Carabelle Stamps

Good Morning everyone,

Today i am sharing my first outing of my new carabelle stamps, continuing my new found like of quirky.  Their mermaid set is next on my wish list😉. I have coloured them all with Wink of Stella pens, sadly the photos don't show up the amazing sparkle these pens have and aqua tints.  

One of my new year craft resolutions is to use the aqua tints that have been at the back of my cupboard for years.  They are in large open pots so i was always terrified i would knock them over and the ink go everywhere, so i have decanted them into little bottles with tiny nozzles - much safer for me to use!

7x7" white card blank.  I die cut a square and then stamped my little scene, first stamping of them came out perfectly.  I used a black fine liner pen to add some ground and a few extra little plant tuffs.  I used aqua tints to do a wash of the sky in blue and the grass in greens.  

I then went over the flower stems with a green alcohol pen - just easier than tackling with a brush! I also did the girls skin with an alcohol pen.  I then added various colours of wink of stella to a craft sheet and water coloured the images with them. 

I edged the panel with dusty concord and black soot distress inks to help frame it.  Mounted onto black card and onto the cardblank of which i had stamped the greeting in the corners. 

5x7" card.  After die cutting a rectangle i stamped my little scene, again doodled some ground in.  I coloured the same as above, i went over the lines of the yellow flowers as wanted the feeling of dandelion type heads, fluffy.  Once dry i stamped the greeting, this is where the stamp platform comes in great as i could over stamp the sentiment on the unsmooth cardstock until i had it perfect.  Mounted onto black card and then the cardblank. 

As above just a different sentiment.

6x6 card.  Again i stamped the image (don't know the make), its all in one stamp this - then watercoloured with aqua tints and wink of stella pens.  Mounted onto black and then stamped greeting onto the cardblank.

Trying to show the sparkle, think you can just about catch it on the flower heads. 

Items used:

Carabelle 'Zinouk du Jardin'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamps

Stampin up work of art sentiment stamp

Dovecraft friends sentiment stamp

Wink of stella pens

Spectrum Noir Aqua tints.

I am finding stamping so much more fun with the stamp platform, no more dropped inky stamps or smudging.  

Thank you for stopping by and any comments you leave.  

One of my inspirational craft buddies set up a blog this week, if you were on docrafts you will know her as SomersetSteph, im sure she would love to see you if any of you fancy a peek in a spare moment.   Good Luck with your blog Steph. 

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Wishing you all a good weekend, hopefully we get to see some sunshine. Emmax