Art Raffle - Shiny

Today, a schoolgirl made... an entry for an art raffle!

This month's theme was "Shiny", so I thought it would be easy. It's a pretty open topic, right? WRONG. The first thing I realised when I started work was how little shiny stuff I actually had. Could I find the silver gems I wanted? No. How about some little metal charms? No. But finally I worked out what shiny stuff I actually had - Glossy Accents, Glamour Dust, and purple gems. I also had a beautiful old magazine with lots of pictures I could cut up, and some pretty flowers.

So, what did I do?

First - I took a strip of corrugated card and pulled off some of the paper so the corrugation showed through.

Next - I painted the card dusky pink

Then - I stamped swirls on the card in versamark ink, and embossed them with a clear powder

Next - I cut out a womans head and a pair of wings from the magazine, coated the wings with glossy accents and glamour dust and let them dry

And Finally - I stuck everything down, and added a few purple gems as a necklace!

There, one entry done. I really didn't want to part with this one - it's the first entry I've made that I actually wanted to keep. Still, if I win I get this back and lots more...

Keeping my fingers crossed!