My friend Anne over at Gaal Creative is celebrating her 4th Blogoversary and has
announced a new Gaal Creative Circle at Flickr . This creative circle group is for anyone who reads Anne's blog and who would like to
share their creations made using techniques or tips she features. Of course there is a giveaway too so to join the fun!
For my initial post at Anne’s Creative Circle I created a
card using distress inks. I tried a new
technique featured on the cover page of the Ranger Ink website. The technique involves blending several
colors of distress ink to create a background then misting a craft sheet with pearl
mists and using that to stamp the background. I used a HA lattice background stamp. A 2nd background stamp (HA polka
dot) is used to repeat the process after hydrating the craft sheet leftovers
with a small mist of water. I heated the
water image immediately so it would not migrate. In person the stamped background images
really sparkle. This technique creates
several layers of interest and the look of texture. It was a fun technique which I look forward to
doing again.
Distress inks used for background: crushed olive, rusty
hinge, dried marigold and edged in vintage photo.
Thank you for stopping by!