Another Bird Card

Today's offering is the other card which I made from an image stamped during a crafting session with a friend (Stampin Up).  Again it was just black on white card and I used ink from another kaleidocolour ink pad dabbed onto a craft sheet and spritzed with water before 'mopping up' with the stamped image.  This one is a much more vibrant colour than the other one I did, background paper is by Artylicious and I added some flowers from Vintage Vogue stamp set.

Bird with Swirls

The last time I had a crafty day with my friend Anne she let me stamp a few images and at the time I used this SU bird stamp with black ink on white card, not really knowing how I would use it. I came across this while I was having a tidy up and decided to take a risk that theblack ink was permanent. I used a Kaleidocolour dye ink pad and dabbed it onto a craft mat, spritzed with water and then sort of 'mopped up' the colour with the printed card. The edges were sponged with Distress Black Soot. Background paper is by Stampin Up, as is the ribbon and punched message.

Inky Fingers

I've been getting seriously inky fingers playing around with stamps and ink but they do gradually return to normal colour - until the next time!! On this card I've used brayering and sponging with a Kaleidocolour ink pad using Elusive Images Eastern Grasses stamp set. The small image background was done with a brayer onto coated card from Clarity Stamps, stamped with black ink and clear embossed and the larger background was ordinary white card sponged with the same inks using trusty cut'n'dry foam and then stamped using grey and black ink (not embossed). I just added a narrow punched border and a greeting on a scrap of the brayered card cut with a Stampin Up punch.

Just To Say...

I got my brayer and Kaleidacolour ink pads out and made this card using stamps from Elusive Images. It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways there are to use stamps - endless possibilities.