Neverland Scenic Stamping

Today I am sharing my second scene for the May challenge at Craft a Scene, 'Ships in the Night'. There is still plenty of time to join us in the challenge.

On my last scene, 'The Black Pearl', Alison left a comment that it reminded her of Peter Pan, which I totally agreed with, and one reason might have been that we have often read Peter Pan at bedtime lately. I thought it was a great idea for another scene. Thank you Alison!

This is another half-sheet scene (8.5 x 5.5 in), done on glossy cardstock and coloured with dye inks. I used the sweet Neverland set from Artistic Outpost for the children and the sentiment. I wanted an island of course and used two new Stampscapes stamps, Rocky Waterside Left and Right for that. They are mirror images of each other. Here's a scene where I used them in another way. I stamped the one fully, and used a stamp positioner to line up the second one to create the island. To reduce the mirrored effect a bit, I added some more pine trees and bushes to the island, and the Stampscapes Spooky Branch sm. stamp was perfect for Peter Pan's hideout, the Hangman's Tree. I used the same ship as on The Black Pearl scene and wished I had a crocodile stamp too. I wanted a rough sea and stamped the Waves Sm. repeatedly. The sky is simple, with just a few clouds and birds.

I was in the mood for a black and white scene. If you have never tried this, I encourage you to try it out, it is a great way to learn about values, shadows and highlights and it is fun doing a scene with very few inks. You could use only black ink, but I like to start out with a lighter grey and used two shades of grey in addition to black. The stars and highlights were added with a white gel pen and quite a bit of mist with white pigment ink, dry-brushed on the scene.

Thank you for stopping by!!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Artistic Outpost Neverland; Beeswax Ship; Stampscapes: Tree Duo 085A, Cloud Bits 292C, Waves Sm. 297C, Spooky Branch Sm., Rocky Waterside Left 324G, Rocky Waterside Right 325G, Winter Twigs 367B
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black ink; Distress Ink: Black Soot; Jenni Bowlin: Weather Vane; Memento: Grey Flannel; Colorbox Frost White
Surface: Kromecote glossy cardstock