Autumnal Hydrangea - Alison Bomber

 Painty layers, stamping and painting.

Process Steps

Apply tape to the edges of the watercolour

Take 300 gms Langton watercolour card, apply tape around the edges, give three coats of random paint layers - I had chosen Vintage Lace, Slate, Snowflake and dried each layer. Over the top I dabbled all three as watery colours, drying between each one making sure I finished with snowflake and even added two layers of this colour.

When fully dry I blended ground espresso and vintage photo distress inks using the a blender, direct to surface using the pad, kitchen roll and a soft cloth. It helped me get a mottled effect.

When dry I stamped a hydrangea in dark brown permanent ink and dried the image. Because I loved the autumnal effects of the Hydrangea a lot I stamped the image on masking paper to cover the card one and then experimented with the three neutral colours of the paints to lighten the background to help it hydrangea pop. Once added I could see that some of the petals needed some extra colour too, so I added brown shed to the mix to add more depth.

A5 Sketchbook background

Squidge each of these colours on the craft mat and spritz with water.

Dip, drip and dry the sketchbook page to achieve a mottled, splattered, distressed background.

Keep it fairly simple so that the hydrangea pops when displayed on the page.

 

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Supplies

Fresco Finish paints -  Slate, Vintage Lace, Snowflake, Brown Shed

Distress INks - Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo. Antique Linen, Stormy Sky, Iced Spruce,Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke

Versafine Claire ink - Pinecone, 

Stamps - Alison Bomber - Hydrangea Edition, 

Tim Holtz Number Strips, Curator snippets

Field Notes

Creating new projects A5 size

Over the weekend, I spent some quality time with friends just chilling, chatting, and crafting. During our catch-up, I managed to visit the Country View Crafts shop and added a few more stamps to my Katie Pertiet collection. I don't normally buy clear stamps, but I absolutely love her sketchy images and rub-ons!

 

This week, I pulled a new design project together. I've called it "Field Notes" because I mixed in some Tim Holtz stamps of the same name, blending their ephemera and stamps to complete the look. To bring it all together, I even started a brand new A5 sketchbook to play in. 

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Process Steps

Use small gelli plate and watery Ground Espresso ink to daub light splodges onto page or card for the background.

Make puddle of watery brown ink more deeper in colour and splatter over the page.

Put together the panels, I have used card distressed with blue and brown layers of distress inks for one.

I took some vellum, dipped into the same brown ink and dried it for the back layer. For the third panel I tore some handmade paper I have bought and stamped one of Katie's flowers, dipped in the lightly coloured puddles of distress ink and edged with the same brown DI.

Next I stamped and made ephemera  to add and fussy cut the stamped butterfly then painted using the watercolor pencils.

Sew the blue and stamped panels together and create your collage. 

The little brown button is just punched card and holes made with a Japanese punch.

Create the border at the bottom with some jute trim, a word anda jute bow.

Splatter lightly with Ground Espresso.

Stamp lightly random text/ledger on flower panel.

Splatter with white paint, ink or gesso.

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Supplies

Katie Pertiet - Stamps - Chartered Adventures, Field Notes Meadow, Chronicle Remnants

Tim Holtz - Stamps - Classics #17, Field Notes  CMS396

Miscellaneous stamp fillers - Wendy Vecchi, 

Distress Inks - Ground Espresso, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire

Permanent ink - Versa Fine Claire - Pinecone

Tim Holtz Watercolor Pencils - Blueprint Sketch, Unchartered Mariner, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans. Left to right on watercolour swatches.