With Love from Russia (by Miranda)

Hello lovely people,

It's been a while and I am happy to be here again! I have a few blog posts for you and this is the first one. I had this stamp for quit a while in my stash and I really had a good time playing with it......

When I need some inspiration I always look on Pinterest and this time I searched for Russian colors and patterns...... I came in Russian spheres......so this was my inspiration.....

And when you see these flowers and patterns.... CB has a lot of designs which would match perfectly ...

Russian folklore

I started with a Distress ink background and stamped 'Katya' using a light brown ink(Memento Peanut Brittle) so I did not have harsh outlines.

I masked her and stamped the 'Silhouette palaces' behind her using the same ink.

I did use the Masking Tissue from CB and I am really thrilled about that! It's the most great masking paper I ever did use! At the moment it is out of stock, but I really am a fan!

Then I took the lovely background panel stamp from the 'Paisley elephant' sheet. Also stamped that with the same Memento ink. I stamped it partially. And on the upper left side I did stamp a text from the 'Words of Wisdom' using a grey ink.

Then the fun part began.......coloring with my Derwent pencils.....indeed labour intensive but if you like to color then it is fun.....

When I was satisfied I used another stamp, the large 'crackle stamp '

for the finishing touch I used a white and black acrylic marker for some accents.

The sentiment is from a cling stamp 'Shared beauty'.

And here a bit of digital fun....Katya in different colors and styles.....

Well, I think she looks great in any color.....

Hope you did like my take on this beautiful stamp and if you are inspired..take out your crafty stuff!!

Next time I will show some other possibilities with this stamp.

Thanks for visiting and till next time,