Gifted

Gifted

Hallo Everyone!

Hope August continues to

be a fun month for you and

if you are on holiday I hope

you are having a great time.

If you aren't on holiday

don't forget to take a minute

or two in the sunshine and

recharge those batteries........

Here is another fun way

to present a gift card from

Claire Jackson

The Laurel Burch stamps are really fun, 

quirky and very versatile. 

Stamp the image four times in Archival ink 

on good quality watercolour paper or card.

Select three of the images and cut parts away

 so that they can be layered later.

Take the final image and with a craft knife 

make a cut in the centre, following along the edge

 of part of the design. 

It’s difficult to explain but easy to see in the photo. 

I measured my start and end points so that 

they were a couple of millimetres wider than the

 gift card for a snug fit.

Colour the images with watercolour pencils 

and blend with a waterbrush or wet paint brush.

Repeatedly stamp the background in wilted violet

 Distress Oxide ink to cover the card blank.

I have used an Impression Obsession Cover a Card

stamp  here

Mount the images. 

I used only one strip of tape on the bottom 

of the last two images so that the top edges lifted

 to create added dimension. 

Unfortunately it doesn’t show well in the photograph.

Add a sentiment to the front...

 ...and the gift card holder to the inside."


Materials used:

Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp - Laurel Burch: whiskers
Water colour card
Ranger Archival ink pad: jet black
Watercolour pencils
Card blanks 5x7
Distress Oxide: wilted violet
Impression Obsession cover-a-card: gradation

Thank you Claire - that really

is a clever way to present the

gift card.

I just love those stamps, don't you?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx