I started these cards with the background technique of
brayering paint… I used a few different colours of Artiste acrylic paints to
build up the bulk of the background… and then added drips and splotches of ink
sprays (a watered down version of dylusions) to fill in more of the background
colour. The cards are A6 in size and I used the largest of the Simon Says Stamp
stitched circle dies to create the aperture… the messy outside was created by
flicking some different coloured inks in a diagonal across the front of the
card, and then to add some more interest I used some ‘sequin’ stamps from a
Heidi Swapp stamp set with distress inks, I think this just balanced the design…
Two of the focal images are stamped with black soot distress ink, and the third
was stamped and embossed in black, just to make it stand out a bit… Finally to finish
them off I added a sentiment using (a very ancient) dymo labeller with 6mm wide
tape, on a few of them I had originally used a 9mm tape, but I thought that it
was too wide for the card…. Because this was kind of a messy card, I also added
in a white insert just to hide where I’d stuck the panel behind the aperture.
Once I’d finished these cards I really thought that the style reminded me of
the title sequence for the BBC version on The Musketeers :D
To see the process behind these cards, please check out my Youtube video:
Again my sister wanted to try filming and editing some more
live action of me making cards, however it’s taken me this long to get round to
uploading it :D
I am entering these cards into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Blog Challenge 'Anything Goes' :D http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/
I also used a bit of punchanella on some of the backgrounds, which can be seen in this card :D
