Sunset Beach

This is the piece of artwork that I have done for UK Art Raffle run by Flo (Hazel). This new Raffle is explained on her website, but it is definately not a swap and the monthly winner will receive all the artwork sent in during that month ! The theme is 'SUMMER SUN' for August.

I chose a glossy board base and cut it to approx. 5ins square and this was first coloured directly with inkpads from the Whispers dye ink range - I used orange, royal blue & sunshine to give the impression of a sunset over the sea. This was dried with a blast from my heatgun.

I then used a sunset beach stamp from Tin Can Mail (Inkadinkado - 91566X) which I inked with Versamark and stamped twice on a piece of light white card. I applied detail black embossing powder to the words top and bottom of one image and heat embossed them. I then applied Moonglow midnight sapphire obsidian embossing powder (gorgeous sapphire blue) to the second Versamarked image and heat embossed this. I then cut out the words and the image.

I then used USArtquest stargazers and jewelz watercolour pallet paints to infill the un-embossed areas of the image with a brush and water and allowed to dry.

I applied the embossed images as seen with glue stick in the middle of the plate and finished with edging the plate with Versamark and gold EP.

I really like the bright and vibrant colours and wished I was somewhere with better weather !!

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Sunday Challenge No 1 entry

Here are my two cards made for the first Sunday Challenge on UK Stampers Forum. The first uses the first stamp I ever bought. It's a small rubber bare tree stamps (no make).

I made a background on light green card using direct to paper technique with fresh green Colorbox pigment ink which I sprinkled with Moonglow orbit olive gold embossing powder and applied heat from a heat gun to melt the powder. I then stamped the tree in eden green Stazon ink. I used the same pigment ink and EP to make the 'inspire' decal using a magnetic Making Memories stamp. I stuck the tree on the background into the aperture and the decal on the front and then cut a small thin strip of the green card and applied this to the bottom of the card, finishing with some mint green Pearlydoodles.

The second uses the last rubber stamp I bought. This one is from Zettiology (11-44-G) and I love Teesha Moore's stamps......even though they ARE very weird. I made a white tall thin card for this on textured card and rubbed a Versamark inkpad on the front of the card randomly before applying a coat of Moonglow aurora embossing powder and heating with a heat gun. The stamp was stamped onto plain white card in onyx black Versafine ink and was then hand coloured with a brush and Inktense water soluble ink pencils to achieve the effect. This was trimmed to fit, edged with purple Colorbox chalk ink and stuck onto the card.

I love the moonglow EP's, which don't show up very well in photos, and adore my latest Zetti addition !!

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Quotations ATC Set

These three ATC's were done as a swap on UK Stampers Forum

The backgrounds were first brayered with various colours of Whispers Dye Inks until a colour density was attained. A swirl stamp was used to decorate each ATC with Versamark and various Moonglow embossing powders which were heated with a heat tool. The diamond check was stamped in onyx black Versafine Ink in various positions. Finally some K&Co quotes were inked direct to paper and adhered with glue. Some dimensional paint blobs were added to the corners of each of the quotes to finish.

Hope you like them !

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