Kingfisher - Tuesday 24th July

Good Morning Blog Friends!


Another Pilkington Wildlife Stamp from Stamps Away today, this time coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I spent ages with this stamp trying to recreate the technique Ally showed on TV last week with a sandwich bag to create water and stamping a reflection, but was never happy with the result, so I'll keep persevering!


For the background I used a That Special Touch, leaves mask over a  piece of card and spritzed it with Egyptian Blue Cosmic Mist. I wanted it to have a mottled, messy effect, so that it gives the impression of leaves in water. The mist really shimmers, but of course the photo doesn't show this.


I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then coloured it with Promarkers, although for the water and sky I used Flexmarkers. I wanted the wings of the kingfisher to shimmer, so I tried using a glue pen, rubbing in some aqua cosmic shimmer powder and then going over the top with a lighter blue Promarker. It 'sort of' worked and the wings on the finished card shimmer when you move the card in the light, as does the background.


The sentiment is from a Creative Expressions stamp set.


Thanks for stopping by!


Carole X

Teal Duck - Monday 23rd July

Good Morning blog Friends,

I have always really enjoyed watching Ali Reeve (Stamps Away) on Create and Craft; I love the way sheet looks at a stamp or mask (for starters) and sees something that most of us wouldn't even have considered, so the fact that she has been on quite a bit recently has been an added bonus!

"That Special Touch' masks are so versatile, you can emboss with them of course, but you can stencil, stamp, ink...and more.

For this card I simply used some leaf design mini masks (That Special Touch) and using a very small piece of cut n dry foam, dipped in the tiniest amount of petroleum jelly, I rubbed around the masks. You must be careful to only use a tiny amount or this won't work. I then inked over the whole card using Wild Honey distress ink.

I stamped the Teal Duck, which is from the Stamps Away Pilkington Riverside Wildlife set, using Versafine Vintage Sepia and just left it as that. The nice thing about the Pilkington stamps is that you don't have to colour them, I think it might have been too much with all the colour going on in the background and the ribbon.

The stamped image was die cut using a Grand Labels 23 die and then inked at the edges (leaving the die in place) with a mixture of Brushed Corduroy and Antique Linen distress inks.

Sorry, a bit of an autumnal stamp just as the sun comes out! But thanks for stopping by,

Carole X