Soaking Up the Sun

Good Morning

I just can't wait for some better weather to arrive.  

Big snowstorm here where I live yesterday.  

I do live near a Conservation Area, so this stamp always reminds me of that.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by creating the background.  I did that using my Gel Plate and a fun technique I first saw Lydia Fiedler do on one of her lives.  
• So, I pressed Salty Ocean into the center of my plate, then some Blueprint Sketch along the sides and brayered the colours together.
• Now here's the fun part.......I gently folded my Gel Plate in half, letting the sides touch mostly in the middle.  I opened it back up, laid it flat and then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to take my print.  It looked so cool...like water.  (To see another bkg I did this way, go HERE)
• I got out this beautiful Egrets in Reeds and placed it into my Misti.  I inked it up with black ink and stamped over my Gel Plate print.  
• I cut my card base at 4 1/4 inches square, then glued the panel to a piece of matching cardstock, then onto the card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MAKE IT MASCULINE

Crafty Animals- ANYTHING WITH AN ANIMAL GOES

Crafter's Cafe- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamp- Egrets in Reeds (Magenta)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; Misti