Sheena has done it again with another fabulous illustrated series from Crafter's Companion called A Little Bit Magical that will be releasing on Friday the 23rd in the USA. I've seen it described as Harry Potter meets the Hobbit … with other magical bits thrown in for good measure.
The set I used for my card is called Enchanted Doorway.
The brick wall was stamped twice on a piece Tim Holtz Seasonal Paper Stash. The paper had bits of rusty tone to it, so I used a small sponge and added more with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink (reminds me of the red rocks I always found as a child when I was digging around in the ground in Missouri) and then added some moss with Forest Moss Distress Ink.
Next I used my Spectrum Noir Markers (GB2, GB4 & GB5) to color a glowing light to help lead you through the dark doorway. I finished with a sentiment from a set called Knowledge, which has an awesome stack of books image, a goblet, and an inkwell with a feather *pen* & lots of sentiments. I sponged on a lot more Spiced Marmalade ink for contrast and attached with foam tape for dimension.
If you love those books … and love this style … you're going to WANT (is NEED to strong of a word) to add these to your collection. And I know I design for them, but even if I didn't, I absolutely love how all the stamps are pre-cut and mounted and come on a great plastic binder sheet with samples of the colored images … so inspiring.
The brick wall card is awesome!!