Don and I enjoyed Labor Day at Lynette's place. We always have such a good time together. The weather was perfect...with a cool breeze coming through the open windows.
Lynette and I had a bunch of fun techniques to try. Our first project was inspired by a collage-y card made by a member of the Facebook group, "Come crafting with Natasha"...as in Natasha Foote.
We created a background using Stampin Up! celery ink with a sequin waste stencil (circles), Distress Abandoned Coral ink with a stencil from Lynette's stash and Distress Squeezed Lemonade.
Then we stamped images in Versafine Onyx Black ink using:
BoBunny Mixed Media stamp #2604841: circles and perpendicular lines
Stampin' Up! Avant Garden: twig
and an unknown butterfly stamp.
The flowers were made by dry embossing white cardstock with the Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder.
Then Lynette die cut the flowers with a Sizzix Tim Holtz Big Flower Tattered Florals thick die.
The center circles were cut from rose cardstock using two punches: 3/4 inch and a 1/4 inch.
Our Bird with Tickets cards were inspired by a Zoey Scarpelli card seen on the Stampers Anonymous Instagram. We stamped Hero Arts H2141 Manuscript Backgroundscript background stamp twice to fill the panel using Distress Hickory Smoke ink.
We ink blended with Distress Vintage Photo ink and the sequin waste circle stencil at the top left and bottom right of the panel. We also ink blended the background panel with Distress Vintage photo, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey and Gina K's Blue Denim.
Lynette used a Stampers Anonymous bird stamp, inked with Hero Arts Brilliance Mediterranian Blue ink. Then to get the design on her bird, She used a clear Hero Arts background stamp on the table and pressed her inked bird to it, creating the design...a technique known as "kissing".
Tickets were made with clear stamps of unknown manufacturer.
The small heart is an old Stampin' Up!wood mounted stamp from 1994.
Our Butterfly card was inspired by Des Papillons by Gervaise found on Pinterest and also on Canalblog/Scrap Photos
https://gervaisescrap.canalblog.com/albums/cartes_14/photos/114512694-sam__3_.html?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic
Lynette developed a technique for our background by...
swiping an inkpad on a craft sheet,
spritzing it with water
then dipping a scrunched strip of bubble wrap in it
and tapping it on a layer of watercolor paper.
We ended up liking SU Tempting Turquoise and Green Galore inks. If you look closely you will see the Distress Broken China, which has a more muted tone-a more gray blue color.
Used Versafine Onyx Black for the stamping:
Compass from Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints Strip Travel Cling Rubber Stamps thmb008
Hummingbird from Stampin' Up! Bloomin' Marvelous
Tiny script wood stamp from Stampa Rosa@TinCanMail, 2000
BoBunny mixed media-3 circles
and Bo Bunny Airmail Stamps-the number 23.
Our next project was about creating a watercolor look with stamping. We referred to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYlVmbDbod0&t=219s
Beth also has a blogpost for this, Avant Garden ~ A card all about Sale-a-Bration
https://bethrush-bethspapercuts.blogspot.com/2017/01/avant-garden-card-all-about-sale-bration.html
Beth stamped on SU shimmery white cardstock saying it would hold up to watercoloring better than plain cardstock. We did not have the SU shimmery white cardstock, so we used watercolor paper.
For our first try, we stamped the flowers on dry watercolor paper, let it dry, then used a waterbrush to "paint" over the color hoping the color would spread a bit. We did not get much activity with the waterbrush.
Above is our second try. First we spritzed the watercolor paper with water, then stamped the images. As you can see, we have more movement of water. I'm not sure I like this better. As I worked on this blogpost, I found that Jackie Bolhuis created thisYouTube, Simple Stamping Techniques--Watercolor Look in Jan 15, 2013. I would like to try that.
However, her success may relate to using a water based marker pen (She used Stampin' Up! markers) instead of an inkpad. I really like the softer look as the water moves the color on her panel.
Thank you for visiting!
Peace and all good!
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