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); 

Rainbow Wishes

Good Morning.

I've had some extra time this long weekend to make some cards which has been fun.

I am also playing along with some of the challenges at Splitcoast Stampers for their big event held every year with contests and prizes for it's members.  I just love it there and I am always inspired by the creative spirit found there.  It is such a wonderful community of people.

This was a simple card, tried to make it more masculine and fun.

I began by placing the Shattered Glass stamp inside my Misti, inked with Versamark and pressed onto my heavy weight paper.  I then clear heat embossed the image.

Next, I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto my non-stick craft sheet.  I wet a section of my card front with water and using a paint brush, dripped the inks onto that area.  I continued around my card front adding the different colours and letting the inks run over each other.

When the piece was dry, I stamped the birthday sentiment in the center using my Misti and Archival black ink and added some Nuvo Drops.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dare 2B Artzy- PASTEL COLOURS

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Create- ANYTHING CREATIVE/MIXED MEDIA

Supplies

Stamps- Shattered Glass (Local King); Handwritten Happiness (MFT)

Inks- DOX-Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade,

Broken China (TH); Versamark; Archival Black (Ranger)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; Nuvo Drops; pop dots