon with a mix of the yellow, orange, and brown dye inks.  After I finished that I stamped in the stems of my flowers.   I then very carefully tried to squeeze a little of the powder around the ends of the stems.  I then spritzed with water to activate the colors.  (This was my third version)  Each time the powders ended up a little different.

Well that is all I have to share today!

Suzz