Fantasy Castle

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great weekend.  It's still very cold with piles of snow here in Ontario, Canada.  We are looking forward to Spring, it's been a very long, cold winter, the toughest that I can remember.    However the sun has been shining a lot in the last month which always feels good. 

Chocolate Baroque has just launched gorgeous new stamp sets for March:   Fantasy Castles, Magical Landscapes and a Spring Fairy Collection.

I have a design today featuring a castle and clouds from the gorgeous new Fantasy Castles.   I love the details in all the new designs they are quite beautiful.  I wanted to create a true fantasy with a castle in the sky surrounded by clouds.  

I used Teal & Cut Grass Dylusions Inks to create the smaller background.   Next I stamped the castle and clouds with Cobalt Archival Ink.    I bleached the ink away from the clouds and painted them with Midnight Dylusions Ink (using my craft mat, water & brush).   I coloured the castle with Prisma pencils and added glitter to highlight some areas.  

The larger background was created with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink using an acrylic block.   I stamped with a decorative textile stamp from Indian Textiles using Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. 

I distressed all the edges and added a little Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.   I added a strip of background between the layers that I had cut away from the smaller background.

Here is a look at the new Castle stamp collection on special this month.   They are available individually or as a set:

If you have a chance, please drop by Chocolate Baroque's Design Team Blog to see what my talented teammates have created.

Thanks for your visit and have a great day,
Shirley