Don't Hurry
Our Visible Image Design Team theme this week is Flora & Fauna so I’ve been inspired by my work in the garden. It’s prime sowing season for vegetables and so begins the seemingly eternal war against the pests eating my seedlings. To begin, I silver heat embossed the snail from Don't Hurry Be Happy using Versamark ink pad. Next, I stamped the dots from Sunflower Grunge stamp set for the snail trail and the sentiment and heat-embossed using silver powder. I made the seedling using the stem and leaves of the sunflower using Versafine Clair Avocado, added clear embossing powder and heat set. The reason for all this heat embossing is that I wanted to use metallic watercolour paints to colour the scene. Heat embossing allows the lines to resist the paint, keeping them clear. I’ve not seen a snail with a shell like this but I’m sure they would if they could! The metallic paints will be coming to the store very soon and they are lush...