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The Chatty Bar stamp set designed by Zinski Art was perfect for a fun drink themed card I needed.  Look at their expressive faces!  Images combined with a geometric embossed background and witty sentiment. Background created by applying blue/green ink to a geometric stencil, spritzed with water, placed onto ochre coloured cardstock and embossed through my die-cutting machine to create the embossed pattern with ink transferred like a faux letterpress effect.  Added some pieces of black/gold geo-patterned papers for interest and to ground the images.  Stamped and clear heat embossed images coloured with a mix of watercolour paints, alcohol markers and coloured pencils before fussy cutting and adhering.  Sentiment stamped and white heat embossed on a scrap of patterned paper cut into strips. I've used - 6x6" white card base Funky Fossil Chatty Bar stamp set Funky Fossil stencil, cardstock & patterned paper from Papercraft Society Box 52 Distress Oxide inks; Stamps by Me Cotto

So lovely to be invited by Ellie from Simply Ellibelle's blog as guest designer for challenge 14 of " I spy with my little eye.... something with wings " selected by Pauline.  A fabulous theme with so many possibilities ... I chose to ink up this wonderful large scale owl with draft lines and geometric styling and created a spotlight die-cutting technique. Owl stamped and heat embossed with clear EP then die cut part of the image into a circle.  To make the background, two different distress inks (one green, one blue) were smooched onto the remaining panel.  I did some light stencilling in areas, blue ink for the hex matrix pattern, white ink for the circles with iridescent mica pigment powder so they catch the light.  Finally some over stamping in smoke blue ink (which looks more light grey) for the doodle patterns and additional words (spread your wings, soar, fly).  Die cut circle has another layer underneath so it's slightly raised and left uncoloured.  Die cut &a

Been creating with Zinski Art's fun and quirky Chatty Bar stamp set.  This first card features a glamorous cocktail glass and shot glass with humorous sentiments.  Was it a good idea to have another tipple?  Wonder how she'll feel in the morning! Brushed distress oxide inks through a lightbulb aperture stencil straight onto the card base front.  Images stamped, clear heat embossed, fussy cut and coloured with a mix of watercolour paint, coloured pencils and alcohol markers.  Sparkle accents to the rim of the cocktail glass and cherry then glossy accents added to the eyes and cherry.  1mm foam pads give both glasses some dimension.  Stamped sentiment.  Hand drawn corner doodles with a black fine liner. I've used - A6 white card base Funky Fossil Chatty Bar stamp set Funky Fossil lightbulb aperture stencil Distress oxides - squeezed lemonade, wild honey, hickory smoke VersaFine Clair morning mist Linking up with -                      Stencil Fun                            St