this week at Wednesday Stamper the challenge was 'EGYPT'.I don't have any stamps that would cover this theme, but I do have a keen interest in history... so I thought of Howard Carter straight away... So I found this rather Dapper looking image of him, and the image in the BG is of a Watercolour the man himself painted.
I printed out the Painting, in B&W, then rubbed it over with Versa Color Khaki, and it made it look Gold...
Journaling on the ATC reads - 'after excavation down to the Plaster Blocks of the tomb, at 4PM on November 26, 1922, Howard Carter broke through and made one of the 20th Century's most amazing discoveries -
Tutankhamun's Tomb'.
For this Egyptian theme ATC - I've used Catslife Press - Grunge Date Stamp, Making Memories number rubber stamps, Artchix word, Collections Word, Versa Color Khaki, black & clear embossing powder, Red tombow pen (for tie) and my sewing machine.
30 comments:
Very cool Gillian!
Gillian, you have such a unique and beautiful style to all you do! Thanks for sharing your art with us! Have a wonderful day! Kim
great ideafor this theme - love it
soooo CLEVER!!!! what a wonderful solution to make this theme!
Very original....great work Gillian!
Great Idea!!
Great idea, wonderful work!
Oh Yes Gillian.. way to go in interpreting the theme in a nice different way..
Love this :-)
Glad you are taking part in our swaps as I like your work :-)
Vey impressive take on this week's theme.
love the history behind this- so original and lovely atc as well. gorgeous work.
When I saw the theme at Wednesdaystamper, I thought, Oh! my Good, I don't like Egyptian things. Then I saw your entry and this inspire me for my card.
Thanks Gillian, you have always good ideas.
gaby
Very beautiful.
Great!! Love it!
WOW love it, and your little mans ATC too!!
Now aren't you too creative?! I'd have thought, oh well, no stamps to go with that theme! You did your homework and made quite the clever ATC to rise to the challenge! Impressed, indeed.
Gillian you are CLEVER! This is one of the best Egyptian cards I saw. Wonderful!
What a wonderful card. Very nice with the Dapper photo :)
Very different to all the other cards and therefore very special. I like it and especially the idea and how you helped yourself.
Fabulous...love how you didn't go for the predictable.
I wish I had time to do this one as I love the Egyptian theme.
I've been away for three weeks... you've been seriously busy. Love it all.
Love your son's atc too... talent must run in the family!
What a great idea!!
This is a very interesting art!!! I like it very much!!!
Great card and idea. This was a hard challenge if you didn't have the eygptian stamps.
Great take on the Egypt theme Gill
It looks fab, love the vintage thing
Love the vintage look on this one!!!
I never would have the idea to take Howard Carter for my card, but it's a great idea and a great card!
well done, you certainly got around the problem of not having any egyptian stamps
I like your take on this theme. I didn't have any Egyptian stamps either. Your ATC is so cool.
what a fancy idea for this theme!
Very clever indeed...brilliant 'out of the box' thinking.
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