Bright and Beautiful

Good morning everyone,..

Another lovely dog walk this morning , 

although I do believe it is going to get quite a lot colder later this week...

Hope we don’t get snow in Anglesey this Saturday 

Today I am sharing with you  a little play that I had yesterday.

I have had this fantastic stamp on my craft table for weeks...

And I have been desperate to use it 

It has been designed by the very talented Tracy Evans...

I started with a couple of Distress Oxide inks...

And two pieces of card 

Next I added some blue ink , 

Followed by green , 

remember to dry your card in between each application of ink .

When dry I edged both pieces of card with Bundled Sage Oxide ink. 

Next I added the large lollipop sticks....

Yes , my latest obsession....lol...🤣

Gave them  a dry brush of white  gesso 

Then added some colour to them with the oxides. 

I stamped my image on the sticks...now don’t worry , 

They are quite uneven.   ,

So the stamping isn’t perfect...

But we don’t need it to be...

It will all be fine...

I repeated the stamping on separate card...

Added some colour and cut out the dragonfly . 

Next came some splatting....you know I always need some splatting 

This time I used a black Inka Gold...

Remember to add some water before putting the jar away 

When dry , I added some white work with a Posca Pen 

Followed by a black Sharpie line and some matting and layering . 

I decoupaged the dragonfly, plus some hessian for extra detail. 

The sentiment and the glossy Accents just complete the design 

I really enjoyed making this 

Just look at all the detail on the stamp 

And the best bit is that there are lots of other parts of this stamp that I haven’t used yet...

I feel another play coming on..

I hope you have a lovely Tuesday planned , 

We have Elliot coming to play 

So grandma better get a move on...

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxxxx