A spotlight on the Twenties

It's been some time since I contributed one of my designs to the DT blog, however I intend to blog on here every month from now on; so let's start with May's offering.

When I first saw these Fabulous Flapper stamps I knew exactly how I wanted to use this particular image. During the art deco period it was all about shapes and angles and I liked the idea of using a circle to spotlight this lovely lady.

To create the spotlight illusion I stamped the upper part of the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto a self adhesive circular label. I happened to have some in my stash but you could die cut a circle from an A4 single label sheet. I then coloured the image with my alochol markers and set aside to dry.

The card itself is a piece of A4 dark grey pearlised cardstock folded in half from which I trimmed off 1.5" down the side edge. I found a twenties advert amongst my ephemera stash which I glued to a piece of plain card to give it some strength. This was then attached to the front, overhanging the trimmed edge.

The image of the flapper was stamped onto another item from my stash (a Whist scorecard). Once dry I stuck the self adhesive circle over the top, ensuring the images were matched up. This was then matted onto a piece of Old Gold pearlised card and attached as illustrated with 3d foam.

Finally I stamped the words 'Just a Note' from the Mackintosh Sentiments clear stamp set and finished it off with the ribbon.

I have been using self adhesive labels for many years now and find them useful for all sorts of crafty projects. However when it comes to stamping they are an easy way to add an image to a background without having to create a mask. 

I hope you are inspired by all my fellow DT members' beautiful artwork, there are more gorgeous things to follow so please keep watching.