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Monday 19 November 2012

The look in your eyes

Good Monday Morning Blog Friends,

What a lovely day I had yesterday, all the housework done the children with their dad so just me and the dogs at home.  What did I do, well I started playing in my craft room.  All my own Christmas cards and tags are done and all my Christmas stuff for craft fairs was done.  My Christmas crafting box is packed away for another year so this can only mean one thing, yes I can start crafting for me again.

There was a set of stamps that were featured on Hels Create and Craft show last week and I just knew that I had to have them.  It also turns out that Hels blog challenge this week allows me to use the said stamps.


The set of stamps are Stampers Anonymous Classics #5 and I think this ladies face is amazing it is so stunningly beautiful.

I started out with my usual 8x8 Card Blank and a piece of Sand coloured card from the Neutral pack cut to 8x8.

I then took some Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink directly to my craft mat and spritzed it with some water.  I moved the piece of card stock through the ink and water a couple of times and then dried it with my heat tool.  Then I did the same thing but this time used Vintage Photo Distress Ink and dried it off.  I repeated this a couple of times with the two colours until I was happy with the coverage and the pattern created.

Next I took some Adirondack Gold from the acrylic paint dabber and put this on my craft sheet.  I spritzed it with some water and moved the card stock through it a few times and then dried it off with my heat tool. Once dry I took the Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Seedles Raspberry DI around the edge of the card.  I also blended the Seedles Raspberry around the edge of the Card Blank.

Using Archival Jet Black Ink I stamped the face directly on my piece of card and stamped it a second time on to a piece of copy paper.  I cut the face out of the copy paper, placed a little repostitional double sided tape to the back of the copy paper face and placed this over my original image so I could use it as a mask.

Once the mask was in place I took the Brushed Corduroy DI and a Clarity Crackle stamp and I stamped all over the card.  Then using the other DI already used I stamped with the following stamps still keeping the mask in place.  I used Kaisercraft Botanical, IndigoBlu Take the Time, Stampers Anonymous Visual Artistry, Creative Expressions Bubble Wrap and Chicken Wire and Tim Holtz Bird.

I then stamped the Prima Clock twice and inked using Brushed Corduroy and Seedles Preserves around the edge of the clock.  I spritzed the whole card with a little Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Raspberry mist and layered the clock face using Pinflair Glue Gel and put a Creative Expressions 5mm black pearl in the centre of the clock.  The flowers were taken from my stash along with the candi.


I am entering this card in Hels Sheridan's Weekly Challenge "Faces" at http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/sunday-stamper-week-232-ive-just-seen.html

Thank you for coming by I hope you had a lovely weekend and managed to create something exciting.

Ria

12 comments:

  1. Oooooh, wowowowowow, this is sooooo beautiful. I love every detail. Amazing artwork

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    1. Hi Rosie,
      thank you so much I really enjoyed making this card.
      Ria

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  2. This is lovely Ria. I love the way you have blended those colours to create such a vintage soft background for that wonderful face. Hugs, Buttons x

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    1. Hi Buttons,
      Thank you I couldn't wait to stamp that face and I really enjoyed building up the background to the card.
      Ria

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  3. Fab art hun... loving all those inky techniques... Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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    1. Hi Hels,
      You inspire me to really play with my inks and this card was a lot of fun.
      Ria

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  4. What a fantastic card Ria. I love the colours and you have certainly made it your own. Enjoy your day. Hugs Rita xx

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    1. Hi Rita,
      Thank you I had so much fun with this card and I really feel the colours worked. The face stamp is stunning and I couldn't wait to use it.
      Ria

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  5. My goodness you're organised.......can I borrow you :D!!! Nice you were able to do some crafting for you and it's an absolute stunner, I love that stamp and may have to get it eventually I think. Hugs, Chris x

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  6. Hi Chris
    I think organised should be my middle name as I am organised in every area of my life. Due to ill health and disability it is the only way I can cope.
    This stamp set is amazing this face is one of my favourites.
    Ria

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  7. What a gorgeous card... I also love that amazing face, one of my favourites to play with, and you've really done her proud here - with those lovely rich colours, and great layers of stamping! Thanks so much for your visit and lovely comments at Words and Pictures!
    Alison x

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    1. Hi Alison,
      Thank you for your lovely comments I am looking forward to using this stamp in a lot of different ways.
      Ria

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