Two Birthdays

I know it seems like I have been away a long time, but I have

been very busy creating in the background.

Some things are for others that I do not wish to blog,

others are for up & coming birthdays.

I'm also busy working on two mini-books.

 

 

Anyway here is card one,

this was made during my latest Silhouette Cameo Class,

Hello There - Kerri Bradford.

I made both the envelope & the card using basic shapes!

 

This second card is my favourite!

It is a mixed media piece using inks, stains and paints,

with stencils, embossing folders and stamps.

This one is for Karin, a crafty friend, who had a birthday this week.



Products used;

Tim Holtz Retro circles Texture Fades Emboss folder

Crimson & Blake 180gsm watercolour paper

Acrylic paints - Docraft Artiste - sea spray, baby blue, soft grey

Crawford & Black - burnt umber

Gesso

Distress Stains - Salty Ocean

Distress Ink Pads:- Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot

Archival Jet black Ink

Stamps:- Hero Arts French Writing, B-Line Stamps Paris, CI Swirl

Stencils; Prima Butterfly Floral, Stencil Girls Bird in Window

I particularly love how the swirl is the birds breast. ♥ I used burnt umber on the emboss folder

& pressed down onto the watercolour paper. Dried quickly, smeared on some gesso, dried it & then applied

the blue paints. To colour up the image I dampened some folded kitchen towel, pressed it to the tops of

distress stains bottles; seedless preserves & Victorian Velvet & applied in a dabbing motion.

I inked over the prima stencil with chipped sapphire ink using blending tool, but the final image, the window & bird,

I inked over black soot. what a lovely dramatic effect it gives. ♥ ♥