Tuesday 2 February 2016

Q is For Queen

Hello.  Welcome.  It's been a while since I played at PaperArtsy where the current challenge is hearts.  So I was lurking around and spotted a lovely post by Debs where she stamped a heart background.  I decided to combine with the Craft Barn's Dictionary challenge and alter one of my giant playing cards.  


I stuck a piece of lined paper onto my playing card and stamped the collage heart from Paperartsy HP1105.  I added a piece of ripped book paper.  Norwegian.  Could be an exciting story!   


I stamped the queenly looking lady from Paperartsy LPC007, coloured some grunge paste black and applied it through Tando's distorted harlequin mask. 


I hadn't realised how big the definition of queen is in the dictionary!  So I added the definition at a bit of an angle and then offset my fussy cut queen down and to the right of the stamped image.  Actually I quite like that!  It a bit like a very detailed shadow.  A pictorial echo?


Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Paperartsy Topic 2 - Hearts
The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - Q

16 comments:

Scrapmate said...

Love the queen stamp and your background.

Kay Wallace said...

Great altered giant playing card, Gail! I love how you created the queen's shadow (out of necessity!). Brilliant! She is quite lovely, indeed. Thanks for the visit to my blog and for the giveaway info!

Annie said...

She is quite a delightful queen! Love all these great techniques you used on this art piece. It's a teriffic collage!

Salnclts said...

Beautiful!!

Unknown said...

Wow!! Really Beautiful!!!!!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's a wonderful creation.

Crafty Claire said...

Great use of the stencil to ground the queen. A lovely card xx

kaybee said...

Love all the layering, and perfect stamp too!

Laura said...

Gorgeous. I love the echo effect!

Anonymous said...

great collage. I love the impression of the depth in your work!

Craftyfield said...

Great queen! The shadow doesn't look out of place and the background hearts look good too.

buterfliecrafter said...

love your grungy queen.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

This is gorgeous. The stamp you used was beautiful, especially because I'm not a stamper. I really enjoyed the ghost image you created, too. This is a fun and lovely entry.

WendyK said...

Brilliant, love your Queen.

gardenpinks said...

A superb piece and yes i like the shadow effect too x

maggie said...

Love the shadow you created. A great alteration to the playing card.