This project is for the Craft Stamper Challenge
The challenge this month is to create something using multi coloured stamping.
I wanted to stick to just
three colours of ink and to steer away from bright colours on this one, the colours I chose dictated the design. I wanted it to
be relevant to the time of year - my favourite season is autumn. I love the
colours and I was born in October so that may have a bearing on why I like this
season!
I didn’t have an exact
design in mind so just sort of went where it took me. I think I’ve ended up
with a sort of journal page sort of thing (?!) - mind you, even when I do plan out a
design - it never ends up the way it was planned in my head!
So my ‘ingredients’ were:
Tim Holtz Distress Stains, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo for the multi coloured stamping. The stain gives a rather messy image rather than a precise one but I thought that worked well with the colours, sort of messy pile of leaves effect.
Archival Ink in Russet for
all the edges, added with a dry baby wipe
Sheena Douglas Christmas
Trees set of stamps, I used the branch, the tree and the fir cone
A diamond pattern
background stamp (a stamp I use all the time)
An A4 sheet of patterned
paper, it has a Christmasy flower pattern on it
Crown emulsion in Soft Cream and Hobbycraft acrylic in Parchment to tone down the pattern on the paper
A Letraset fine liner pen
in black for the wording
And this is what I’ve
created, it’s quite restrained and unembellished for me and more or less the
only technique I’ve used is the multi colour stamping.
I do enjoy the Craft
Stamper challenges, they are exactly that - a challenge! They help to get you
out of your safe place and try new techniques and designs - always a good
thing!
