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I've been on a giant background kick lately on my lives. It's been fun to try different techniques for backgrounds that play well with different types of stamps.
One background that I taught in my online Gel Press workshop (you can still enroll) was a super fun technique for creating distressed brick walls with my brick wall stencil. But when I got this stunning image of this woman, I thought I could make her into a mural on my brick wall background! I used these brush pigment markers (coupon in the footer - I will have a class on these in November) to color her, and I left it slightly transparent to give the look of spray paint - like a glamorous Banksy! And I absolutely love the sentiment in the set. So beautiful and classic.
For this little winter scenic stamp, I wanted a grey color scheme that gave a vintage feel. So I ink blended it with Rocky Slope, and then splattered the whole thing with white ink for snow. I cut that with the stitched slimline die and put it on one of my pre-cut mini slim card bases. The sentiment is from this set, and the sequins are Iridescent Moonshine again.
For this cover plate die, I decided it had been too long since I watercolored, so I cut it out of watercolor paper and painted it all with Daniel Smith watercolor. Super duper simple and quick card. To start with I sprayed the watercolor paper to the paint would mix - that makes it even quicker.
Speaking of quick & simple, this last one is super fun. The Bob & Betty dies I cut from kraft, and then brushed on Warm Cocoa Ink for that roasty toasty look around the edges. I just let the white of the card base be the frosting, and added this friendship sentiment - you know how naughty those gingerbread people can be!
Two more exciting things today! First - my AWESOME new glass craft mat for filming - it's so beautiful, and it has brightened up my videos immensely! They have all sorts of fun designs - different sizes, and the best part - they are MAGNETIC and have cool chess piece style magnets that are SO easy to grab - no fighting with them. I'm in love. I'm buying a second one! They gave me a coupon code when I ordered my first one, so you can use it for 20% off if you would like one. It's awesome for Gel Press work because I can actually clean it. The cutting mat I was using before stains really badly and was starting to look bad in my videos. The first one I got had this stunning floral. But the succulents are calling me. The discount code is UNDERSTANDBLUE.
Second, the new slimline storage pouches - YAY! I have struggled with storage for these.
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Now I kind of want a gingerbread cookie.
Speaking of cookies - I'm going to make a riff on a peanut butter cookie this week. We made a homemade nut butter by roasting macadamia nuts, and then putting those in the food processor with a small amount of Santa Cruz Organics peanut butter and HOLY MOLY is it great!
This may or may not have been preceded by SOMEONE - not me - dropping the glass jar of the almond butter we made on the tile floor. Necessity is the mother of invention, right?
What are you cooking this week?
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