Weeping Angels, scariest Dr Who baddies ever?
My youngest son is a HUGE fan of Weeping Angels. If you haven't come across them before, they are Dr Who menaces who first appeared in the episode Blink, back when David Tennant was around. Essentially they work by plunging you in the past to live out your life there, whilst they steal the energy of your potential future. This isn't really what makes them so scary.
They are terrifying because they can only move when you aren't watching them. "In the sight of any living being, they literally turn into stone. And you can't kill a stone. Of course, a stone can't kill you either, but then you turn your head away. Then you blink. Then, oh yes, it can... Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could ever believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink!"
A visit to possibly the loveliest store in London Blade Rubber Stamps (opposite the British Museum) saw me spending far too much and buying some new rubber stamps. The main feature of this card is an Aubrey Beardsley angel, from Blade's own collection. It was obviously crying out to be a Weeping Angel, so I made it one. The torn wallpaper message is also a reference to Blink, where the heroine of the episode is warned by finding a message under ancient wallpaper in an abandoned house.
Inside the card - really duck Sally Sparrow, duck now
As cards go, this one took me a while. It was difficult to get the different elements to gel. As soon as I put the message on the front, it stood out too strongly and stole from the angel. I used Tria markers on the angel image and background to try to link the pieces with colour, but the angel still seemed to drift into the background. I solved this by using Glossy Accents on the angel to make it stand out.
Ingredients for Weeping Angel
Beardsley Angel stamp - Blade Rubber Stamps
Distress Ink in "chipped sapphire"
"Wallpaper effect" paper free from a magazine, matted onto black/gold tissue card offcut (and black/gold tissue paper inside)
Letraset Metallic marker in green
Letraset Tria markers: pink R327 and green G136
Pentel Chinese calligraphy brush pen
Zebra Jimnie gel pen in silver
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
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