I got the idea for today's card from an article by Paula Whittaker in August 2012's Craft Stamper magazine.
The secret ingredient is highlighter pens!
You colour in pieces of card with the pens (for this card I used orange, yellow, and pink) and then go over it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I kept the colouring quite random as I liked the effect it gave, almost like woodgrain. This was a happy accident after some dodgy colouring!
I then stamped on my much loved Clarity Alliums in Archival Black and finished it off with a little bow and "Happy Birthday".
Stamps Used
Happy Birthday by Chocolate Baroque
Lynne
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oh I saw that article and loved it these are fab Lynne...one of thee days I might get around to trying lol xx
ReplyDeleteFab card Lynne! What a great idea! X
ReplyDeleteLove the card, what a great idea, will have to try it, but not got round to doing the shaving foam background yet, though I have bought some foam.
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Really lovely to have met you today Lynne, always nice to meet new friends at Art from The Heart. I'm looking forward to seeing your blog post all about it. I should have taken some pictures today but I forgot. I like what you did with the highlighter pens, what a great idea. Have fun with that black dabber, you won't regret buying it. Michelle xx
ReplyDeleteFab Idea, love all the colours and your right it does look like woodgrain very nice indeed xxx
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing Lynne. Who'd have thought you could achieve such a lovely effect? X
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