First picture up! I'd celebrate with a glass of champagne, but it's only 10.30am so I'll force myself to settle for another cuppa tea.
Stampbord pieces are coloured with Versa Mark chalk inks. Chalk inks have a creamy texture that give you a bit more time to blend clours. You can use Distress Inks or watercolours, but these will absorb much more quickly. Images are stamped with black Stazon. Stamps used are from Crafty Individuals.
The Stampbord pieces at the top are inked with shades of blue Versa Magic chalk ink and stamped with black Stazon. The tops of the branches are etched using the scratch tool to remove the ink and allow the white clay surface to come through like moonlight on tree tops.
Lay the stamp image side up and lightly ink with Tattered Rose Distress Ink. Then press the stampbord onto the stamp. This will allow you to see where the horizon line is on the Stampbord.
If you don't trust yourself to remember where you placed the Stampbord on the stamp, I suggest you mark each side of the stampbord with a light pencil mark before lifting it from the stamp so you can line up the horizon line again when you're ready to stamp the image again with Stazon.. Allow to dry. It only takes a few seconds or blot with paper towel if your really in a hurry.
Then colour the foreground with shades of brown and the sky with winter sunset shades using small pieces of craft foam. I used Mango Madness, Pink Grapefruit, Turquoise Green, Ocean Depth, Night Sky and Eggplant. For an extra touch of drama, take the edge of the craft foam and run it across a Red Magic Versa Mark ink pad and run this edge over the sky scape at irregular intervals.
Next, ink the stamp again with black Stazon or any other permanent black ink pad and carefully line up the horizon line. Press the Stampbord piece onto the stamp, and apply gentle pressure over the whole piece and lift carefully.
If there are any parts of the image missing simply colour them in with a black, fine line copic marker. Using a wide tiped black marker, colour all four sides of each piece and then using a 3.0 Calligraphy pen (I used Artline), press the edge of the pen firmly on the top edge of the Stampbord and run it along the edge. This creates a dramatic frame for the piece and helps the colours really pop.
Paint the background canvas in complimentary colours. I used acrylic paint, but you could use oils if you prefer. Allow to dry thoroughly and the glue stampbord to the canvas (Ultimate glue or the red doubled-sided tape works very well) and I added a few black buttons as an embellishment.
Helpful Stampbord Hint: If you don't like your background colours, simply take a baby wipe and rub the Stampbord surface. This will lift most, if not all the chalk ink from the Stampbord. Allow to dry and start again. If you're really quick and rub a bit harder, you can often remove Stazon ink as well.
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As this is my first attempt at explaining a process via a blog. Any and all constructive criticism for how to improve a "How To" post will be very welcome. I used an existing picture for this post as I wasn't even sure it would work. Will try and post larger images and hopefully some step-by-step pictures as I get to grips with the process.
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