birthday cards 3 & 4

Good afternoon everyone & what a beautiful day again.

I have managed to catch up on my attempt to produce a card each day.  I had some inspiration to kick start me when I received one of my regular emails from an American website.  The technique being described on this really caught my interest, & I used it for both these cards.  The website is - StampTV - this is part of the GinaK website. Clickiing on StampTV in the line above will take you direct to the video tutorial for this background.  I thought it would be nicer for you to go & see for yourself rather than me write instructions.

Here they are -

The background is the feature from the video on this card & the next one.  Another thing that I "stole" from that video was this great way of putting the sentiment at the side of the focal image.  All the stamping was done on white card & the sections layered onto navy blue card then placed on a deckle-edged white card.

As I had enjoyed making this background I made another one then used my cloche hat lady again.  This time I stamped her with Adirondak Denim ink & embossed her with clear EP.  I then used Adirondak Stonewash ink pad & the Denim pad again, to colour the hat & coat using my water brush.  As in the first card the pieces were layered onto the navy blue card & then a base white card.

Do go & take a look at that video & try the technique for yourself - it is so easy & very effective.  I used a Tim Holtz ink applicator to apply the ink but it was a little too big - a small sponge that has been shaped ball like should work wonderfully.  I am going to try & source some finger daubers.  I used to have some a while back but don't know what happened to them.

Well! this weather is forecast for the weekend - so have a lovely weekend.  If you are having a BBQ don't eat too much & don't overdo it in the sun.

Have fun!

'Bye for now.