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Good Morning everyone, i hope you can have a good weekend.

For Christmas i was given a new set of zinski art paperartsy stamps, this fab fun cow stamp, of course with all the cards i make for farmers they will come in very useful but first off is a little piece of artwork for the wall.  I used stamps and stencils to make a background to look like they are in a Cornish Field with branches overhanging😀

This first photo shows it in its frame, i went with a faux wood frame to pick up on the nature feel.  Although my brother works with rare breeds he doesn't have any cows as colourful as this mini herd😁

Approx size 11x5".  It is much brighter than the photos!.  Anyway, i first cut a piece of white card the size of the frame and using distress inks in greens built up the background by dabbing the ink on my mat, sprizting with water and dipping my card into it, drying inbetween layers to build it up. I then splashed on some water and dabbed with tissue to remove some colour in places  and then added some ink splats by dipping my paintbrush in watered down ink and tapping it over the background just to add more interest and depth. 

  Once completely dry i did some stencilling with a cow print stencil and distress ink, i also used a dictionary stamp through the stencil to add interest.  I then stamped on foliage with oxide inks.

I then stamped my cows on white card, coloured with oxide inks and then added shadow to them with blue grey alcohol markers and fussy cut them out. I added glossy accents to their eyes and touches of glitter glue.  I gently curved the bodies and glued into place with glue gel for dimension.  I then took a black fineliner pen and doodled in the grass to ground them.  I added more shadow to the ground with grey alcohol markers, using the alcohol markers on top of the water colour means it doesn't get too 'muddy' 

To finish i stamped the quote and cut it out.

A close up, this shows the true green colour a bit better.  

Another close up

Items Used:

Paperartsy zinski art stamps ZA42

Hobbyart linoprint hare stamp set

stampin up dictionary stamp

Lavinia foliage stamps

Cow print stencil

leaf burst stencil

Distress inks & oxide inks

Blue grey alcohol markers

Glossy accents

Diamond ranger glitter glue

Smooth white craftUK ltd cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  Thank goodness for crafting at the moment for a distraction - stay safe everyone.  Hugs Emma

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