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Colourful Catch

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Welcome to my first DT post using the lovely new Hopes and Dreams Collection.   I’m mainly using the Catch A Star stamp set but with a little help from Inner Glow .   I planned to use the emboss-resist technique so I used Distress Spray Stains in primary colours for the background. Using my MISTI, I stamped the children and star outlines using Versamark ink, added clear embossing powder and heat set. To fill in the stars, I used the solid star stamps from Inner Glow and repeated the clear heat-embossing. Next, after positioning a torn paper mask across the bottom, I blended Memento Tuxedo Black all over the panel.   The embossing resists the ink but I did gently wipe over the embossed areas with a damp tissue to remove any excess ink and brighten the images. I stamped and clear heat-embossed the sentiment along the section of ground. For some extra sparkle and distant stars, I spattered gold metallic watercolour over the panel, masking the children and groun...
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Helicopters

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Last week, during one of my trips to the hospital to visit my father, I saw a bunch of sycamore “helicopter” seeds laying in the road.   They were so pretty that it seemed a shame for them to rot in the road so I scooped them up and took them home, to have a think how I could use them in a craft project.   I gathered some maple leaves from my garden to go with them. It’s been a while since I used my Gelli plate so I thought I’d try to get a print from the foliage and seeds.   I used a brayer to apply a thin layer of acrylic paint to the plate and arranged the foliage over. I used a scrap of paper to cover the foliage and pressed firmly all over the plate.   After removing the paper, I then removed the foliage and brayered a layer of pale green paint over the plate. Whilst the paint was still wet, I placed a sheet of white card onto the plate and applied pressure all over with the brayer.   When I lifted the card, I had this lovely print. I chopped the shee...
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Location: Fareham, UK
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Better at the Beach

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Have you been able to make the most of the heatwave?   I’ve been at the hospital a lot as my Dad is not recovering from his surgery as well as expected.   To have a little break from the stress of it all, Mr L and I had a few hours at the beach and our first dip on the sea.   It was rather chilly but invigorating! I’ve a couple of quick cards this week, inspired by my trip to the beach.   The stamp set is Colorado Craft Company’s Beach Life and I stamped and clear heat-embossed the stamp. Using a selection of sandy coloured alcohol markers, I coloured the sand castles and beach. I thought a little sea would set the scene so coloured that in the background. To finish the cards, I layered them on blue and sandy mounts and onto a 5” square card blank.
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Location: Fareham, UK
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Serene Seahorse

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For my Visible Image DT post this week, I’m making a sympathy card.   There are a wide variety of images you can use for a sympathy card.   Quite often we use flowers but whilst this card was for a lady, it was her father that had passed away, so I decided against flowers.   Looking through my stash for alternative images, I opted for the seahorse from Create Your Calm . I’d prepared an inky background and used the stamps from Dare To Swim to add fish and foliage to the panel. After colouring in the seaweed, I stamped some coral using pink dye ink.   The coral stamp is actually the large tree from Into The Woods . The seahorse was stamped using Versafine Clair Twilight ink and clear heat-embossed.   I used my MISTI as the stamp is quite large so I could restamp if required.   I added colour to the seahorse by painting with silver Distress Mica spray “Frozen”. To create a frame, I first die-cut the Torn Fishcut from navy card.   Using a Distr...
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Location: Fareham, UK
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