Aurelia

One thing I really love about the Holiday season is the singing. I love music and singing and will admit to singing Christmas carols even during the summer if I am in a particularly good mood, though I'm just as likely to be singing Broadway show tunes then, too.

Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday challenge: Christmas with Non-traditional Colours
Creative Craft Cottage: Christmas
Penny's Paper-crafty: Christmas
Crafter's Cafe: Christmas
Scibbles Designs challenge: Happy Holidays
The Crafty Addicts: Winter Blues
Tuesday Throwdown: Add Gems/Pearls
The Paper Shelter: More then 1 of Anything (rhinestones)
Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
Painting in an airport while waiting for a flight

Supplies

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Putting It Together

Our trip back home from vacation was fraught with all sorts of unexpected issues including a 4 hour layover in Chicago's airport. I was glad I had pre-stamped some images the day before before packing up my supplies and clothes and everything else. I was able to do some watercolouring in the airport while waiting for the flight to finally get us home.

I painted Aurelia using watercolour pencils and a waterbrush. With the pencil set in a 'brush tube', it keeps them contained and handy. Since a waterbrush holds its own water, there's no need to have a cup of water at hand. This makes for a very compact and portable painting set up as long as you have pre-stamped images or are painting free-hand. Unless you're doing a technique with a heavy saturation of water, the painting dries very fast and so minimises mess or runs. I will definitely be doing this again on any trip.

At home (ahhh home *smile*), I fussy cut the angel leaving a border to keep her notes. I also added Wink of Stella to her wings. 

Several weeks ago, as an experiment, I used a texture tile designed for clay work as a stamp on light card stock. I used lilac ink because I just wanted to see if the tile would work as a background stamp, but I liked the look of it so much I have been wanting to put it together with Aurelia for a while. 

As a background for the music panel, I used a wrapping paper I got while on my vacation. After taking this picture, I actually did cut a more 'even' piece for the final (and promptly forgot to take a picture at this stage with it, doh!). 

I used a dark blue card base to enhance the blues in the card.

Aurelia is adhered with foam mounting tape to give her a little dimension. I also added six lavender rhinestones from Recollections. 

Inside, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed it with a sapphire sparkly powder. I also added a strip of the wrapping paper as an added decoration.