Bloom ... by Amanda Pink

Hello Everyone

Welcome to my Thursday weekly creativity.

This week I have a couple of cards to share with you featuring some of the lovely new stamps by That's Crafty! designed by the very talented artist Melina Dahl.

As most of you will have gathered by now I'm not really a 'Flower Girl' so to speak but Melina's well designed stamps are very versatile and lend themselves to a range of creative styles. On this occasion I have opted for a somewhat 'graphic' style using black and white with subtle use of colour .....

I began by cutting a couple of panels of heavy black Cardstock. It needs to be heavy (300gsm+) to be able to take the wet mediums.

I then positioned a die centrally on one of the black card panels and used masking tape to keep the die in place. Taking a piece of cut n dry foam I sponged a couple of coats of white gesso and a coat of PaperArtsy Snowflake fresco finish paint into the 'open' space the die created. 

Once dry I carefully removed the masking tape and die to leave an area of white to work on. I repeated the process on the second panel of black cardstock. 

I inked and stamped two of Melina's Flower designs onto each of the whitened out areas, dried them with a heat gun and then watercolored both of the images using Distress inks.  

I also painted a light wash of blue around the flowers. 

Once the painted ink was dry I added a bit of doodling using a white fineliner pen.

I then mounted the panels onto two ivory hand made card blanks and to finish I added a stamped word taken from one of Lynne Moncrieff affirmations. 

Products Used:

Card Stock: Black, Ivory
That's Crafty! White Gesso
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint: Snowflake. Any White Acrylic paint will work - see a range here
Tsukineko Versafine Ink: Black Onyx
Distress Inks: Barn Door, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean
That's Crafty! Stamp Set: Flower Collection Set 3 designed by Melina Dahl
That's Crafty! Stamp Set: Lynne's Affirmations Set 6 designed by Lynne Moncrieff 

Spellbinder Deckled Mega Rectangle Nestabilities die.  

White Fineliner Posca Pen
Ranger Cut N Dry Foam 

Paintbrushes

Stamping Platform
Heat Gun

Masking Tape/ Low Tack Tape

That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive 

Paper Trimmer/ Guillotine

Paper Towel

I hope you have enjoyed your time here with me today and that maybe I have offered some creative inspiration using Melina's stamps design.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by - much appreciated

Wishing you all a lovely week and hope you can make it again next.... same time, same place

Take Care

Amanda

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(ink-a-pink)