Stampboard.

Good afternoon everyone, have you got that Friday feeling yet? It is all go here , getting ready for tomorrow's class in Cumbria...it is our 2nd Birthday ...I really can't believe that we have been meeting every month now for two years.......oh where has the time gone,,?

Seriously though I have made some wonderful friends, such lovely ladies and gent ( I better not forget Peter) and boy oh boy have we had some laughs....

We have two new ladies joining us tomorrow, so I must try and be on my best behaviour.....( well for the first five minutes!!!)

We are going to have a play with some fabulous new Wee stamps from Clarity also we will be using stampboard....

Now although this product has been around for many years , it is new to me,,.and oh it is so addictive...

And so versatile, you can use so many different mediums on it, from dye based inks, shaving foam, alcohol inks, PanPastels, Grunge Paste, oh the list goes on....

A brilliant way of using all those wonderful products that we have in our stash...

So this afternoon , I thought I would have a little play...well it would have been rude not too...and this is what I came up with.

I must say that it is my lovely friend Yvonne that inspired me to use stampboard...so thanks Mrs......you are a gem...xxxx

I started by choosing a stamp, and then making a base of stampboards that would be just the right size...

I do love this Topiary Tree Clarity stamp....and olden but a golden one,,,,

I used a piece of double sided adhesive sheet on the back , to stick all the boards together.

Next I put a base coat of Distress ink down, I used Spiced Marmalade...( don't worry about the blending, at this stage you really just need a base coat )

Next I used the Trellis Stencil and some more Distress inks, followed by some water spritzing .

To pull it all together I added some brown DI around the edges. Then I gave it a quick blast with my heat tool.

I stamped the image using black Archival ink.

And then put with a scraper tool to add the white highlights. Now is it just me or does this remind you of when we were younger and made those scraper foil pictures?

As I wanted to create a tile effect I sprayed it with Crafters companion Spray and Shine,,,,you can use clear embossing powder or UTEE but as it is such a large area I went for the spray....

Here is a closer look

I really enjoyed making this, hope you like it too.

I have so many ideas buzzing around , I just need more time to play....but I had better get on packing my car...

And then cooking some food,

I hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever you have planned...

Take care all, much love and hugs

Jo. xxxx

 

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