I'm not one for doing cutesy characters... not generally the sort of style I would pick - but I borrowed this stamp from Sarah to challenge myself to do something a bit different. I raided my box of Ink Mister backgrounds and found this particularly vibrant busy one and thought - right double the challenge to put this stamp onto such a vibrant piece. I was determined not to paper piece - but to stamp directly onto the background. I started by stamping and embossing my little girl (she's a Wild Rose Studio stamp). I then set about experimenting with colouring mediums. Because the background was so saturated with mica, I was finding the paints and promarkers I was trying was just sinking below the mica and getting lost. So I decided to paint in the stamp design with some gesso. I did this slowly and gradually and after painting each time I wiped over with a jay cloth to make sure the heat embossed areas didn't get paint dried on the top. After a few coats it was enough to start trying some different colours. I tried some distress paints, but I couldn't get a strong enough colour, so I went back to my Promarkers - and after building up a couple of layers of colour I got the effect I wanted. I found the colour went on a lot easier using the chisel end rather than the point - that seemed to move the colour about.
I added the words (Chocolate Baroque stamp) and added some lines with a black promarker and drew through a mask with a black fineliner. I also added some white gel pen highlights around the wording and around my little girl to make her stand out from the background even more. Finally I mounted the piece onto black card and onto a 5x7 card blank.
It's nice to challenge yourself... always a bit daunting but satisfying when you complete your project!
Started to get excited.. only one more day before I travel up for the trade show woohoo!
happy crafting
Jane
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