Seaside card

Hi Everyone, Brenda here with a card using the new Tim Holtz Nautical Blueprint stamps - if you love seaside themes these could be a great addition to your supplies.

I started by creating a background using distress inks and the wrinkle free technique which gave me a lovely mottled watery look.

I then put the card through the bubble embossing folder but I only embossed the sides one at a time rather than the whole card in the EF.

I stamped the dollar urchin and used some distress embossing powders and then touches of distress paints and distress inks to achieve the textured colourful look.

I also stamped and painted the conch shell, again using distress inks and paints, but because the colour was too strong for the look I wanted I over-painted with white linen ink.

So I began to gather the bits together having a rough idea in my head how I wanted to lay the pieces out. I find I don't always use everything and I sometimes add other bits later on.

This is the backing mount with white text stamped with picket fence distress paint. 

I decided towards the end to add the letters to form the word sea using Tim's alpha parts painted with distress paints and rubbed back to give that distressed look. I also used the hashtags stamps on a cut off part of a tag.

Maybe you will find some time to have a play with stamps and inks this week, if you do have fun.

hugs Brenda xx

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I'm rather fond of this hat!

Hello! Hope this finds you you well! In my previous post I showed you how I made a tag using paints, a palette knife, Grunge Paste and stamps. Today I thought I'd show you another version using the same techniques but different colours! The basic principle is exactly the same except I started with a plain tag instead of using Tissue Wrap as a basis.

I started by scraping a thin covering layer of Yellow Submarine on to the tag using a palette knife (or old credit card!) As you go over areas that have already had a paint on you start to build layers - in the first photo (1) you can see lighter and darker areas where paint has naturally started to build up. Then I added a layer of white paint (2) and finally layers of yellow, blue and purple, using a baby wipe to remove any excess paint. The final stage was to add two Grunge Paste arrows and, when dry, I added paint with my finger and baby wiped off any excess as before.

The lady was created as before by stamping onto Tissue Paper and then painting the reverse with the same colours as the background. The hat was from a different stamp set but she looks might fine in it! I said in my last post that my Tim Holtz alphabet had been borrowed by a friend but luckily she'd returned in in time for this tag!

I hope that if you have never tried using paint in this way before that you feel more confident - you really don't need much equipment - do let me know if you do try, I'd love to see what you make!

Gabrielle x

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