craftykiwimama

Nevermore Academy Alumni

About this Project

I had such fun creating this card and you may recall the previous card I shared, which features another panel from this cool Misfits Quick Card Front Set from Whimsy Stamps. I've been having such fun watching the Wednesday series. I had some ideas about creating a card which could be themed around the characters of this series. The Hyde intrigued me and when I was looking through my stash just hunting for inspiration, I came across the panel with this intriguing yellow eyed character and it made me think of the Hyde from the Wednesday series. The Hyde doesn't actually look like this, none of these images look like the actual characters, but they are part of groups with similar 'abilities' so I decided I'd make this card as if these characters were Nevermore Academy 'alumni' from these specific groups. The images I think were kinda fun and worked well for the groups I chose to represent, the Hydes, the Sirens and the Avians. There are lots of character groups I could have chosen from but I think these fit really well. I think this slightly sinister looking character was a fun choice for the Siren and the dark eyed character I chose for the Avian, was the right size for the frames, so I went through a few options of 'groups' she could belong to, but Avian felt like the best fit. I stamped names of the 'groups' using the Alphabet Mini Clear Stamps onto white cardstock, which I used two distress inks, Old Paper and Frayed Burlap to colour the cardstock. I edged each little panel with Vintage Photo ink. I then layered the inked and stamped panels onto gold cardstock which was die-cut with one of the Quick Strips 4 dies, to add details to each end of the gold matte. I distressed the gold mattes with black VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink to knock back the brightness of the gold and make it sit better in this scene with its more grungy finish.