Serena My Sunflower Girl

Hi Everyone

Sorry it’s been a 3 week gap since I last post but pre-Christmas illness and Christmas celebrations meant that I was banned from my Craft Hovel for the duration.  Thankfully OH has released me from the holiday shackles and well…. here I am ready or not!!

I have been having a quick relaxing play with my crafty stash and decided that it was time to do another page of my journal.  So I went to my ‘go-to-stuff’ and pulled out some favourites.  Tonight they are my Oak House Studio Sunflower Stamp, Acrylic Inks, Pure Colour Chemistry Inks for spraying and paste. 

So here it is……

 

What I Did

• Firstly I coated the pages with white gesso then using a circle stencil from Finnabair I added some pasted areas. Dried with a heat tool.
• Then using a pencil I lightly sketched the face area on the far RH side of pages.  Using some Buff Titanium and Burnet Sienna acrylic paints I made the skin tone colour for the face.  I used Quinacridone Scarlet mixed with Buff Titanium for the lips.
• Using some kitchen paper to block the face off I used some Citrus Lime Ink diluted with water in a spray bottle, and spritzed the background.  Then I used an orange and a yellow Acrylic Ink to create the splashed and runs of colours on the pages.  Dried with a heat tool.  I then used a script stamp to add detail together with some wording stamps.
• Next I stamped the Sunflower stamp 5 times direct onto the page flowing across both diagonally.  I also stamped 3 more flowers onto plain card.  Each flower was painted with gesso that has been coloured using a tiny spot of Bottled Sunshine Pure Colour Chemistry.  Cut out the flowers on the card.
• For the centre of the flowers I used stamps from Finnabair stamped onto card/patterned paper and cut out.  I also stamped the butterfly onto card, coloured it and cut it out.
• I glued the circle stamped pieces onto the flowers on the pages and then added the 3 remaining flowers and the butterfly.  The last thing I did was to go around all the outside edges with some Brazil Nut ink.

 

What I Used

Oak House Studio – Sunflower Stamp

Oak House Studios Pure Colour Chemistry Inks – Citrus Lime, Bottled Sunshine and Brazil Nut

Oak House Studio Acrylic Inks – Amber and Citrine

Finnabair Stamps – various

Carabelle Studio Script Stamp – Carte Postale

Pebeo Studio Acrylic Paints

 

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks

for

Popping By

xx