Easter Egg

Easter Egg

Hi Everyone!

It hardly seems a moment since

Christmas and here we are about

to celebrate Easter - four days off

work, how lovely.  The first holiday

of the year and much looked 

forward to I don't doubt........

Jane Castle has brought in a

delightful card to start us off:

"The card I'm sharing with you today

 could be used for so many different occasions

 it's one worth having ready made as 

a stand-by. ( maybe more than one!)

I began by colouring a 15cm x 15cm card blank

 with paint and ink. 

Next using the Toad Hall I painted a piece of 

smooth white card.

 Once dry I brushed on some matt medium 

and added some scrumbled tissue paper. 

To make sure the tissue paper was attached 

without any air bubbles I brushed over the top

 with a little more matt medium.

When this was completely dry -- (it's easy to tell as

 it will no longer be sticky!), I made a wash with

 1 part water to 1 part Chartreuse paint 

and brushed this over. 

Being a translucent paint the darker

 colour underneath still shows through. 

Finally when this was just dry I brushed over 

some Cosmic Shimmers Mica Powder.

This is what I stamped my chickens and sentiment

 on but first I decided on the size I wanted my

 embellishments to be. 

They all measure the same 5.5cm x 4cm, 

2 landscape and 2 portrait.

 I made a paper window of the size so

 I could choose where I needed to cut after 

stamping and heat embossing.

The 4 pieces of card were then mounted onto 

some black mirri card before attaching to the card.

 A flower was added from my stash of 'ready-mades', 

to break up the greens.

I like the texture the scrumbled tissue paper 

gives and it's good fun to get a little 'inky 

and messy' now and again!

Thanks for stopping by today, 

hope you have a good week and 

enjoy your crafting X."

A really effective card Jane,

than you very much

Those Joggles quirky birds

would be fun here, as indeed

would Lin Brown's birds for

PaperArtsy.  Both sets are

half price too!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx