Journey .......

A greetings card ......

I cut and folded the base to make a 5 x 5 inches white card-blank ......

I chose some spotty paper and cut to 4 x 4 inches. I stamped with an ink-splash stamp (Tim Holtz) in Distress Oxide Speckled Egg & Weathered Wood.

I then took some white card and stamped an old text stamp (Hero Arts - Art, Life & Beauty) with Versafine black ink. This was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed and coloured with water soluble Neocolour II wax pastels in purple and blue. I then used a stencil and added some squares with texture paste. Once dry this was matted on some printed paper (Crafty Individuals). I then tied a length of grey/white bakers twine around this in a bow.

The little house (Zettiology) was also stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink washes.

The printed sentiment was coloured with purple Distress Ink with a blending brush and edged in black ink.

I then added the background direct to the card front, The stamped image with twine as shown on the background, the house on foam pads and the sentiment on foam pads to finish the card ......

Sid xx