Wednesday 17 August 2011

Getting inky!


What with one thing and another I haven't had a lot of time for crafting outside of my DT cards over the past few weeks, but I was determined that I would join in with this week's Less Is More Challenge to use ink in a new or favourite way on a one-layer card..

Over the past few months I have been starting to get into distress inks .. I'd never much bothered with them in the past, but now I really love making a mess on my non-stick craft mat!!  I decided that rather than using themn to sponge or brush a masked square, I would have a go at splodging inks onto an acrylic block and spritzing them with water before "stamping" onto my base card.

Approx ten attempts later this is what I ended up with ...


This is a card that I love in concept, but I have to admit that the execution leaves a bit to be desired ... I got rather impatient and as a result my text stamp is a little smudged, but my story is that that is all part of the grungy look ... and I'm sticking to it lol!

Recipe:
Main image: Unity set "Insighful Meadows" flowers stamped with TH "Chipped Sapphire" distress ink;
Background: text stamp by Crafty Individuals; background rectangle stamped using Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint distress inks;
Sentiment: Unity set as above.

Challenges:
Less Is More #28 - OLC - Use Ink
Crafts & Me #48 - Blues/Greens
Pile It On #33 - Three Shades of Blue
(Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass)

Off to catch up with my DT work now ...

17 comments:

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

Wow Pauline - this is so beautiful and I love the colours and the inking technique. You're absolutely right - the grungey text fits in perfectly with the background.
Hugs, Sylvia xx

Dragonlady said...

Absolutely gorgeous Pauline, love the soft effect of the inks.

hugs Ali x

Sally H said...

A stunning card!

Gibmiss said...

Hi Pauline
Love the background ...very nice ....
hugs Sylvie
x

Karen Petitt said...

wow I love the colours you've used here, they work wonderfully well together and with the stamps. gorgeous work lol Karen x

Sasha said...

Lovely card! Super inking and stamping!

Chrissie said...

Well I must admit that 'spoding' is not a work I've come across before, but I think I understand the process you used to make this really effective card.
The colours are great and I love that plant silhouette!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
Lady LIM
"Less is More"

kelly ledder said...

This is such a lovely card, I love the sentiment x

debby4000 said...

Oh this is fabulous Pauline.
luv
Debby

Helen said...

Beautiful card Pauline - love the effect you got from the acrylic block!
Thanks for joining us at Pile It On!
Helen x

Kathyk said...

I think it worked just great with the slightly smudged effect of the text stamp too

Kathyk

Linby said...

You've achieved a great effect, love the colours you used too.
Linbyx

Kerry said...

Gorgeous card.

fatmonica said...

I love it,it's so elegant.

Mandi said...

I think this is just FAB
The layout and ink effect looks super

Thanks so much
Mandi
Diva LIM
"Less is More"

Viv said...

Such a super card, love the sponging, well done :O) Viv xx

Anonymous said...

Wow - this card is just stunning! Well worth all your effort! Gill x