Trying new things

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that today finds you warm and dry,  I hope that our weather settles down to something near normal for this time of year!  Instead we seem to be going from one storm to another, bringing either severe winds or flooding, for quite a few years we have had snow on or around Sophie & Lucy's birthday, that is 'normal' weather for early February not lashing winds and mass flooding.  Anyway lets help it calms down for a few days, we got caught in a hail storm yesterday,  my goodness did it sting as it hit you, I was with the girls, which means there were fits of laughter,  we were soaked through our clothes by the time we got back to Soph's car !  It took ages to warm up when we got home. 

After our trip I warmed my fingers back to life I sat at my desk to try something new!  I wanted to have a go at a technique in that last magazine I shared with you.  

I used the free stamp from 'Stamps By Me' that came as part of the free stamp collection.  I placed the stamp onto my stamp platform and added a piece of card to the base, (now it is important to butt your watercolour card up to the corner, so that you can replace your stamped piece EXACTLY in the same position )

I used my Zig Clean Color pens to add colour to the clear stamp, purple (violet) on the flowers and Spring Green on the foliage,  I then spritzed both the inked stamp and the watercolour card before closing the platform and pressing evenly all over.  It is important to note that you are NOT seeking perfection here.  You want the image to look like it has been loosely watercoloured.  Now you can either dry your piece with heat tool or leave it to dry naturally. 

Next step is to place the inked card back in the stamp tool in exactly the same position, as we are now going to ink the stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then add the detail back onto the 'watercoloured' background.  This really brings the stamped image back to life, I added clear embossing powder to mine and heat set, this just made the black ink stand out more.  The last touch was to go in with a brown pen and colour to the stem.  

I mounted the card on to a purple card that echoed the colour of the flowers and then onto a card base. 

Now I struggled a bit deciding whether I liked it or not as I prefer things that look almost perfect,  thankfully I could appreciate it for what it is and what it's meant to be (this was my 3rd  attempt).   Pick a stamp and have a go, it is actually fun!  

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I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx