Postcard from America !

This is my entry for the UK Stampers Sunday Challenge for this week. The hostess wanted us to produce a 10 x 15 cm postcard with the destination of USA. So I went a bit abstract and not true to theme exactly..........but who cares ! This is how I made it.

I needed:

• White card (cut to 10 x 15 cm)


• Adirondack Inkpads (Cranberry, Butterscotch & Espresso)


• Make-up sponge


• Versamark Inkpad


• Ranger Embossing Powder (Lemon Yellow & Magenta)


• Stazon Inkpad (Jet Black)


• Gold Artist Ink


• Marvey le Plume II pen (Crimson Lake)


• Colorbox Chalk Ink (Burnt Sienna)


• New York Postal Stamp (Crafty Individuals)


• Grand Hotel Stamp (Inkadinkado)


• Gone to Beach Stamp (Vap Scrap)

I coloured the card using the Adirondack Dye Inks applied in a circular motion in layers with the make-up sponges to achieve the background colour effect. I wanted warm and rich colours to give the impression of a warm beach. Once happy with the effect I heat set with a heat gun.

I then inked the Grand Hotel stamp with versafine and heat embossed with the lemon yellow Ranger EP. Next I inked the gone to beach stamp with Versamark and this time heat embossed with the Ranger magenta EP.

I then drew a line down the centre of the card with the Marvey pen and wrote postcard at the top left. I inked the postal stamp with Stazon and painted three wavy lines in gold artist ink to represent a postal frank. Finally edging the whole card with the chalk ink.

Hope you like it ! :-)