Tranquil by moonlight

 When I made this sunset scene card a few weeks ago,  I planned to use the same ink blending technique  to make a moonlight scene, but couldn't think what image to use with it. Then I received the lovely stamp sets I won over at Stamping Sensations and know they were perfect for the job! 

I masked the edges of a square of white card then added a circular mask for the moon. I blended turquoise distress ink all over the unmasked area then added navy around the edges. Then I masked the top half of the card with scrap paper and added more navy to the bottom, drawing the sponge out horizontally from the edges to give a rippled effect. 

Next I used navy and turquoise Versafine inks to stamp the boat, lighthouse and seagull, stamping the turquoise layer several times to get a good deep colour, after all, everything looks darker at night. Finally I removed the masking from the edges and stamped the bulrushes. I know bulrushes don't grow by the sea, but I didn't have any suitable shoreline plants and I really wanted something to overlap into the border! Anyway, in the dark, who can tell that it isn't really some kind of dune grass? 

I am sharing this with 

Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors  

Colour Hues - Navy and Turquoise  

Daring Cardmakers - Masculine 

Watercooler Wednesday - Masculine 

Cardz 4 Guyz - Monochrome