Tuesday 22 September 2015

Up, Up and Away with a twist

Hi, today I have my entry for the Stamps and Stencils blog challenge,

Up, Up and Away with a twist, using Autumn colours.




So it was out with my PaperArtsy paints. I am usually a blue and green colour choice, so this was a distinct change for me. There is Pumpkin Soup, Butternut, Autumn Fire, Smoked Paprika and Haystack in the background. I stencilled over that with numbers using the bumping technique with Brown shed and Vanilla. TH Wildflower stencil is in the background using Ground Espresso DI. TH Harlequin stencil on two of the corners, a PaperArtsy HP script stamp using Vanilla paint over the background. I stamped the sentiment using Ground Espresso DI as I love the colour, but I think that it would have been a better choice to have used an Archival ink, just didn't have the colour I wanted. Still, I outlined it with white pen to help lift it more clearly from my colourful background. I added a seperate piece of card using foam pads to raise it up for dimension. It is coloured with Distress inks and stamped with the script stamp. The lovely bird stamp from PaperArtsy Hot Picks, more wildflowers stencil and finished with the postcard top from the new Christmas set by Sara Naumann.

Thank you for visiting and reading about my design, thank you for taking the time to comment, I love to read them.

I have also found that my design will suit the Country View Crafts blog challenge, Numbers.
So I have entered my design there too. As well as the lovely large stencilled numbers using a Tim Holtz Stencil, there are some smaller numbers stamped on the background in Distress Inks which have not shown up very well in my photograph.

Kathy xx

8 comments:

  1. Fabulous project, love the colours you've used and the stencilling is wonderful ! Thanks for joining us at Stamps and Stencils. Sue C x

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    1. Thank you Sue, I enjoyed using a colour palette that was not my usual choice. xx

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  2. Lovely work Kathy! I love your layered background with the stamped postcard on top, really gorgeous! Thank you for joining us at Stamps and Stencils

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  3. this is superb - i adore all the elements on this - fabulous! Thanks for joining us at Countryview challenges and good luck in the draw! Hugs rachel x

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  4. Gorgeous layered background with wonderful colours. Thanks so much for joining us at Stamps & Stencils. Julia x

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    1. Thank you Julia, I enjoyed working with a colour palette that I am not used to, it was a refreshing change. xx

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Thank you for your kind comments and visiting my blog.
I love to hear from you. Kathy xx