Monday, 16 April 2012

A Sea of Greens

I had a great day at Alexandra Palace on Saturday, met lots of lovely people, watched some great demonstrations and of course spent a little bit of money. Amongst the goodies that I bought were some Pan Pastels. I never thought that I needed them until I saw them being demonstrated, now I'm hooked.
The Artful Times latest challenge theme is A Sea of Greens and as I had two greens in the Pan Pastels that I'd bought I decided to see what I could do with them and this is the result.


I coloured some white card with the paler green Pan Pastel and then I stencilled some Versamark through a lovely Crafters Workshop fern mask and then I carefully went over the Versamark with the darker green Pan Pastel. I sprayed some cheap hairspray over the card to seal the pastels. I edged the card with shabby shutters and forest moss Distress ink. I liked the effect that I'd got so decided to keep the card simple and just added the PaperArtsy sentiment, some flowers and some ribbon that I'd dyed with Distress Stains.
I was very pleased with my first attempt with the pastels but the photo isn't very good, in real life the green is very bright.
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18 comments:

  1. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans16 April 2012 at 09:50

    Beautiful Hazel, I love the fern. Tracy x

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  2. Valerie-Jael16 April 2012 at 09:55

    Lovely piece, Hazel!

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  3. Von16 April 2012 at 10:02

    Beautiful result Hazel :)
    Thank you for sharing with us at Artful Times
    Von x♥x

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  4. Cath Wilson16 April 2012 at 10:43

    It's beautiful, Hazel - love the greens and the fern is fab x

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  5. Anonymous16 April 2012 at 11:42

    It's a gorgeous card, Hazel. Absolutely love it!

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  6. Anonymous16 April 2012 at 14:02

    Beautiful soft delicate background perfect for the sentiment.
    Gorgeous.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  7. sam21ski16 April 2012 at 14:33

    Hehehehehe just knew you'd have to get some, they are very addictive and did you know there are 80 of them - lol.

    Love your first attempt with them.

    Thanks for playing along with us again this week over on Artful Times.

    Sam xxx

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  8. chrissie16 April 2012 at 15:14

    Really lovely and you have done wonders with the pastels. The sentiment is terrific as well

    xxx

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  9. Hazel West16 April 2012 at 15:31

    Another lovely creation Hazel x

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  10. Anonymous16 April 2012 at 17:51

    Hazel this is a super card and love how you have kept it simple but simply beautiful Great masking and those Pan Pastels are calling out to me too !

    Marie

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  11. Anonymous16 April 2012 at 17:52

    Hi Hazel. Beautiful card. Love the softness of it. Enjoy your new stash.
    Regards Florence xx

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  12. Karin16 April 2012 at 22:10

    I love this beautiful creation Hazel, I've not tried Oan pastels yet but now I'm itching to play.

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  13. WendyK16 April 2012 at 22:16

    A lovely card Hazel, great saying and I love the fern stencil. I keep being tempted by the pastels !!!!!

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  14. Maria16 April 2012 at 23:24

    Oh my word, this is stunning. I've looked at these a few times but you've just converted me Hazel. I love this.

    Maria x

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  15. Neet17 April 2012 at 11:13

    I have heard so much about these pastels, now I am thinking I might need to get some. I love the card you have made, such a subtle green, it really is beautiful and very classy.
    Thanks for joining us at Artful Times with such a lovely card. Hugs, neet xx

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  16. G Peplow17 April 2012 at 18:59

    Brilliant love the soft green background xxx

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  17. Elizabeth18 April 2012 at 19:28

    Gorgeous - love all your greens and the sentiment is perfect with that background. Elizabeth x

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  18. Unknown19 April 2012 at 20:20

    Heavenly and pastels are wonderful to work with and very versatile. Glad you enjoyed Alexandra Palace have fun with your stash! Cxx

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