There’s nothing as cosy as lovely cuppa after a walk in autumn weather, so I chose the Afternoon Tea stamp set, and made a couple of cards using different techniques.
For the first card, I stamped the teapot and teacup onto white card using InkOn3 Fade Out ink. This allows no-line colouring of the images. The image is a faint outline which disappears once you add colour.
I used Distress Inks as watercolours to paint the images, starting with Scattered Straw all over, then mixing in Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany for a bit of shading.
I stamped the second image in Versafine Onyx Black and watercoloured using the same colours.
On each panel I masked the images then stencilled the Colour Blind stencil to imply a lacy tablecloth, alternating the direction - not sure which version I prefer.
On the card base I stencilled more dots using Fossilised Amber Distress Ink to add a bit of interest.
Then I matted the panel onto gold card. I stamped the sentiment onto spare white card and matted that onto a scrap of Tomorrow’s Memories card and placed it overlapping the panel.
For the second card I coloured two strips of Destination Anywhere Continuous PET tape with alcohol inks.
Where it got a little dark I added a few drops of blending solution to break the colour up.
I added these strips to the top and bottom of a kraft card. The tape is really easy to work with and cuts easily with scissors or a craft knife.
I placed the stamped panel onto the card. Because this version is stamped in black, it lent itself to having the sentiment stamped directly onto the panel.
Here’s a close-up of the detail on the second card:
And on the first card:
Because CAS cards may have fewer elements and treatments, you can spend time thinking about the design, and different alternatives, so why not make two cards to try out your ideas?
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