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Hi Everyone!

Greetings from a wet and

soggy shore

It's blowing a hooley outside

........again!  Raining too. 

Now that's perfect crafting

weather so Claire Jackson has

brought her antidote to the

miserable weather

"An open, line drawing stamp is perfect

 for this technique. I’ve used the 

Woodware Bubble Bloom Felicity stamp. 

First I stamped the flower in 

black Archival ink onto Yupo synthetic paper.

 It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t totally dry as 

the next step is to add alcohol ink.

 I used different tools to drop alcohol ink

 onto the paper, controlling the size of

 the drops (cotton buds, paint brush, pin). 

A tiny drop of blending solution will

 push the ink back to give a paler spot.

To create the sky I gave the paper a wash of 

blending solution and dropped on the blues. 

To create the grass I first used a cotton bud 

and then drew in some grasses with 

alcohol markers.

 I also added alcohol marker around the 

flower and finished off with white gel pen highlights. 

To stop the ink continuing to slowly migrate

 I sealed it with a spray fixative.

I haven’t decided yet where it’s going to 

end up so haven’t added a sentiment...

maybe I’ll leave it as it is.

 What do you think?"

Many thanks Claire - I don't think it

needs a sentiment and would

look lovely in a frame.  It certainly

brightened my day!  

Woodware Stamps are on SALE

do go and check them out

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx