Hey there, friends! It's another Monday and another post with Walter. This week's theme is PaperArtsy and I was so torn between a serious card or one with lots of whimsy since they offer so much of both. Ultimately, something fun and whimsical won out - but I did throw in a touch of some serious elements. I fell in love with these Zinis characters as soon as I saw them on the Topflight Stamps website - they're just so cute and fun. The way that the little guy looks so adoringly off to the side while the little woman throws her hands up in the air (waving them like she just don't care!) looked to me like two people in love. That's exactly what my design this week celebrates . . . a funny little romance.
I began this scene by deciding where to place my two Zinis, PaperArtsy - Zinski Mini - ZINI 36 & PaperArtsy - Zinski Mini - ZINI 37, and stamping them. I knew that I wanted to put a stenciled heart between them and wanted to leave enough room between for that. I then grabbed some masking paper, stamped both onto it, and fussy cut my masks.
I was ready to begin on my background once the masks were applied. A really simple way to color a background without ink blending is to apply the ink with a baby wipe. I pressed by inkpad onto my glass surface, grabbed a baby wipe, picked up some ink with it, and began to press the wipe against card panel. You may swipe it across, gently rub in circles, or simply press & apply as I did to create a more gradient look. I believe this a great technique to use in this design since it is so whimsical. I then grabbed my pouncer brush with some white pigment ink and just lightly pounced around the panel. This step serves two purposes - it lightens up the color a bit and also helps to give a blended look to the panel.
Lots of repeat stamping was done to finish off the design before adding the stenciled heart. I used several stamps from PaperArtsy - Mags Woodcock - EMW004 to add in background text and a couple of floral elements. With the stamping finished I could now move on to stenciling. Rather than simply ink blending the heart, I thought it would be more fun to use some acrylic paint to form the shape using PaperArtsy - Stencil - Mags Woodcock - PS515. This definitely didn't give me an exact replica of the heart on the stencil since I applied the paint with a palette knife rather than a brush. I am okay with that though because it gave me a more imperfect & whimsical looking heart that truly goes so well with these characters. I did one last thing to add a little more character to it - used a small sanding disk to gently sand away some of the paint & distress it. I love the result!
I finished up by coloring these two little love birds and florals with alcohol markers and then adding in some bling using Hunkydory - Diamond Sparkles Glitter Gemstones - Amber Sparkles.
What do you think of my funny little romance? Do you enjoy designs like this? Let me know in the comments! I'll see you again on the blog next Monday with another project. Until then . . . be well!
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