My Paper Corner

Decided to have a play with Brushos and create a bright Summer palette background for this little mouse curled up beneath clusters of sparkly stencilled seed heads. Once my background was dry the little folk style silhouette mouse was stamped then masked off so the seed heads could be stencilled above.  Three largest seed heads inked in white, stalks and two smaller ones inked in grey, once dry clear glitter paste was applied over the top.  Small clusters of flowers stamped in orange on the ground with hand drawn curved lines to add depth.  Added die cut foliage from a scrap piece in my backgrounds box.  Stamped sentiment.  Panel layered onto kraft card. Capturing the stencilled sparkle I've used - 120 x 170 mm white card base Bockingford hot pressed smooth watercolour card Brushos - turquoise, purple, orange Funky Fossil Cat and Mouse stamp set VersaFine Clair - pinecone, summertime Funky Fossil Just Dandy stencil Stamps By Me cotton ink pad;  Distress Oxide - hickory smoke Funky

Had a little tidy up of my stash of handmade backgrounds recently, binning all those little ragged pieces and trimming what was left into manageable neater pieces, some large enough to cover a whole card, others just small left over panels.  The smaller panels are now in a little basket, a lot easier to flip through. From my new basket I selected a white embossed panel from a butterfly EF and blue panels left over from  this  card made 5 years ago!  The kite was die cut from these scraps and assembled.  I ended up not using all the die cut embellishments on the front but I may use the rest on the inside.        I also rediscovered in another tidy up session a pack of textured card blanks so on the front of one I dry embossed two recessed panels (similar to what Barbara Gray from Claritystamp does with her embedders) for a faux relief, printing press effect. Created background clouds using Versacolor inks in blues/purples using a cloud stencil.  Kite added on top along with a stamped se

Tried the split stamping technique that was in issue 133 of Creative Stamping mag where you have one image in two different colourways.  The inspiration for both of these makes was May blossom even though tree blossom was out in April and blown around everywhere by our unpredictable wet and windy weather!  The images were stamped on white and pink cardstock then both images cut in half and swapped over so you create two projects ...  I've made a card and a calendar page. The white panel images were coloured with watercolour paints.  The pink panels have sparkle accents added.  Once the panels were swapped over and taped back together tattered rose distress ink was inked around the edges.  The card has a background panel dry embossed using a floral stencil, sentiment stamped and white heat embossed on a strip of vellum with a stamped & die cut flower tucked in to the side.  Washi tape added to the corners of the main panel.  A few enamel dots to embellish.  Panels matted onto re