Friday, January 13, 2017

Winter Birthday

Quite some time ago I purchased the Penny Black stamp "Astral" at my local stamp store. I don't really have anything else like it. It's a reverse image so the bird and trees are the negative space on the rubber surface. I finally had time to try it out.

I smooshed Distress Inks on the stamp and spritzed with water. After stamping I heat dried the ink and then added some white gel pen and purple watercolour pencil to highlight and shade (detail below).


The sentiment stamp is from a Waltzingmouse Stamps set. I am entering this in the "Anything Goes" challenges at Seize the Birthday and the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and the Penny Black and More Allsorts Challenge.
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7 comments:

  1. Karen DunbrookJanuary 14, 2017 at 4:25 AM

    so pretty...love the textured looking bkg....so dramatic!
    TFS

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  2. LinbyJanuary 14, 2017 at 7:08 AM

    wow - this is stunning, I love your choice of bold colours too. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black & More.
    Lynn x
    DT

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  3. BethJanuary 14, 2017 at 2:12 PM

    Just lovely, and such rich colors. And thank you for introducing me to that unusual stamp!

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  4. EllibelleJanuary 17, 2017 at 1:08 PM

    How beautiful! Love the colors!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us this month at Penny Black and More!

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  5. shirley-beeJanuary 18, 2017 at 1:14 PM

    Beautiful card! The background is gorgeous. Thanks so much for playing along at Seize The Birthday :)

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  6. Julia AstonJanuary 18, 2017 at 8:19 PM

    what gorgeous colors on this wonderful stamp Charmaine! A beautiful winter birthday card! Julia xx

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  7. HelenFebruary 3, 2017 at 2:37 PM

    Beautiful card - what a wonderful stamp!
    Thanks for playing at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
    Helen x

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