Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Hallo Everyone!

Good to see you.  Trust

the week went well and

all tasks on the list

ticked off!

I've never had such

success - every ticked off

task seems to lead to

another to be added......

Make yourself comfy, we

have Angela Radford with

us today 

"Here today to show you how I used the

 work of Van Gogh to create this card. 

You cannot help but notice his clever use 

of colour, one of the aspects of his work 

that he is famous for and that's where I started.

Using Oxide inks I coloured two sheets of card, 

one with blues and one with yellow and orange.

 Here I used a Tim Holtz stencil and 

water to lift off some of the colour.

Again using the same stencil I added colour 

in a swirl around the stencil. 

Think 'Starry Starry Night' and 

you'll get the picture.

Completed this piece with text stamping

 with green ink.

And these are both completed and ready 

for the next stage.

Using a Paper Artsy flower stamp by Lin Brown, 

I stamped these on the yellow card with black ink

 and embossed with clear powder. 

Cut out at least four of these.

Next prepare the card blank by folding

 the front towards the left.

Cut the textured card to fit the front 

and inner section and attach.

Next prepare the flowers by adding a 

little extra shading using Distress inks.

 All ready for the next stage.

Cut away the outer petals on two of the

 flowers and then curve the remaining petals.

Apply small 3D foam squares as shown 

here and attach to the full flower.

 Attach the blue background and then

 the flowers as shown here.

 I stamped the sentiment onto a piece 

of the yellow masterboard and attached

 that to the inside of the card. 

The card was then finished with 

small adhesive gems."

Products Used:

Oxide Inks

Distress inks

Versafine black ink

Fine paint brush

Clear Embossing powder

White card

Coloured texture Card

Paper Artsy stamps:

Zinski Text stamp

Lin Brown Flowers

White card blanks

Glue

Tim Holtz Stencils:

Leafy

Feather

Small Adhesive Gems

Thank you Angela.  That is

a lovely card you have brought us

In fact, I'd go so far as to say it has

taken away my dread of Sunflowers

brought on by those huge pictures

of them on Classroom walls!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx