Snippet 97

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

Quite a pleasant day here yesterday since that the wind has calmed down,  lovely and sunny at least.  Not that I ventured outside,  I spent the afternoon at my craft desk, watching some of Tim Holtz live from Saturday launching 3 new 'Texture Fades' (Embossing folder), I don't necessarily watch them with intention to buy (although I did purchase a few from the Christmas Idea-ology one the week before) 🤣.  I enjoy watching them for the inspiration and techniques,  Tim showed how to colour the embossed pieces with a variety of different products,  I didn't get to the end as its 2hrs 40 minutes long!  I have been trying to watch since Saturday, I had intended to create a journal page while having Tim in the background but that didn't happen.  I find him very inspiring,  you can watch some people and it doesn't make you want to get your stuff out and create,  Vicky Papaicannou is another incredibly inspiring creator, using things that have never really interested me up until now. 

  Who do you all enjoy watching??? 

Today I am sharing my version of Snippet 97, it is paired with Snippet 98, that I shared on Friday,   the background on this Snippet is created by scoring the card at 1/2 inch intervals,  really burnishing those creases so that the ink hits them as you drag the ink pad down it lightly.  The bird and flower are coloured through stencils using Oxide inks,  I created a copy paper stencil of the bird tracing around the bird stencil and cutting the inner part of the bird out, so the copy paper covers the whole background, allowing me to be able to stamp inside the bird without getting any overstamping on the background.  I used fern stamp and small poppy stamps, colouring the poppies after.  

I outlined the poppies with white posca pen to make them stand out, I added dots around the fern stamps to add interest. A little shading with a dark pencil makes the poppies 'pop' a little more. 

I really enjoyed creating this pair of Snippets, Tracey’s videos are on YouTube if you fancy having a go.  

I hope that you all have an enjoyable day, 

Love and hugs to all of you 

Sandra xxx