Beautiful Day

 Good morning.

Happy to have some time to play with another great new stamp from Penny Black called Country Life and I created a simple, CAS card using it.

I wanted to give the stamp a hand-painted look so here is what I did.

I began by positioning the stamp inside my Misti then painted on some diluted Brushos directly onto my stamp.  I love playing with the Brushos as they are highly pigmented and give such lovely results.

(I use a plastic paint palette to sprinkle some Brushos into then add water and mix with a wet paintbrush.)

I pressed the inked stamp onto my heavy weight white cardstock and then lifted.  There were a few areas that didn't have quite enough pigment, so I repeated the above process.

Next, I wet my paintbrush with water and dragged the colour from the stamping out onto my paper.  You may find it helpful to wet the area first before pulling out the colour.  I think the key here is to use just a bit of water as to not lose all the details of your stamped image.

I set that aside to dry before stamping with this sentiment from the Beautiful Heart set.

I love the way the windmill looks like it has some motion.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simply Create Too- ANYTHING GOES
Time Out- RELAXATION
Craft Stamper Magazine- TAKE IT/MAKE IT

Supplies
Stamps- Beautiful Heart (PB); Country Life (PB)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Brushos
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush