Shattered Stains Butterflies

This week at Studio L3's Compendium of Curiosities II Challenges, the 5th technique is Tim's "shattered stains", and this challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. The technique is so gorgeous and really takes a project to a whole new level.

I created my background with Distress Stain and Distress Ink. The images are all stamped in Adirondack Paint Dabbers.

 

 

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- metal heart charm, metal key charms


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Get Your Kicks On Route 66!!!

It's time for the Artistic Outpost Design Team Blog Hop!!! Our challenge this month was to use either the Huck Finn or Route 66 stamp sets. I choose the latter, and decided to do a postcard, just like I did with my On The Texas Road Again...hmmm, I'm feeling a a postcard theme set starting to take shape.

Don't forget to visit all the other AO Design Team's blogs and take a gander at their ultra cool creations. These gals have amazing talent and creativity galore!

 Gerrie Johnnic 

Lisa Somerville

Suzanne Czosek

Linda Coughlin 

Tracy Evans 

Yvonne Garner

I stamped the map image with Pumice Stone Distress Ink several times Specialty Stamping Paper.

I stamped the other images onto this map paper using Jet Black Archival Ink, colored them in with Distress Markers, and then cut them out.

A added water to Claudine's Gesso to thin it out a bit, and then brushed it onto Tim's Destinations paper to tone down the images a little, so mine would not be lost. I did this twice, and wished I would have only done it once...it's a little too toned down.

Here is the before and after the Gesso.

I stamped the other images from the plate onto the background paper with Jet Black Archival. I adhered this to white cardstock, giving it a border now.

I added back a little color when I stamped my last image from the plate, a Saguaro Cactus, in Lettuce Adirondack Pigment Ink.

 

Supplies:
From My Stash: white cardstock


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!