Pink ink dragon

Good morning folks

On Friday it was my eldest son's birthday and this is the card I made for him. This is a very detailed post - so grab a cuppa and make yourself comfortable.

He is a big fan of Game of Thrones so when I saw this dragon stamp from Pink Ink designs I knew it would be perfect. The stamp is called Dragon from Pink Ink's mythical series. I stamped the image onto Sheena's stamping card and coloured it with pixie powders which I used as a watercolour paint. I also stamped the wing stamp onto velum and colour it in the same manner.

For this card I have used - 

• Dragon stamp - Mythical series from Pink Ink Designs
• Pixie powders - burnt orange, lava red, peacock green and rich gold. All from Creative Expressions
• Spectrum Noir's black onyx Sparkle pen
• Sheena's stamping card, watercolour card and velum all from Crafter's Companion
• matt black card (for the card base)
• brushed gold mirri
• black soot distress ink
• Tonic layering squares and circles die set 

To make the background I made a wash from the black onyx Sparkle pen onto watercolour card and while it was still wet I sprinkled on some pixie powders. Then I allowed it to dry.

To make the white background I sprinkled a wet piece of watercolour card with the pixie powders and then dried it with a heat tool which allowed me to make some of the areas 'run' and blend. I then cut out a circle of the card and stamped the swirls around the edge. Finally to finish I added some black soot distress ink to the outer edge.

Quite a detailed card but I am really pleased with the way it turned out.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley