Monday 21 July 2014

Diva Red cards

 These are the cards I did yesterday with Moira and Janet at Gissing - far too hot to do anything but craft in a very leisurely way!
The first card was Moira's, inspired by Laura Williams (am sure Moira will correct me if I got the surname wrong) which has an acetate overlay - on mine it is far flatter than the original, which is how I managed to scan it.
The base card is 8" square, and the main panel is 7". The Sheena flower stamps were stamped with stazon and masked, then the background was done using distress inks on a mat, sprayed with water and mopped up - I used old paper, weathered wood and black soot, bit of an odd combo but I didn't have my box of ink pads with me, and that was what was available, and I really liked the result.

Once it was all dry, we used mildew cleaner (yes, I know, that was what we thought - would have been bleach but Moira had run out of it, and it does work!) to bleach out the flowers from the background. I coloured the leaves in with watercolour pencils after bleaching them.
More flowers were stamped onto the acetate with stazon again, then painted on the reverse with acrylic paints - despite the heat it took a time for the acrylics to dry, so we all ended up finishing off later at home.
The other card was based on one
  Janet
did a while ago using shaving foam  marbled card left over from a Clarity workshop, but we used alcohol inks on some new Chromo(?) card from Clarity, which is very shiny - butterflies are spellbinders dies, not sure about the seed head ones.

8 comments:

  1. Hi Veronica, new follower and visitor to your blog these are gorgeous, love the butterflies.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. Even gentle crafting is a bit too energetic when it is so hot and humid but you've come home with some lovely results. Very pretty cards and I like the delicate colours

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  3. Hi from a new follower. These are beautiful!

    Hugs,
    Em x
    Creative Em

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  4. Seed heads are Marianne dies Veronica. I love your version of the acetate overlay,yes you are right is is Laura Williams. Nice to see you yesterday, drama in the kitchen not withstanding!

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  5. You always do lovely versions of the cards Veronica x

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  6. Your cards are gorgious Veronica, I especially love the flower card (the first one) I really love those colours!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  7. Three are all fabulous. Love them x

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  8. These are all gorgeous Veronica but the first one is stunning! Love that background and the flowers look beautiful against it. My craftroom has been a no go area during the day, especially today at the temp almost hit 40c nearly double my comfort zone :-(. Quite pleasant now but it's getting rather late, lol!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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