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Sunday 10 March 2019

Hello all,

Well it’s a warm welcome from a freezing cold North East of Scotland today .Back to wearing thick jumpers and wool gloves again. I spent a few hours on Friday night playing with my distress inks to make some rather lovely backgrounds ...ideal for adding some fairies !

So this one was made , starting from the middle and using Tumbled Glass ...a lovely soft,light blue ink.,gradually adding in Cracked Pitachio and Peeled Paint.
It really is just a case of taking your time , a light hand and a little patience to get the blend right . I left the centre light to add to the magical feel. I then stamped the grass , fairy and sentiment with black Archival ink to give me some strong silhouettes 

 

With this one , again I started off with some Mustard Seed, added in some Peeled Paint  darkened the edges withSeedless Preserves. A few embellishments and a sentiment finished it off rather nicely .


The final one is made using Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin and of course , my new favourite Abandoned Coral . I splattered some water on , waited a few moments then dried off with my heat tool . This is how to achieve lightened areas that almost look as though they have been bleached . The fairies on this car were die cut form teeny tiny little dies that I got from The Range .


Bye for now ,
Kate x

Wednesday 20 February 2019

Just me !

Hello there ! 
Well I felt that I had neglected my blog for too long ! 
At the weekend, I pulled my alcohol inks out of their cosy little home and had a wee play .
So the first thing is I had no idea what to do with them ! I decided that I would do something “safe”! 
So this little card front was stamped using Ranger black archival ink , Dylan Reavley stamps , and then coloured with some Ranger’s alcohol ink .
I love the clean and simple results so I think a plain black mat and onto a card front and that will do .
I’ve ordered a few more colours of inks , some mixing bottles and some alcohol ( not Gin !) so once it arrives I can get playing properly and will share the results .
See ya .....