Spring Flower by Moira Sutton
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Donna
Downey Stencil - Big Peony Blossom
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals - Pineapple Paradise, Orange Creamsicle, Mango Mania, Canna
Lilly Burnt Orange, Cape Cod Coral and Hydrangea Blue
Black Card for Mat7 x 7
Card Blank
Having
been promised a mini heat wave this weekend we had had grey skies, miserable
cold and rain so I thought a little cheeriness was needed hence my bright
spring flower. I’ve used Lindy’s Stamp
Gang Magicals. These are powders of
intense pigment and can be used in so many ways – sprinkled and spritzed with
water, mixed with water into paint, mixed with an acrylic medium into acrylic
paint, mixed with texture paste/Glass Beads Gel etc, mixed with water and
turned into a spray, you can use them on fabric, clay, wood, metal, card,
paper. And one of the best things, as
they are made with a different type of dye to most pigments/inks it is almost
impossible to make mud from them, so using multiple colours becomes a joy. Some are called “Flat” this means they have
no added mica and are pure bursts of colour, the others do have mica. Some, such as the “Under the Boardwalk” set
also have a little white in them so they are a little chalky and the “Nantucket
Pearls” set have pearl mica for a soft sheen.
I cut
my Strathmore Mixed Media paper to 6 x 6 and laid my stencil across the corner
of the Mixed Media paper, I don’t normally tape stencils down but I did with
this one as I was planning on using several coloured pastes on the one
stencil. This shows you can use just a
part of a large stencil you don’t always have to use 12 x 12 on scrap layouts
or larger projects.
Next I
set out five little piles of modelling paste I have put a penny in the picture
to show you and in the end there was enough Modelling Paste to make two of
these.
Anyway I mixed a tiny bit of each of the
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals with the pastes, you can see from the picture how
much of the yellow I used and started applying from the corner with yellow
moving through the different shades of orange in different places on the
stencil, blending as I went.
I
immediately and carefully lifted the stencil getting it cleaned before the modelling paste dried on it and left the flower to dry.
Next I
mixed a tiny amount of the Hydrangea Blue with water on a brush and tapped it
across the blank part of the card for some nice splatters. Finally I stamped the saying from the JOFY
stamp set and layered the card onto black and then a 7 x 7 card blank.
Moira
7 comments
Beautiful Moira
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Amanda x
Absolutely gorgeous Moira! I love this technique!
ReplyDeleteAlison xxx
Gorgeous absolutely love the fiery colours and the artful splatters ;)
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Donna xxx
Gorgeous texture and colour Moira and love the splattered background.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
Fab! Moira Love the rich , vibrant colours of the flower . Clever way of using the stencil too and thanks for sharing the info on the LSG products . x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Moira I love the design and your splatters look fab xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteMoira, this is a fabulous composed card.
Lynne x
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