Coooooey!
My card today was made using a stencil from Memory Box ‘Texture Wave’ and stamping through the gaps with a variety of clear peg stamps from Cardios’ Majestix range using Versacolor ink pads….Simples!
Can’t stop…things to do, places to be.
Have a groovy weekend!
Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by.
It’s been a fabulous week for gardening, although Wednesday was a tad too hot for me (25C) and weirdly hot for mid April. Of course, once I get home from work there’s also lots to do in our garden, but I did get one evening free to play with some new crafty goodies.
Yes, it’s another floral image, but I’m a sucker for them!
This set is called Persian Motifs from Altenew…
… & I used a fabulous gold, glittery embossing powder from Wow - Pearl Gold Sparkle (thank you Kate for the heads up on this amazing product).
I have finally caught up with the rest of civilisation & got my mitts on some (ahem!) distress ink pads. I say ‘some’…. cough…
…cough… I mean all of the distress ink pads. These are the mini versions that come in packs of 4…
…and I got them from the USA via Amazon UK, so there wasn’t any customs to pay, free P&P and in many cases they were at least £2 cheaper than anyone sells them for in the UK.
Having embossed my image (on water colour paper), I painted the flower with water (see left-hand image), then, using my mini distress ink pads, I pressed my chosen colours onto a craft mat, added a bit of water then very lightly added the ‘paint’ to my image, allowing the water to move the colour about.
Easy water colouring.
Time for the foliage…
‘Watering’ the image beforehand creates such a beautiful effect, no need to brush.
When the card had dried I felt it needed a splash of extra glitter so I put the teeniest pinch of perfect pearls powder into some water & just went over my colour again to add a touch more sparkle.
Finally a sentiment from Winnie & Walter & a few blobs of an orange perfect pearls here & there….ooooh…and there too…lol.
Hope you like.
Have a groovy weekend everyone.
XXX
Hey Peeps!
I hope, if you’re in Blighty, that you’re enjoying the long Bank Holiday weekend.
For my card today I used a stencil from The Crafter’s Workshop ‘ Mini Circle Explosion’, to draw the circles.
Next I coloured some of the circles with a lush, lime green Sharpie & glazed them with 3-D gloss & mounted it to my card base.
Then I added a frame & 2 Memory Box ‘Chloe Stem’ flower dies.
Sentiment sticker is about a million years old (give or take…).
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
