Dragons Dream TIO - Number 8

Hello and welcome to Magpieheaven, where it's once again time to dream with the Dragons! As you probably know, we are featuring numbers on our tags at the moment and this fortnight's has been chosen by the very talented, Elizabeth. She would like us to use the number 8 and at least one real stamp on our tags. Please do take a look at the inspiration from the Team over at The Dragons Dream here. I am not offering step-by-steps on this tag, as it was inspired by a course I am taking currently with the wonderful Mary Jane Chadbourne. My tag is about experimenting, mainly with creating backgrounds, before I undertake a complete project inspired by this excellent 'Artful Gathering' course. We will be creating miniature houses, so this fortnight's tag features a fairy house with its very own number.

 I took a course with Mary Jane last year and found her to be a truly inspirational teacher and this course - all about creating the world of Tinytopia is proving to be so much fun! My only complaint is that life has been very busy outside of Tinytopia and I'm terribly frustrated that I can't work more on the little houses! The house on this tag is from a beautiful stamp set by Lin Brown for PaperArtsy's Eclectica range. I drew my eight onto the roof in white pen, outlined with black and the grass in the foreground is created using Grunge Paste coloured with Guacamole Fresco finish paint.

I highlighted the windows with Glossy Accents. The bull-rushes are a brad from 'Eyelet Outlet'. I wonder who the little occupant of Number 8 might be? In his or her world the clouds resemble lace and there are stories written across the sky! I would love to turn the handle of that tiny door and step into that 'dream' house, where it looks as if the lamp has been lit as twilight approaches.

Thank you so much for stopping by Magpieheaven today. I do hope you will be able to link up your tags to our Number 8 Challenge. We can't wait to see what you come up with!