#186 Red, White and Blue challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here with a stamp from the new animals serie.

 

Today a small tag, for the red, white and blue challenge of Lost coast designs.

This challenge runs until the end of the month, so there's still plenty of time to participate.

I stamped with the bird from the new animal series from LCD.

These will soon be for sale in the online store.

The funny text is one from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And the little swirls are a part of the silhouette dancer.

I also used Stazon Black cherry and Ultramarine.

Distressink barn door and chipped sapphire.

White acrylic paint and a white gelpen.

I started with the red and blue distress ink, 

which I spread on my craft sheet and diluted with water.

I painted the top left corner with red.

I did the same with blue around the bird.

A little red on the underside of the bird.

Stamped the text with the blue stazon.

And the swirls are also stamped with the two stazon colors.

Colored the bird with blue and red distress ink.

And gave the bird some accents with the white gelpen.

Splashed some white paint, but first covered the bird with a piece of paper.

Matte the tag with half blue and half red cardstock.

I love the new bird stamp, he has such a funny look.

That's it for this time.

I sincerely hope that you will join the challenge.

Maybe you will be the winner for this challenge, 

and you will win new rubber stamps of your choice.

Playing along with:

 Simon Says wednesday challenge.

#175 Its all about "Birds" this challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here.

 What a nice challenge this is.

Who doesn't love birds.

For this challenge I used the stamps:

Raven with tree branches.

Door and window.

Brush strokes.

Grunge tree.

Misc words for Fly.

This is a stampsheet with individual words and I must say, I use them a lot.

What else did I use:

Stazon midnight blue.

Distress ink,

Evergreen bough,

Peacock feathers,

Twisted citron,

Mowed lawn.

Versamark.

Gold embossing powder.

Blonde moments EP Savory Sky Iridescent,

White gel pen.

Blue and green colored pencils or markers, whatever you prefer.

How I made it.

I started with the 4 distress colors on the craft sheet and a little bit of water.

I ran the paper through that and made ink spots.

I stamped the edges with a stamp from the brushstrokes sheet,

 and Stazon midnight blue.

I forgot to photograph the next step.

But that is not difficult to do.

Take a thin paper and stamp the Gothic window

 with the stazon midnight blue and color it with the pencils or markers.

Stamp the window on the background as well.

Cut out the colored window and glue it to the stamped print on the card.

Give the window some accents with the white gellpen. 

Stamp the Raven with the Versamark and 

sprinkle the dark blue embossing powder on top.

 

Use a heattool to melt the embossingpowder,

And now you see the beautifull dark blue shine.

Just look how beautiful this dark blue color is.

Now we move on to the grunge tree.

The grunge tree has a frame and I didn't want to stamp it.

So I covered it with tape.

The stamp was inked with Versamark.

Remove the tape before making the print.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

I did the edge of the card with my finger. 

Press your finger on the versamark and swipe along the edges.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

With the stazon midnight blue the word "Fly" is stamped here and there.

In the window I gave the glass some shade with a dark blue pencil.

And some white accentswith the gellpen on the stone frame of the window.

Hope you liked this tutorial.

And dont forget to join the challenge.

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Birds In Trees

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#101 Background forward.

Hi there, Riet here.

I really had to think about this card, making the background the star isnt that easy.

I am not used to that.

But I just like to work with my distress micro glaze, so of we go.

Stamps: LCD Birds in trees, CV Moon child.

Distress glaze, distressink spun sugar, victorian velvet, gathered twigs.

Take a little spung and aply the glaze on to the stamp and stamp it on a piece of paper that is 5cm or 2 inch longer than the stamp.

Start sponging the bottem with spun sugar, work your way up with victorian velvet. And at the top gathered twigs. Its so magical to see the birds and trees show up, just love it.

I tore the bottom of the card and distresst it with gathered twigs and stampt the moon child stamp. Matt the card with a off white cardstock, and from the same cardstock I die cut the birds. Easy and swift.

So hurry up and join us in this exciting challenge.