After my guest designer spot for Grungy Monday earlier today, I turned my hand to play - thanks to Wendy Vecchi for the basic idea I added snow cap adirondack white pigment ink to a tag and then distress stain - the underlying white gives a more pastel colour - though I didn't get much white on my tag....
Anyhow, I decided I could turn this into my entry for Simon Says - show us buttons -
The distress stain is fired brick, and then I took a crafters workshop template and victorian velvet ink, I stamped a couple of the Tim butterflies from Papillon - one on canvas covered grungepaper which happened to be already red - and one onto the tag.
I love this 'fabulous' stamp from Stampotique, it IS fabulous!
Made a tissue tape flower (also inked victorian velvet) and added some buttons to accent the tag.
This was what I really wanted to do with the white ink/distress stain - this is broken china - as I had umbrella man already die cut on a piece from the Kraft Resist paperstack; added some clouds (stampscapes) to a square card, added the Life text, with some gel pen to fill in the letters and the teeny birds; also by Tim. I added a bit of shading under brolly man, to ground him - anyone else think we need a grey distress ink???
Looks like I have a bit of a bird thing going on at present, everything I've blogged lately is bird-themed! It is a coincidence.
8 comments:
There both lovely Helen x
Lovely pieces Helen and your Grungy Monday piece is fabulous. Tracy x
Fabby pieces Helen, love the color of red you got on the white, that's a great technique. And, thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!
Both great pieces Helen and really love that flower, so original.
Think I'll give this post a '5' !!
B x
Hi Helen,
Just been browing your creations over the last few days and just love what you have been making.
I had a delivery of the Umbrella man die but have not had time to have a go with it yet....
Hope you've had a lovely Easter Weekend.
x
These are both fab pieces of art Helen! Especially love the card! x
Dont ya just lurve that umbrella man?? looking fab helen and I just adore the tag too xx
Great tag! Love the technique as well as the stamped background and then a darker stamping on top. Thanks for joining the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.
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