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I had some 'happy post' today, a set of Tim Holtz Classic stamps and I LOVE them! They are very architectural and suit neutral tones so I wanted to add a splash of colour onto the card. What better way to add colour than with one of Ryn's beautiful Hummingbirds? You can see them all on her website by clicking HERE.
I made the background using the acrylic block method - basically inking either a block or a craft sheet with Distress Ink, spritzing with water and then laying your card down in the ink. I stamped the Striped Reed stamps in Versafine onyx black ink, along with the ancient column from the TH set. I also stamped the wordy stamp from my new TH stamp in the darker of the two Distress Inks that I used to make the background. I stamped the hummer onto watercolour paper and painted with Inktense pencils. As Inktense pencils create a permanent dye when dry, I was able to paint over the hummer with a Wink of Stellar to give a beautiful shimmer to the bird. I hope you can see a little of this pretty shimmer in the close-up photo!
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This girly make has been half-made for weeks and today I finally finished it. I started this by stamping the Carabelle lady and making a mask to cover her. The background was then made by swiping Tumbled Glass Distress Ink across the card, then I used Broken China Distress Ink through the beautiful Ginko leaf stencil from Designs by Ryn. I outlined part of the leaves with a silver glitter gelli-roll pen. After removing the mask I coloured the lady with Distress Inks.
I then stamped African Daisy from Designs by Ryn on watercolour paper and painted with Tombow pens and water. The hibiscus leaves are also from Ryn. The centres of the Daisies are tiny black beads.
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It's the start of a new month so it's also the start of a new Lavinia Challenge! This month we would like to see some hot colours in your creations. My bit of inspiration for you takes the word 'hot' to the extreme! I've stamped the lovely Lavinia designs onto a wooden door hanger and burnt the designs on with a Pyrography tool. The ivy was quite tricky to do I can tell you!
I hope I've inspired you to join our challenge, don't forget the prize is a whopping £40 to spend on Lavinia goodies! You don't even need a blog to enter, you can send in your entry via email. Pop over to the challenge blog HERE and have a read of the rules and how to enter. Good luck in the draw! Xxx
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I'm so lucky to be on the design team of Designs by Ryn, and I'm always trying to think of new ways to use the stamps to show people how beautiful and versatile they are. To be honest I don't think anyone needs to be convinced about how beautiful Ryn's designs are, they speak for themselves!, but part of being on a design team is coming up with new ideas. When I was introduced to Pyrography I realised this may be a new way to use all my stamps!
First of all I stamped the designs onto a circular plaque and then burnt the designs into the wood with the Pyrography tool...
Then I painted with Silks Acrylics paint from Colourarte, they have a beautiful shimmer that is perfect for hummingbirds!
Part of me wishes I had kept the background as plain wood rather than the light blue, but you don't know what things will look like until you try!
The stamps I used were Booted-Racket tail Hummingbird, Sideways Hibiscus, Hibiscus Leaf Set and Spiral Branch Set. All available from www.designsbyryn.com
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My lovely, talented friend who writes a superb blog- www.mudlarksandmagpies.blogspot.co.uk has inspired me to try Pyrography, burning designs into wood or leather, great fun!
I bought my 'tool' this afternoon, along with a few pieces of plywood and set about burning a design. I stamped some of the beautiful images from Designs by Ryn (Spiral Shell, Sea Bubbles and Raindrops) onto the wood and then when the tool was hot I burnt the designs into the wood. I coloured the piece with watered-down acrylic paint as my friend describes on her blog (you really should pop over and have a read, it's so interesting!)
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Last week I received an amazing parcel full of beautiful Hummingbird stamps from Ryn in Canada, they are her latest release and are available (along with the other stamps) now HERE!
Here's my DT post with one of these beauties! I've made a Distress Ink background and stamped over the top with Leafy Branch. The pretty flower is called African Daisy and the leaves behind the daisy are from the Hibiscus set. The Red-tailed Comet Hummingbird is from the unmounted sheet 'Hummingbirds 2'. The flower and bird are coloured with Tombow pens and water.
I added Liquid Pearls to the background and Stickles glitter to the bird (so annoying that I can never capture the pretty sparkle in photos!!). I hope you like both the stamps and the card, thank you for visiting! Xxx
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Hope you all enjoying the beautiful sunshine today? I've had a very 'homemade' day today, I've made a cake, a loaf of bread and a card! This card was made using a Bister background, a portion of a large Carabelle Studio stamp, my fave poppy from Stampinback and the amazing water trickles from Designs by Ryn.
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I had another play with watercolour and salt. A few people asked how I made this background so I'll give you a description. I scribbled onto watercolour card with Tombow pens, spritzed with water and then sprinkled on some salt. It was left alone to dry naturally and then the salt was rubbed off. Et voila!
I used the lovely Maidenhair Fern stencil from Designs by Ryn with Inca Gold paint in Silver and the small butterfly from Visible Image. The sentiment is one of Sir Tim's!
I hope you like it! Thank you for visiting, big hug! Xx
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I remembered my favourite background technique today, watercolour and salt!
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