AECP Level 1 Seasonal Scene Building

by Karen Ferrante

written by Karen Ferrante

This is my submission for Level 1 Seasonal Scene Building taught by Nichol Spohr. This class gave me so many ideas for creating some interesting and fun scenes!

Techniques and Design Principles

Mountain background with dimension by making the closer mountains a darker color
Using stencils to add an interesting background
Frames and borders to add interest to the scene
A circle “window” with a scene behind
Bright ink blending behind the dragon fly to create a focal point
Multiple die cuts for the dragon fly and foam tape to add dimension
Embellishments to add some shine

Steps

First I stenciled the panel for the base using gray inks starting with the lightest color on top. I moved the stencil down and shifted it to make each layer of the mountains look a little different. The darkest color is in the front in order to give the mountains illusions of dimension.
I then put a sheet of vellum over a panel of double sided adhesive sheet and cut it down to a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panel.
I cut the dragon fly out of vellum and brush gold cardstock.
The body of the dragon fly is inked with the gray inks. I also added some detail the body with a gold pen.
Next I glued the vellum and brushed gold cardstock together to just the body so that I could curl the wings up a bit for dimension.
I then positioned the dragon fly where I wanted it on the card and cut a circle out.
After that, I ink blended Citrus Burst, Chamomile, and Snapdragon inks to add gradient color to the cut out circle vellum.
Next I peeled off the adhesive backing and placed it over the stenciled background.
I did the same with the ink blending circle.
Next I cut out a circle frame and adhered it over the circle to bring focus to the dragon fly.
I then popped up the dragon fly with some foam squares.
Next I added the sentiment using the stampwheel.
I also trimmed the edges so that I could add a Brushed Gold frame.
Finally I added some embellishments for a little bit of sparkle.