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A quick one today sharing another card using a gel printed background. The initial stamping looked like this...
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Once again I seem to have time for crafting or blogging, not both! I have had a bit of time in the craft room making birthday cards.
The cards started off with gel plate printed backgrounds. These were made with a layer of dye based ink brayered onto the plate, followed by a sprinkle of Brusho crystal pigment and a spritz with water. It doesn't take long to make a stack of lovely backgrounds.
I used mostly Lavinia and Card-Io stamps, starting with lighter shades of dye based ink in the background and black Archival ink in the foreground.
Then the time consuming bit is adding in all the detail to create more depth, using Posca paint pens, white gel pen and Inktense pencils. To finish off the edges were darkened with Distress ink.
Another card...
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At last holiday time has arrived and the weather is cold and wet...perfect for crafting!
Today I'm sharing a tag for TAWI using moodboard colours and the prompts sea, fish and cup. The tag also had to include collage which isn't something I usually go for, but managed some torn paper in the background.
Then I forgot to take any more photos until it was finished! I stencilled and stamped the net and bubbles onto the card. The fish, cup and shells were stamped on card and cut out. The fish and cup needed a bit of masking to make it look as if the fish is inside.
I enjoyed making this more than I thought I would with the odd combination of elements.
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Just a quick one today, sharing a masculine birthday card using a Beck Seddon stamp set..
I went back to one of my favourite techniques of stamping and masking off the main image, swooshing the card through spritzed ink, adding stencilling, adding shadows with ProMarkers and finishing off with a sentiment...and of course adding in a few splatters!
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Back to card making this week with a card for the #TagAlongCIC card inspiration challenge with Isa.
The challenge was to follow a layout by group member Sylvie Collet and incorporate the mood board colours and sea themes.
I started by stamping and embossing a seascape using stamps from a lot of different sets. I used liquid watercolour and actually was quite happy with the result, however that's not really in keeping with the mixed media style of the group.
After some stamping and splattering this is my version...
I managed to include the mood board colours, lighthouse, house and the button.
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I've been experimenting again with some new and old stencils designed by Giovanna Zara.
I started by tracing the shapes with a black Stabilo All pencil which is water soluble.
I used liquid watercolour to build up the layers.
With a few Posca paint spatters to finish.
I really love how this turned out and will be experimenting with different compositions. I'd love to hear what you think.
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Recently I had a wonderful parcel of stencils from Giovanna Zara including her designs for GelliArts.
I thought Brusho would be good for a first play.
I layered the images using both the stencils and the masks, starting with the palest colour lemon yellow and then working through leaf green, sea green and violet.
I love the texture you can get with Brusho when you control the amount of water
Lots of fun and lots of inky fingers by the end. I've lots of ideas for these so watch this space...
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