Zen Garden - Whimsy Stamps

Hello everyone... 

Today we have a super mini release at 

Whimsy Stamps

I made some Mixed Media ATC style cards with a beautiful new stamp

Zen Garden Rubber Cling Stamp by Deb Davis (Amped2Stamp)

and I I really don't know what to say about them! /-:

This is my first (and quite possibly my last)! attempt at anything like this!

I am full of admiration for all you Mixed Media Artists out there - you are incredibly creative and I don't know how you do it!  All I seemed to achieve was an incredibly messy desk and a blister on my forefinger! (:

(...also apologies for the photo fail - we are in a period of very bad light again here and I am having difficulty capturing a decent photo of anything)!

Here's how I made these cards...

Firstly I took a piece of Strathmore Bristol Vellum Card and I blended lines of Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lavender and Tumbled Glass from the bottom upwards.  I then sprayed it with water and let it dry.

Then I die cut the card three times with the largest 

Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die

and stamped the 

Zen Garden image onto it with black ink as shown.

Then I rubbed texture paste through a different stencil on each card and let it dry.

Next I used a red oil pastel (I use Caran d'Ache Neopastels but any would be fine- I think you could also use Distress Crayons for this if you have them), and using my finger I rubbed red hearts onto the design using a die cut made with the 

Slimline Hearts Background Die

as a stencil.

I repeated this process with a black oil pastel and the Polka Dot Stencil.

I then coloured the centre of the flowers with Arteza Pencils.  (I just used three random yellow orange and red ones)

I then flicked Mica Powder mixed with water followed by white paint (I used Copic Opaque White but any would do) over the designs and let everything dry.

Finally I stamped several sentiments from the

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps Set

onto kraft card, cut them out and fixed them to the card designs as shown.

 

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies*

Zen Garden Rubber Cling Stamp by Deb Davis (Amped2Stamp)*

Slimline Hearts Background Die*

Honeycomb Drips Stencil*

Sun Rays Stencil*

Brick Pattern Stencil*

Polka Dots Stencil*

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps*

Thank you for popping by....

Have a super weekend,

love from

Sue...xxx

  

 

 

Other Ingredients

Strathmore Bristol Vellum Card*

Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lavender and Tumbled Glass 

Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes

Ranger Opaque Matte Texture Paste*

Caran d'Ache Oil Neopastels*

Copic Opaque White

Honey Doo Crafts Mica Powder

Arteza Pencils*

Kraft Cardstock

Ink on 3 Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink Pad

Misti Stamp Tool

Gemini Jnr Die Cutting Machine*

Collall All Purpose Glue*

Quickie Glue Pen*