CSNW photos 2

Good evening & what a fantastic day it has been - so good to see the blue skies & sun.

This morning Sue came round to be my first visitor (outside of the family) at the new house.  We spent the whole of her visit out in the garden - so I am now sitting here with a rather red face which I hope won't look so red in the morning.  We had a really good natter catching up over the last 2/ 3 weeks.

Anyway - the main reason for my post today is that second set of photos from the CSNW meeting on Wednesday.  The project for the evening was trying the wax resist technique. When I use this technique I usually stamp an image in black permanent ink, then highlight areas with a wax crayon, then cover the whole with inks such as Distress Inks blending different colours.  The piece is then buffed with a soft tissue to remove the wax & the white of the card shows through as a highlight.   But colour can be added in any way that is liked & you will see a variety of finishes in these photos;

On these samples some "doodling" has been done on the background as well.

Love that Nefertiti stamp

This is very similar to the sort of finish I try for

It's very vintage chic - isn't it!

It is a great technique to highlight sentiments as can be seen here - also parts of long sayings look good too.

Now as these pieces were being inked the black smudged a little, but Glynis continued working with them & the finish looks really good.

A similar image that this time has been mounted onto a piece of card that has the "doodled" background.

The highlighting of petals works well on the roses & I like the highlighting circle around the sentiment.

Again the petals are highlighted, & the background doesn't have to be completely covered in ink for it to work.

The lady who did this sample wasn't happy with it & didn't want to have it photographed - but the flower top left had worked really well - so I included it.

Sorry about the light shining on the right hand sample - it's on glossy card.  This set shows the highlighting really well & some background resist as well.

The two with the random inking works just as well as covering completely with ink - I like the effect.

These 2 designs are so delicate & the lower one has been layered onto a background piece that has a resist pattern on it.

The differences in the above work is one of the things I love about rubber stamping - everyone trying the same technique but in their own way & achieving such different results.

Before I close off I have another photo to show you.  Last month we tried the Washi / Tissue tape technique & Hayley, one of the CSNW members, brought in 2 little pieces that she has used the tape on;-

An altered peg & a tea light candle holder.

That brings me uptodate with the photos to show you.  It looks like we are going to have a hot weekend - so if you are out in the sun take care.  Whatever you are doing have fun.

More over the weekend.