Just playing...

I really loved one of the articles in this month's Craft Stamper Magazine and have been wanting to try out this technique ever since returning from holiday.  In the magazine, which is not to hand so I can't give you any details, the designer had used post it notes to section off an area of her card and then brayered it with colour.  I did mine slightly differently in that I used masking tape and an apperture to create my square and then ink dusters to apply the colour.

The fabulous bird silhouette is from a new set of stamps I got free (favourite word making an appearance there) when I joined the Graphicus Guild. If you aren't a member of this already I would really recommend it and as the price of membership goes up in October now could be a really good time.

The sentiment is from a set by Hero Arts and although I love it it did cause quite a bit of hair pulling out yesterday afternoon.  I stamped it on paper - perfect - I stamped it on one my trial runs of the dusted colour - perfect - I stamped it on to the real thing - no 'be' in best - aaaaaaaaaaaaah disaster!  Due to it being a clear stamp I tried to over stamp (bad idea) - even bigger disaster.  I started again - groan. 

I will be trying this technique out with the other stamps in my new set and some different shapes so watch this space.  Hopefully there will be no more hair pulling out!

My experimental card is also for the challenges at...

• Fab 'n' Funky - Whatever (just how I felt on my third attempt to get the sentiment to stamp perfectly)
• Secret Crafter - Clean and Simple

Have a great day everyone whatever you are up to.

Ann xxx