Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,
Lucy and I had a lovely afternoon out yesterday, we tried a new place called 'Cotswold Barn' for lunch, it was literally in the middle of nowhere, only about 18 miles from us, they had a good choice on the menu, we went for toasted ham.& cheese on granary bread, it had Mustard and pickles in too, it was lovely, really good ham makes such a difference. It wasn't cheap, but we have come to expect that anything in the Cotswolds or calling themselves 'Cotswold' Barn, cafe, farm etc, seems to add a premium to their prices.
We got home at around 4pm so I went straight to ky desk to create something for today's post.
I was looking through my stamps and found the beautiful 'Floristry ' stamp that I bought last year, I have used the sentiments on different cards but I hadn't used the floral stamp, it's that big that it comes with its own grid stamp block, I used my stamp platform though, I was inspired by one of Tim Holtz 'makers', I stamped a piece of the stamp in the bottom corner and a little bit for balance on the opposite corner, I stamped in Black Soot Archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder, as I find this really helps keep the black ink a nice crisp black. I was undecided what to use to colour the stamped image, after 20 minutes of deliberation I decided to use Distress inks to watercolour the image, I smooshed the inks onto my craft mat and just relaxed and sat and coloured for about 25 minutes, I bled some of the colours out and around the image to give the background some colour and interest, it doesn't show up on the photo above but its clearer on this one.......
After the ink had dried I added some stitching, I stitched it onto a white mat with 1/8 border, then I added a black mat to tie in the black ink and cotton, then onto a 5.5 inch square Kraft card base. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of card and clear embossed, I added the same colours to the background as I used to colour the flowers. I added a black mat to the sentiment and added some black cotton behind the sentiment strip. I have to say I really enjoyed creating this card, colouring with the Distress inks was simple and effective.
I hope that you all have a good day,
Love and hugs to all of you,
Sandra xxx
I seem to have left my comment for today on yesterdays ,well the
ReplyDeleteFirst part is today, the rest is about yesterday’s card. So sorry my brain isn’t functioning right at the moment. Love today’s card.
Will try and do better tomorrow. Lilian
Hi Sandra and all looking in. You made a lovely card both yesterday and today. I love both of the stamps you have used. I must make myself sit down at my desk and do some crafting! I have been seewing the last couple of afternoons, just repairs and small alterations. I hate wearing tops that show my bra on the underarm so I had several that needed taking in a little.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have a good evening. Take care. Love Sue xx
Beautiful card I love that stamp
ReplyDeleteHad a bowls match this afternoon So feeling a bit tired now Daughter has asked me to make a newborn hat So I will be doing that this evening
Take care everyone xx
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love to sit and colour in, it's relaxing and calming to sit and do what you like.
Vi have been to visit sister in law today and it was a good day with a nice late lunch at their Harvester. Now sitting with a mug of tea and soon bed so I'm going to say goodnight to you all and hope your day was ok. See you tomorrow 😊 Hugs, Maria xx