I wanted to show the diversity of this lovely stamp, and how it could be used to create cards all year round, so I have made a Christmas card for my sample. I started by embossing the image a three times, using white embossing powder on some green scrapbook paper, and colouring the image with pencils. I decoupaged the flowers and bird. I layered the image onto kraft card, using some dark red card as a mat for contrast. I also added some holly die cuts, and some more stamping, using a berry stamp from the Woodland Dreams stamp set which I also coloured with pencils. I tucked some flowers from a spare image under the main frame, along with the holly die cuts. I added some shading around the edge of the kraft background, using Festive Berries Distress Ink. Finally, I added a sentiment taken from the Warm Christmas Greetings clear stamp set.
For my second sample, I stamped Ophelia onto a piece of heavy weight cartridge paper, and then masked the image. I coloured the background, by blending Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Inks randomly all over the page. I stamped an image from the Texture Fragments stamp set onto opposite corners, using Salty Ocean Distress Ink. I then flicked water onto the other areas of the page, and dried it with a heat gun, to emphasise the watermarks.
I stamped and embossed a seaweed image along the bottom of the page, from the Underwater stamp set, using a blue/green metallic powder. I then added some flowers which I had cut out and coloured with pencils from the Song Thrush Silhouette image. It just goes to show that you can add flowers to just about anything! I coloured Ophelia using pencils, and matted the project using toning coloured card.
2 comments:
These two cards are stunning Judith. I especially love the the Ophilia card and the way her hair seems to be floating in the current like the seaweed.
Sue xx
Your use of the red mat combined with kraft card & white embossing is a super combination. Including the traditional green & the more unusual shade with the Christmassy iconography made this a very original seasonal design. Your second card's use of the watery Ophelia theme is superbly depicted with your seaweed, bubbly texture fragment & the use of water drops for the background - her hair really looks like it is wafting underwater. I love the way your use of the Song Thrush Silhouette flowers have echoed her collar detail as well as the flowers in her hair. I'd imagine the Glossy Accents echoes the wet embossed seaweed beautifully in real life too.
Paula (PEP)
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