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Hallo There!

Whoop! Whoop!  It's Friday!!

Hope your day is going well

and you've time to take a moment

to sit back and relax with a nice

cool drink and see what

Helen Chilton has brought us

"I love using the Cover a Card stamps. 

In these two projects I'm going to show how 

to build up different stamps in layers.

Working on glossy card, cut a mask for

 the moon and stamp the Metal background 

in Broken China and Picked Raspberry 

Distress inkpads.

Turn card around, reink and stamp again.

While the ink's still wet, rub round the edges

Remove mask and lightly colour moon with

 Squeezed Lemonade, then stamp the 

Birds on Trees in black.

Then stamp and emboss a corner of the Spiders Web 

in Stampendous Ice Blue embossing enamel

Decorate with a few sequins and layer 

onto coloured card. 

Now for the second card:

Working on glossy card again, stamp part of 

Geologic in Broken China and Shabby Shutters.

Stamp part of the Stones stamp in

Hickory Smoke and black

Stamp part of the Tree Line stamp in black.

Next stamp over the tree with 

Distress Oxide Walnut Stain.

When that's dry, rub on some 

Distress Oxide Peeled Paint.

Rub in a bit of Distress inkpads Pumice Stone 

and Hickory Smoke to the stone wall

Then finish off as you wish.

These stamps are really very versatile 

and mix well together."

Stamps used:

IO Cover a Card: Metal, Birds on Trees, Spiders Web, Geologic, Stones, Tree Line

Other materials:

Distress inkpads: Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Picked Rasberry, Squeezed Lemonade
Distress Oxides: Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain
Ranger Archival: Jet Black
Glossy cardstock
Stampendous embossing enamel: Ice Blue

Fabulous project Helen, thank you

I really enjoyed that didn't you?

It will be fun to make up a few

cards to have ready for when 

needed - Oh my!  That almost

sounds as though I'm being 

organised ...............!!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx