Buildings

Buildings

Hallo everyone!

We continue with our buildings

theme today and Jane Castle has

brought in a super greetings card

for us:

"For this card I began by making the background 

using various Distress Stains. 

As I wanted an area of sky and an area of 

greeny browns for the ground it was worked 

as 2 separate halves

For the sky I started with Blueprint Sketch, 

Tumbled Glass and Picket Fence, 

the ground area was just Forest Moss. 

The stains were dabbed onto a craft mat, 

sprayed with a little water and t

he card swished back and forth through the inks 

mixing as it goes.

This was then left to dry for about 5 mins 

before adding more layers.

This now had more of the stains mentioned above 

with the addition of Bundled Sage and Hickory Smoke to the bottom. 

This was left for an hour or so before starting the stamping

 to avoid any smudges.

As the background was larger than needed 

for the 15cm x 15cm card blank I was able to choose 

where the stamped images would look their best.

For the sun I added some Fossilized Amber Distress Ink 

using a make-up sponge before stamping 

the single flower stamp from Zinouk du Jardin. 

The London scene was then stamped using 

Versafine Onyx Black lightly stamping onto 

scrap paper to remove excess ink and

 then I inked the stamp again with Archival Sepia. 

Why I hear you ask? - I didnt want a flat black image 

or an all brown one and had tried various 

other shades but couldn't find just what I had in my head!

Once completely dry I then began to add some 

touches of colour to various buildings. 

This was done using a very fine paint brush and 

the translucent paints from the PaperArtsy Fresco range.

This was then left over night to thoroughly dry; 

the paint was not absorbed into the card 

as it was well coated in ink. 

Watered down Vintage Photo ink was painted 

to the base of the buildings before being trimmed to size.

The word London was stamped at the top 

in VersaMagic Pumkin Spice. 

The edges were first hi-lighted with a 

black marker pen and then the whole scene 

was stitched onto a piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology card.

The words Travel, Explore and Discover from 

Crafty Individuals 221 were stamped onto a piece 

of background  trimmings, edged with the black pen 

and stuck on the right-hand side.

This London scene by Carabelle Studio is a 

very intricate design and stamps with such detail 

that it really doesn't need too much adding to it

Depending on the angle of the light various parts stand out

 more than others as the paint has sat ontop of the Distress Stains."

Materials Used:

Carabelle Studio Stamps

Ranger Distress Stains

Crafty Individuals Stamps

Ranger Distress Inks

VersaMagic Inks

Archival Ink

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint

Thank you Jane this would make a

beautiful card for the men in our lives

not to mention anyone else.........

Love these stamps - they are quite

detailed but stamp really well 

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx