I thought I'd celebrate today with a VERY simple green card that we made at my class a few weekends ago.
I took all my Fresh Florals DSP to Kinko's to have it cut to 4x6 panels not too long ago, and as I was putting it away, the Lemon Lime Twist pieces really caught my eye, so I pulled some out for a little idea for my class. The watercolor style images are so soft, I thought it would be fun to make them crisper with my stamp etching technique. You can see the video for that technique below. It's amazing how just a few little stroked transform this little piece of paper. So fun and simple.
Do you have plans for today? We generally shelter in place on holiday weekends here, because Austin goes nuts over any chance to drink and act foolish, and it's better just to be at home with the kitties and my stamps.
I'm not even having any traditional Irish fare, mostly because I don't like corned beef, but also because I felt like having a steak today. So the grill will be fired up soon.
So here's the video on my stamp etching technique - it's such a simple way to transform a stamp or paper. The bonus is that it's also very relaxing. So enjoy this oldie but goodie. Click here to watch this on YouTube.
I'd done part of this technique before, but not the way she did it. I loved how she illuminated the images. You can see the challenge and her post here - go to post #1.
So I decided to use the critters from We Must Celebrate for my attempt at this. I've been seeing them everywhere lately, but not like this. The sentiment from the set, which I embossed in white on black cardstock and punched with the triple banner punch - is PERFECT for the scene, since it looks like the animals have their backs to us.
Then, on my team call Sunday, I demonstrated this for them on Facebook live, this time with Magical Day. I had done this galaxy background during the Daily Marker coloring event, and I just stamped the little wizard, colored him in, and highlighted him. After that was done, I used a white Polychromos pencil to create a little glow around him, since the background is so dark. I positioned him so that it looked like a star I had already added was in his hand.
