I coloured some drawing cartridge with some cold tea, and then sprinkled the background with sea salt, leaving it to dry. I brushed the grains of salt away, and then stamped one of the images from Baroque Ephemera 1 randomly over the background. I dry brushed some pale blue chalky paint from Little Birdie over the top, to push the images into the background. I really like the blue and beige combination.
I stamped Floral Grunge over the top, using black Archival Ink, and also stamped the flower head a couple of times onto spare piece of background paper, also coloured with tea. I cut these out, and stamped the same ephemera image over the top, so that they look as if they had been stamped onto a piece of text. I decoupaged the images onto the background. I added some ricrac, also painted with the blue paint. I created a little tag by dry brushing a section of lolly stick with the paint, and stamping a word from Baroque Ephemera 2 over the top. A black brad and black card to mat the background complete the card.
I
used some of the same background to complete my second card. I used the
alphabet strip to create a frame around the edge. I added a postcard
created by stamping onto another piece of the background, and adding a
section of Movie Strip Collage in the corner. I added the lovely butterfly from Happy Flower's Day,
and coloured both of these images simply with Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils and a
water brush. I added tickets stamped from the ephemera stamp sets and
some little stamps complete the card.
Both
cards were a lot of fun to create, the stamps are great for building up
backgrounds, and adding a little something extra to your projects. They
can be mixed with your other stamps or create something special in
their own right. I hope that you will enjoy playing with them as much as
I have!
Thanks for stopping by, xx
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