I used this background to try out two new sets of Kay Carley stamps I bought when I went to Ally Pally last weekend, when I had a smashing two days with my lovely Craft Stamping Quartet girls.
I stamped onto the background using my MISTI, both to position the sentiment which I stamped in Onyx Black Versafine ink and then the first stamping of the flower stamps with Old Paper Distress Ink. This pale stamping helped me to position dots of Distress Oxide inks in Fossilised Amber and Wilted Violet using a fine tipped sponge tool, before putting the panel back into the MISTI and re-stamping the flowers in exactly the same place, with Sap Green Archival ink and then adding dots with a white Jelly Roll pen. I added stems from the Stampingback Idiot Flowers set in archival ink and Olympia Green Versafine ink. Finally I added some dots with Nuovo drops and stamped a couple of butterflies from the Kay Carley stamps that I coloured with Prisma pencils and added white gel pen dots. Sorry the photo is a bit bleached out. I have tried all sorts of places to get a better pic, but it wont play!
Last weekend was a special time as it was three years since we had all been together in the same place! It's hard to believe this time last week we were wandering around a nicely quiet show hall (Sunday is always a bit less hectic) and realising our time together was ebbing away. As always, the lovely building of Ally Pally and its view across London makes the show a great experience.
I'm looking forward to more playing with the lovely things I bought. I have plenty to keep me busy!
Who knows, perhaps I might even be able to manage a few more frequent blog posts!
Thanks for popping by.
Elaine
Beautiful card Elaine, looks like you had fun with the Oxide inks (I've still resisted buying them) and your Misti (I don't have one of those either!). Great photographs as well and looks like you bought lots of wonderful crafting 'goodies'. Have fun, Hugs, Shirleyxx ps.. we've been very busy....
ReplyDeleteYour playing with the inks certainly bore fruit - & I do like the way you are using that MISTI to get such accurate stamping: the creative possibilities that provides is rather exciting isn't it? Especially when it comes to floral stamps. Those zigzag grass stems are rather fun & in nicely in character with the rest of the design. Great fun those.
ReplyDeleteA super card Elaine, great to see your new stamps in use, and that you have been playing with your Distress Oxides too. Fab mixing of stamps on your card to create the little scene. We had a lovely time at Ally Pally, the time always goes too quickly. Lovely to see your photos of the building too, Judith xx
ReplyDeleteHave 2 distress oxides but haven't even opened them - will have to open them after seeing your work.
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