Crafty As L

As soon as I saw the Drift stencil, it made me think of van Gogh’s Starry Night painting so I challenged myself to create a version of it using some of the new Light You Carry products. After creating an inky background using Distress Spray Stains and Spritzes, I stamped and clear heat-embossed the walking lady from Keep Moving onto the panel.   I also stamped her onto a sticky note and fussy cut that. I coloured the image with a black alcohol marker so that she represented the cypress tree from Vincent’s painting. I skipped the village and just blended ink over a turn strip of paper to create a rock for the lady to stand on, stamping the dots on top for added texture. After using an embossing tool liberally over the panel, I masked the ground and the woman and then used a Distress Embossing Dabber to daub ink through the stencil. Gold embossing powder was poured over, the excess tapped off and then heated until melted. Finally, I stamped the stars using the shining ...

Welcome to my first DT post using the brand new “The Light You Carry” release.   I love the image of the lady walking as onwards is the only option.   We can’t pause time or go back so forward it is. To make a sunrise (or sunset) background, I sprayed yellow, pink, purple and blue Distress Stains and pink Distress Spritz onto a white card panel.   Once it was dry, I stamped and clear heat embossed the land and sun stamp from  Take A Breath .   I added more colour to the sun and added a few swipes into the sea for the reflection. The lady from Keep Moving was stamped alongside the scene and clear heat-embossed.   I also stamped her again on another inky background.   It’s not shown on this shot but I also stamped more of the land to the left of the lady, making sure that the horizon line matched. I fussy cut the second stamp, cutting off her head, hands and forward leg. This was glued onto the panel.   I tore a strip of paper and stencill...