Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.
So glad it's a little cooler at the moment, and I do hope the weather where ever you live is being kind to you all.
I try in my crafting life to try lots of different types of crafting skills I have not tried before.
So today I have card that I have been working on over a few days.
My new skills I have tried are inking backgrounds, and stencilling.
Sorry this is a long winded explanation of how I created this card.
This is a 8"x8" size card.
I started by putting DI Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, and Dusty Concord on my glass matt added water and dabbed my card into the wet inks.
I did this about 5 times drying it in between with my heat gun till I liked it.
I then sprinkled water over it and dried it again.
Buy this time my new Distress Oxide inks turned up from my order.
So inked the edges with Worn Lipstick DOI.
I then stamped a words background stamp all over it with London Fog Ink.
On the front I stamped some Dragonflies with Cracked Pistachio DOI.
I then used a stencil from Imagination Crafts with the bird and the branches, and Inked it with Tuxedo Black Ink.
I also stencilled around the edges with Imagination Crafts Agean Starlights Paint.
I then used a Glitter gel pen on the branches and the bird.
I inked some more card with DOI Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and stencilled another bird, and decoupaged it.
Made my flowers with a cheap die and hand cut and coloured my leaves.
Nearly forgot to say I used Snippets to make the bird, flowers, and leaves so I will be joining my playground friends in the Snippets plaground with this.
Nearly forgot to say I used Snippets to make the bird, flowers, and leaves so I will be joining my playground friends in the Snippets plaground with this.
Hope you like my dabble into inked backgrounds.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/pixies-snippets-playground-week-283-and.html
I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/pixies-snippets-playground-week-283-and.html
This is so fabulous my dear fairy godmother!!! I don't get much time to dabble but I would love to try mixed media and getting into an inky mess..maybe I should just let the 'boys' in my craft room LOL lots of huggles for us all in the J Household ..Sue xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteWell it was certainly worth the time and effort, a lovely creation.
ReplyDeleteKath x
wonderful card Jenny, lots of time and effete on this card design, but so worth it looks amazing!.
ReplyDeleteHugs Pam x
A delicious inky card Jenny!! Love the pretty colours and you can really see the chalky oxide inks. Those flowers are really lovely too and balance the lovely bird perfectly xx
ReplyDeleteI love the pretty ink colours and subtle stamping you used to make this super background Jenny. All of your elements add up to a beautiful crad.
ReplyDeleteJean x
Jenny this looks amazing! So good to try new techniques and step out of the comfort zone...especially when the result is as beautiful as this! Fabulous work.
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Oh wow, this is amazing!! The colors are so gorgeous!! I love the bird and branches!! What a beautiful card this is!! I love, love it!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
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Wonderful make Jenny the colours are glorious
ReplyDeleteStunning card. Love the pop of pink and your flowers are gorgeous x
ReplyDeleteOh Jenny, this is absolutely fabulous! Love the backgrounds- just perfect! And the flowers are such a lovely touch.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining in with the Snippets Playground!
Hugs
Di xx
Hi Jenny
ReplyDeleteWhat smashing backgrounds. Don't do much inking as I don't do messy lol! But, I'd forgotten the fab things you can do with inks.
Best wishes.
Ang x
Such a fabulous card Jenny, the colours are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs
Maarit
Hi Jenny, a gorgeous card, love the background and those handmade flowers are stunning, thank you for skipping in to Snippets playground this fortnight, good luck in the draw... have a wonderful week... Megan GD
ReplyDeleteThe background is so pretty, well worth the effort and the flowers add a hot tropical feel to the card x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous job you have made of this background Jenny. It's amazing! I wish I had the patience to try something like this!! You do it so well. Hugs Christine xx
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