It's been a long time, but now I'm back!

If you look at my previous post you will notice that it was March last year. Life has been hectic. I now work five days and find it difficult to fit everything in so blogging was one of the many things that I have neglected. So over the next few days I want to upload the projects that we have done at Bel Air Creative Card group over the last year.  This is my first post using my iPad, it's not as easy as using the computer, but here goes.

My card below is using the masking technique. I saw this technique here http://stampwithtami.com/blog/2012/01/butterfly/

Tami has a great video too to go along with her post.

Firstly, you take a shape die and cut out your mask. Adhere this to the front of your card and then sponge inside the cutout area. Ink up your image (I have used lovely as a tree set) in black and stamp your image in the masked window. Take off your paper and then stamp your greeting.

  

Stamp set used:  lovely as a tree, curly cute

Cardstock:  whisper white

Inks: tempting turquise! Marina mist, tangerine tango and more mustard

Accessories: labels collection framlits

Watermark resist technique Lovely As A tree

I just love using glossy cardstock. I have stamped the main image from Lovely as a tree in versamark watermark and then I have brayered over the top half of the card using tempting turquoise. I then have blended with a sponge certainly celery and river rock. I have then stamped the truck from loads of love in black stazon and used a aqua painter to colour in with not quite navy. To finish off the card I have stamped the large tree from lovely as a tree and the greeting in black stazon ink.

Brayered Sky Technique

Stamp Set: as lovely as a tree
card: whisper white, more mustard
ink: more than mustard, so safron, really rust, stazon
Accessories: brayer, post it notes, white gel pen

This technique looks good on glossy card. Michelle Zindorf has a great tutorial here.