Hi, friends! Welcome back to the blog. It's Walter with you today as I kick off a new week's theme, which is . . . anything goes. I really enjoy the designs of Mags Woodcock. I first came across her work in Somerset Studio magazine and was so excited to see her products with PaperArtsy on the Top Flight Stamp website. This week, I used two of her coordinating products, PaperArtsy - Mags Woodcock - EMW004 - Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set and PaperArtsy - Stencil - Mags Woodcock - PS517 to create my card. Let's jump into my process!
I began with an A2 sized piece of watercolor paper that I spritzed with water. Instead of painting with watercolors, I decided to paint with Distress Oxide Ink smooshed on my craft surface and mixed with water. Using the oxide inks mixed with water gives an opaque, almost paint-like look. I used a mop brush to first move Tattered Rose around the inside of the paper and then Antique Linen around the edges.
Once dry, I stamped the heart stamp onto the panel using Versafine Fallen Leaves ink. I also stamped the large heart and small heart onto masking paper and set that aside. I then stamped the image of the word Love repeated several times using Ground Espresso Distress ink.
I fussy cut each of the heart masks from the masking paper and applied them to the images. I wanted the brown color of the stenciling to be lighter than the dark shade of Fallen Leaves so I used Ground Espresso Distress Ink to add that contrast.
I removed the masks and added spots of a varying pink color to the hearts and did that with a mixture of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink and water. I then tapped the entire panel with a brush loaded with Tea Dye Distress ink to some vintage grunge. Some subtle shine was added to the panel using the ovals on the stencil and Delicata Golden Glitz ink. I also added some splatter using Old Paper Distress Spray Ink. In order to add further age to the panel, I used a plastic knife to distress the edges and then ran Ground Espresso Distress ink around them.
Some kind of a floral element was needed to truly complete the design. I stamped three of the small flowers, colored them with alcohol markers, Accented the petals with a gold gel pen, added grunge with Tea Dye Distress ink, and fussy cut them. They were adhered with double-sided foam tape and embellished with acrylic drops that I colored gold using a Studio Light Gold Metallic Martker.
I'm really happy with this design. With elements of love, nature, and music . . . it truly strikes the right note! Thanks for spending some time with me on the blog today. I'll see you again next week. Until then . . . be well!
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