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Sunday 4 November 2012

Bonfire Night Challenge at PanPastel UK

Good morning, time for a new challenge at PanPastel UK and this week we've got a 'Bonfire Night' theme for you. I struggled a bit with this one as I didn't have any firework stamps at all but managed to improvise lol.

I began by masking a moon and stamping rows of houses using stamps from Artistic Outpost. Then creating a dark night sky with PanPastels in Black, Paynes Grey and Violet Shade, removed the masks and gave it a blast of cheap hairspray to seal the PanPastel. I don't usually bother to seal it but I tried using pearl card which is very smooth so I thought I'd better seal it just to be on the safe side.

Next I coloured the couses with Graph'It markers. I rummaged through my stash and found some flower stamps from Chocolate Baroque that I thought would do for fireworks, I stamped them with versamark and then dusted over various shades of mica powders. While I was rummaging I came across some neon sakura pens that I haven't used for years so I doodled some more fireworks and added some light to the windows of the houses.

To finish off I added scraps of ribbon and fibres in lots of bright colours. 
I'm entering my tag in the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: T for tags
Forever Night: Make a tag
My Mum's Craft Shop: bold and bright
Polkadoodles: Bright colours and sparkle

As always our challenge winner will receive a fab prize, a starter set of PanPastels thanks to our lovely sponsor Berni from Your Creativity Store


As always I've got a fun packed Sunday morning cooking and ironing but hopefully it won't take too long and I'll manage to grab a few hours crafting  too. Its  freezing here, winter is definitely here we've had a few frosty mornings already so apart from walking the dogs I won't be venturing further than my craft room today
Have a lovely Sunday and thanks for popping by
Claire xx



11 comments:

  1. Great colours and stamps Claire and your houses are so cute.
    Enjoy your Sunday.
    Hugs Brenda xxx

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  2. Fantastic tag, you've captured the essence of bonfire night perfectly. Have a great day. xx

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  3. I love your fireworks tag Claire

    Jackie x

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  4. This is a great project and perfect for our challenge this week at MMCS. Thanks for joining in and hope to see you again
    x catherine

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  5. this is absolutely amazing, and i love the fact that you've used V for Vendetta on your tag! Top movie, Top Tag!!
    thanks for joining Forever Night!
    -Laila

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  6. Brilliant Tag

    Thank you for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenges

    Shaz x

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  7. Fab tag Claire, love the fireworks scene you have created. x

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  8. Very beautiful Claire. I would not have guessed that you did not use firework stamps. Very clever!

    Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.

    Mari

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  9. Gorgeous tag Claire, I love the night sky scene :)

    Thanks for joining us at MMCS Challenge Blog :)

    Tanya xx

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  10. Gorgeous tag Claire. Love the sepia tones and the rows of houses are fab.
    Hugs, Fliss xx

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  11. Gorgeous Tag, thank you for joining us at Forever Night this week. Abbie DT xx

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