A little botanical number

Good morning all, 

thank you for joining me today. 

Yet another wet dog walk this morning .

Karl left early again so it was me and the dogs, oh 

and lots of puddles.

We have had Elliot with us for a couple of days so that was fabulous , both 

Adam and Danielle came straight from work yesterday and had their meal with us, 

so lots of Elliot cuddles were had by all. 

Today I am sharing a botanical design with you 

The stamp is from AALL and Create and is designed by the fabulous 

Tracy Evans. 

It is a very large stamp , and has so much detail , I couldn’t wait to have a play with it. 

I started off by blending some ink onto my card. 

Then I added some water through a stencil to create some ghosting. 

I do love this effect. 

Next , came the stamping.

Followed by some splats of Copper Inka Gold, and black ink blended around the edges. 

I then stamped the fern once more onto Rice Paper , 

Added some colour using distress Oxide ink and water and left it to dry, 

before  attaching it to a log slice .

Then it was out with a white marker pen .



I stamped the image once more onto stamping card , and cut out some embellishments. 

I added these, plus some liquid glass. 

As this represents a botanical sketch, and field notes I thought I would add a pencil too. 

I love all the detail in this stamp 

And I had a great time just playing with it. 

I hope you manage to have some creative time today. 

I am off out for coffee this morning with a friend...

It has been a while since our last catch up. 

So lots of coffee and chatting , with a few mince pies thrown in. 

Have a lovely day whatever you do 

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx