Hi Everyone
How is everyone coping in this strange new way of living we find ourselves?
As I write this life is very unknown - will my place of work survive? I work for a Charity Heritage Railway in Peterborough - we have had to close our doors given all that is going on - so it is all very worrying - so I find turning to craft will be one of the ways forward to seek some solace and calm my wandering thoughts!
I made this card today - using Chocolate Baroques wonderful Freesia Blueprint set - such a beautiful flower in real life with a lovely fragrance and speaks of pleasant sunny days and happy times.
This card is on an 8x8 card base - I used a white layer measured at 7.5 x 7.5, for stamping on and then mounted on to a piece of red card measured to 7,75 x 7.75 (all measurements are inches)
On the white layer I first used a circular mask - you could use a stencil or paper with a circle cut out - I found a size that enabled me to make it as though it was a snap shot of the focal point of the main flower.
I then used Spun Sugar Distress Ink and with a soft brush built the colour up in several layers - lifting the stencil/mask to check my progress until there was enough colour to my satisfaction. Once I was happy with the level of colour I then stamped my focal image through the stencil/mask and then carefully removed the stencil, using Black Versafine - I find that Versafine brings the delicate lines of the image right out.
My next step was to colour in the flowers - I am a lover of Faber Castell as they just suit me - however you could use any medium of your choice or indeed watercolour paints. I gently built the layers of colour slowly and steadily until I was happy with my focal image.
My next step was to stamp the corners - with the stamp set is the ideal selection of a section of a protractor - perfect for the job in hand - I used the same Spun Sugar - but this time in Oxide ink - this complemented perfectly as the chalkiness of the ink makes it perfect to stamp with - if you used the ordinary distress ink the image would not be as crisp - it would be distressed as the ink has an almost split effect when used for stamping.
I then took a black fine liner pen and went around the circle - I did not want a perfect circle - I wanted the wobbly look - probably reflects my current state of mind!
Lastly I used one of the sentiments from the set - perfect!
Finally in layered everything up - the red card complimented the pink perfectly.
I hope you like my card and cannot praise the set of blueprint images enough - they stamp beautifully - every fine little detail - exactly how you would see a blueprint !
Keep safe and well everyone
Kim xx
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