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Monday 29 April 2019

Bubbles and Butterflies (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I have a couple of projects to share with you today, showcasing stamps featured in last month's TV shows on Hochanda.



For my first project, I wanted to compare the card that we brought to the show, a mixture of gloss and matt card, and to see how each surface worked with ink. I embossed an image from Punky Romance on both pieces of card using Versamark and white embossing powder, before creating a background, blending Versafine Clair Ink on the surface. I stamped another image from the same stamp set using Memento Ink in a deep purple shade over the top, taking care to rub away any ink that covered the white embossing.

It is not very easy from the photograph to tell the difference between the two surfaces. The glossy card (on the right) really shines, and takes the ink really well. The matt card (on the left), apart from the embossing, looks printed, it is so smooth. It depends which effect you prefer, I like them both. This card will be a staple product on the website in the future, just like our Drawing Cartridge and Textured Art card.

I embossed three butterflies onto vellum using the white embossing powder, and cut them out, adding them to the background to complete the card.

To create my second card, I created a wash over a piece of drawing cartridge, using blue watercolour ink. I added a bit of sea salt and left the background to dry. I stamped the heart image from A Heart Full of Love onto another piece of card using dark blue ink. I coloured the image using water based markers and added a bit of sparkle using a silver sparkle pen. Once the background was dry, I removed the salt and stamped around the edge with a bubble image from Floral Heart, adding highlights with the silver sparkle pen.

I hope that you have enjoyed our romantic inspiration this month, and we look forward to sharing our house and tree projects with you next month. Don't forget to look out for more TV shows in May too! Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx





7 comments:

  1. Fabulous cards Judith, I just adore the colours on both, so bright and pretty and the wonderful detailed stamping on both too. x

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  2. What wonderful cards Judith, I love the colours and designs, Kate x

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  3. This is gorgeous, I love the beautiful colours and backgrounds.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  4. Love so much these projects! Amazing colours and so interesting design||

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  5. your first card has a lovely and very delicate feel to it. I like how you've used the clock and cogs which are traditionally used on masculine cards and made them very feminine. I really like the colour on the second one and how you've made the main focal image the star of the show x

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  6. They are lovely and it's interesting to see how the different card stock affects the results, thank you.

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