Well today it is my turn again and you all know how I love doing "inchies" so that is my choice for this Challenge here on Artful Times. I decided to use something different from my usual selection of inchie stamps and used this Tin Can Mail one depicting 'four pretty maids all in a row'.
As you can see, this could be a Less Is More Card as there is so little on it. That's the way I wanted it though.
If any of you have this stamp you will notice that I have swapped the two ends about. When I looked at the images I thought they represented the four seasons, the first being spring and the last (as in my picture) being winter. So that is why they are arranged this way. Don't you think they are the seasons now?
First of all I stamped the image on mountboard (you will probably remember I ALWAYS use mountboard for my inchies, just think it give a bit more substance to such a small piece. You will also notice that they all finish at the neck whereas on the actual stamp you do see a bit of the gowns they are wearing - well, the neckline! I had to do this to make the two ends measure 1" x 1".
First of all I tried colouring with watercolours but found that this particular mountboard (I was using the back - doh) rubbed up with the addition of water so I used my pencil crayons to get the colour. Next they were double mounted and then placed on a plain white card. Whether I will add a word at the bottom or not later remains to be seen.
Now, we have had some super entries in our challenges to date so I hope we get some in this challenge also. Thanks so much for joining us with our challenges particularly our regulars, it is nice to see how you interpret our themes.
