Bird Crazy .

Well trace here and my turn to share a make today, and I too have succumbed to those crazy birds from the one and only Tim Holtz...but if you know me you will know I do love my neutrals so here is the crazy birds , neutral style x

softer tones...

and for those who like to be a little different...

So here is how I made them ...

Apply some distress stain to craft sheet and spritz with water to create droplets. Swipe card through the colour and then heat dry . Then add to card front and trim to size -  Then place lattice layering stencil and apply distress ink in places , I tend to do two corners on one side and the opposite middle of the other side. I used frayed burlap distress ink.

Ink up script stamp using frayed burlap ( this stamp is script from classics #9) and use unmounted rolling stamp on card to get a part stamped image. repeat across areas of the card.

Now ink same stamp using hickory smoke distress ink and again randomly stamp across card front to build up the layers of interest.

 Now place numbers stencil over the card and apply some hickory smoke distress ink through part of the numbers , I used cut n dry foam but a mini blending tool works great too.

here is completed card front with all those layers ..

Now apply walnut stain distress ink around the edges using blending tool

Now stamp crazy bird of your choice in jet black archival and add colour to your image...I played with some alcohol markers here but distress markers work great too... Then use coordinating framelit dies and cut around your bird...these dies are great as they take away all the hassle of fussy cutting out...and used with magnetic base plate stay perfectly in place!

One cut I added some walnut stain distress ink around the edges .

Here is the bird placed on card front...I moved him in the end...

To complete I stamped happy birthday in jet black archival, added some dyed seam binding and finally stuck on my crazy bird.

I love that these cards are simple and yet so effective to do.....and I love how the birds can rock my much loved neutrals...

My personal favourite is this rather sad looking little one with super pale neutral tones...

And for those who like to be a little different this crazy bird reminded me of a bat ...so he has his adventurous head on and is hanging around upside down...

Hope you like my inky layered makes....and maybe you will have a play with neutral tones or maybe ... play with more colourful tones to create layered cards.

keep those fingers inky !

trace x 

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Stamp ‘n’ stain card

I was looking to do something a little diffrent when I spied a roll of canvas and immediately thought of stamping and using my stains with it. Many of you will know that I love mixing vintage colours and techniques with more contemporary designs and that's what I've done here...

I chose a flower stamp from the Paper Artsy Hot Picks 1109 set (but there are plenty of other florals to choose from in the shop). The canvas is from a roll which you can get at most good art shops. I used black archival ink to stamp the image then let it dry before going further:

To stain the canvas I used 6 Distress stains - Bundled sage (leaves), Tumbled glass and Weathered wood (petals and buds), Scattered straw and Spiced Marmalade (stamen) and Antique linen (background). To stain the flower I used a medium fine water colour brush and you have to dry the canvas after painting on each colour otherwise the colours run together (the canvas will happily take the heat from the Ranger heat gun which is not as ferocious as a general craft heat gun). When the flower was coloured and dry I dabbed the Antique linen all over the background:

I trimmed the canvas then frayed it before inking the edges with Rusty hinge DI. So far:

Having prepared a base of kraft card, inked white card and coordinated blue striped backing paper, I layered them up and glued on the canvas with tape. I added some colour matched washii tape to the left and a floral faux postage stamp:

Die cutting came next - flowers, a flourish, little bird cage, butterfly and a wooden plant pot label from the garden centre:

Left:

Right:

All done:

You don't need canvas to use your stains as paints, ordinary cardstock is fine. If you haven;t tried this already why not get more use out of your stains and have a go?

Thanks for stopping by, more from our fab team in a few days!

Chris xxx

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