Showing posts with label Inspired by Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspired by Nature. Show all posts

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Mystery ink

Don't you hate it when you make a mistake? Me too! And here's an example of such a mistake. I had painstakingly sponged the perfect balance of Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, and Daffodil Delight onto my card stock. I had blended and blended until I had bits of purple and orange peeking through. Then I had spritzed just the right amount if water onto my work and had created just the perfect watermarks all over the place. And finally, I had waited patiently while all that water dried. It was a thing of beauty. 

And then it happened. Early Espresso ink  somehow appeared on my work! I don't even know how it happened! But there it was, staring me in the face. And there was nothing to do but start again. 

So that's what I did. Repeated all of my steps. Did it all over again. And I was extremely careful. I kept all Early Espresso ink far, far away. Well, until it was time to stamp my focal image and sentiment. 

Thankfully, the ink stayed where it was supposed to this time. And I love this card!

Happy stamping!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Bird in the rushes

I only had a few minutes to throw a card together today. I knew that I wanted to make some pretty paper by coloring an acrylic block with markers, misting the block with water, and then stamping. Which I did for the background paper. And then it dawned on me that I could use the same technique for a punched out bird! Genius, if I do say so myself!

This card whipped up in just minutes, but still looks like a million bucks! I love it when that happens. 

Happy stamping!