A Bit of Sunshine (by Sandra)

Hello, I'm sharing some of my samples that I made for the April shows on Create and Craft.
The stamps that I have used are Sunny Sunflowers and Studded Lattice.

My first project shows how well these beautiful stamps transfer all the detail into Paper Clay. I started by rolling the clay out slightly larger than I needed and pressing the inked up stamp evenly into the clay. I found that using an acrylic block helped. I gently pulled the stamp off the clay and used a glass tumbler to cut out the circle. I used a skewer to make the hole and left it to dry. Once it was dry, I left it overnight, I coloured with inks and used Distress Ink around the edge.

For my next card I've been playing around with frames on my cutting machine..... I kept all the pieces in place and stamped the sunflowers and leaves, using Masking Tissue when needed. When it was all stamped I removed the Tissue and coloured with Distress Inks. I stamped the word Peace from Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh set and then layered over a piece of black card.

Next I used Masking Tissue again to stamp an edge of sunflowers on a 6x6 card. With all stamped images covered I then stamped the Studded Lattice over the top. I removed the tissue and coloured with Distress Inks.  I mat and layered and attached to the front of 8x8 card.

For my last card today I started by stamping a background using Dusky Damask and Distress Inks. I then cut two layers from and oval die. I coloured both layers with Distress and used the Studded Lattice on the smaller oval. I then stamped one of the sunflowers out twice and layered it in the centre. I used some mica in the the centre of the flower for texture.

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x