Sunday, 24 June 2012

Using My New Stamps

I just had to make a card for my friend Jo last week so armed with Zapain (tablets) and a hot water bottle at my back I set to and began thinking about Jo's card.  As she makes the most fabulous cards herself I really wanted to make something special but couldn't honestly get my head around anything so instead she ended up with a plain and simple one but I felt sure she would like the Lynn Perrella stamp I used.

A bit quirky if you study it - it shows a lady in full sail like a regal galleon with one on her head and various other "sea" things about her. I honestly thought this was mounted very straight but looking at this scan I don't think I quite managed it did I?


First of all I made a background using my PP's, didn't do anything else to it but stamp the lady.  Then I used a tiny eraser to take out the colour on her face, hands, overskirt of her dress, shell umbrella and bag, dangling watch and the sails of the ship.  Apart from the sails on the ship I coloured the others in with various Pan Pastels and the small pointy tool and then sprayed it with Fixative.  (As what anyone says I do think you need to use something to fix the colours)

Then I sprayed a piece of card with my new Dylusions sprays, turned out rather more green than anticipated,  and stamped another LP stamp down the side.  Once the main image was affixed I coloured the circles in with gel pens and then found a piece of cardstock that matched the main image and made more circles with acrylic white paint and a couple of bottle tops.  The last thing was to put some Glossy Accents on the watch face and then when dry I assembled the whole thing and put a starfish brad on.

Thankfully Jo said she liked it and, as turns out, loves the Lynn Perrella stamps.