OVAL SWEET PEAS

Hi friends!

Playing along with this Sunday Stamps Challenge (ends 4/3)

Love the CAS elegance and versatility of this sketch!

Two flowers were heat embossed in white on Kraft card stock. I stamped and die cut a third flower for foam mounting, and ink blended some Distress Oxide blue onto it. I used a tissue to wipe the blue ink off the white lines and all was looking good. Then tragedy in the craft room struck - in the process of splattering it with black India ink, I managed to let the puddle of ink run off the acrylic block, down my finger, and onto the cardboard box top I use to splatter in. It didn’t land on the flower, but right next to it, where the ink immediately ran under the stem and started soaking into the edge and underside. When they say a little bottle goes a long way, they aren’t joking - it seems thinner than water! 

* TIP To get delicate spatters a fan brush works best* 

I did find it necessary to restamp and emboss the white because it was looking too dark with all the black over it. I didn’t get things exactly right but a white gel pen helped. 

The leaves are accented with a lighter green pencil in the centers, where they embossed themselves. I use an Anna Griffin electric machine and the pressure is enormous, which I’m not mad about! After 20 years of a hand crank machine that got pretty sketchy towards the end (my bad for putting all manor of thicknesses through it) I couldn’t appreciate the AG machine more.

The background panel was made by brushing the background text in areas with a small blending brush smooshed in blue Oxide ink. Oval was backed with a heavyweight scrap, cut into the same size, for subtle dimension. Since I’m nearly down to the end of my roll of foam, I’ve been experimenting with other methods. 

SUPPLIES

oval die - Spellbinders Radiant Oval set

banner die - Stampin’ Up! Bitty Banners set

spiral notebook punch -  Stampin’ Up! (long)

leaves on stem die - Sizzix Thinlits #661206 set

flower stamp - Altenew Sweetest Peas set

sentiment stamp - LDRS Creative Just a Note set

handwritten text stamp - Stampabilities Le London Script #TR1008

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