See the Light

 Welcome

I am on a mission to use some of the inked background that I have in my stash.  

I have quite a few that I made that either didn't work out for my card or were made just for the fun of it.

That's how this card began.  By stamping over this inky mess with a large background stamp, it was instantly transformed.  

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

• I found this piece in my stash of backgrounds.  It was sitting there because I had no idea what the heck to do with it.  Luckily, I wrote on the back of the panel what I had done! (amazing that I actually remembered to do that!)  
• Background:  I spread a thin layer of Gesso using a palette knife over the heavy weight cardstock.  Spread it on like you are buttering a piece of toast.  I let that dry completely before going onto the next step.  I got out my Vicki Boutin Art Crayons and rubbed them onto a piece of acetate.  *they are highly pigments so you don't need a lot*  I diluted them with some water and a paintbrush, then using a brayer, I rolled the colour over the dried Gesso background.
• ....and there it sat in my stash bin, until I was looking through my stamps and came across the Shattered Glass stamp from Local King and had a lightbulb moment.  I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped over the bkg. with some Distress Archival ink.  It worked so well.
• I decided to make a side fold card (you can see all the instructions HERE), so I cut the panel down into the 2 pieces needed for my card.
• I placed the square main piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession with some Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.
• I glued the pieces onto the side fold card base and then die cut the flower with the Tall Sketch Daisies die and glued them beside the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

We Love to Create Mixed Media- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA

Supplies

Stamps- See the Light (Impression Obsession); Shattered Glass (Local King)

Inks- Vicki Boutin Art Crayons, Versamark, Distress Archival

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Gesso; Wow eb powder; Tall Sketch Daisies (Poppystamps);

Paintbrush; palette knife; Brayer (Speedball); 

Woodsy Christmas

Happy Saturday
Meet today's card. 
Very fun and easy background to create using some acrylic paint and my brayer.

So here are my card details.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and brayered some acrylic paint onto it, turning the paper as I brayered to create the layers of paint you can see above.  Start with one colour then continue until you are happy with the inking. HINT:  If the inking looks too dark for your taste, brayer over it with white paint.
• While the paint dried, I stamped the tree line using my Misti.  I inked it up with some Versafine Clair black, then went back and coloured the trees with my Tombow markers to add some colour.
• I placed the matching die over the stamped trees and then die-cut them out.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti, then fussy cut it out for more interest.
• I cut down the brayered painted piece to fit the front of my card, then glued the trees over the background.  I pop dotted the sentiment over the white area of the tree line.
• I mounted the panel onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Time Out- PEACEFUL
Inkspirational- PAINT OR COLORING
My Time to Craft- CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Supplies
Stamps- Mountain Top Trees (Poppystamps); Peace, Love, Joy (Right at Home)
Inks- Versafine Clair; Tombow markers; Acrylic Paint (Paper Artsy)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- brayer; Mountain Top Trees die; pop dots; Cuttlebug

What.....No Stamping?

Good Morning!

I hope you are all well and are finding things to keep busy with during these times of isolation.

Yesterday, I played along with a fun challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers called No Stamping.

Time to think outside of the box as I love to stamp!  

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

I began by making the background piece.  I found a piece of white tissue paper in my stash, wrinkled it all up to create creases and then flattened it back out with my hands.

I rubbed some Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon and some Peacock Feathers Distress inks onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water and then pressed that onto the tissue paper.  The tissue paper will soak in all the ink quickly so try not to make it too wet.  I set it aside to dry on a flat surface.

As it dried, I die cut a window from my white cardstock and then went on to die-cutting the flowers.

When the tissue was dry, I glued it behind the cut out window and then added the flowers, arranging them in a random fashion.

I love the way the white flowers look against that colourful bkg.

I glued it onto a piece of matching blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- NONE!

Inks- Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); Tissue paper (Dollar Store)

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet; Meadow Clover die (Poppystamps);

Tall Sketch Daisies (Poppystamps); Stitched Frames (Memory Box); Cuttlebug