Something Beautiful is on the horizon... safari scene 5" square card

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Something Beautiful is on the horizon... safari scene 5" square card

 Hi Craft addicts!

 I have had the Stamps By Me Gossip inks for ages and thought I better use them and this is the result...


How I made this card:-
  • The base card is a 5" square one which can be got from all sorts of companies such as Hunkydory, Paper Boutique etc....
  • I took 3 inks from the set (they don't have names on the bottles), and using the pipettes provided, put some orange, red and the darker red onto a palette.
  • I then took a waterbrush and painted a piece of white stamping card (this is Hunkydory's Ink Me card but you could used watercolour card but I wanted a smooth surface) using the orange first and then the red and finally the darker red. The inks have a Mica in them so when you look at it when it is dry you can see a sheen to the card.
  • Once it had dried, I added various images from the Go Wild stamp set from For The Love of Stamps using Gina K Black ink. I stamped the birds several times.
  • I then trimmed the whole panel so that it fitted a 5" white card (leaving a narrow border all around it) and edged it with a black alcohol marker.
  • I used Collall All Purpose glue to attach it as it gave me a bit of wiggle time!
  • I took the sentiment from the Seascape Icons Stamp set from Pretty Quick, but before stamping it on to some white card, took the Go Wild Stencil/Mask that accompanies the Safari set and coloured through the bark type bit of it, using what colours were left on some sponge daubers.
  • I then stamped the sentiment on to it and cut around it using the design of the stencil to give some shape and added it to the top right hand corner with black foam tape. 
  • Products used in this project
  • 5" white square card from Paper Boutique (Creative Crafting World), Hunkydory or Create & Craft
  • Go Wild Stamp and Mask set from For The Love of Stamps by Hunkydory
  • Seascape Icons stamp set from Pretty Quick
  • Red, Orange and Dark Red Gossip Inks from Stamps by Me
  • Blue, Green, Yellow and red dye based inks 
  • Black alcohol marker
  • PVA glue such as Cosmic Shimmer or Glue it from Pinflair
  • Collall All Purpose glue
  • Foam pads (black)
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