Smeared Ink tag

Today I have a tag to share with you using stamps from 2 Smeared Ink sheets - "As Death" and "Holy City".

Now, I realise these may not be everyone's cup of tea but the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing wouldn't it?!

I coloured my tag (made using a thick watercolour paper) using Derwent Artbars which I blended and then used a grey inkpad to stamp the graveyard scene on the tag. I used distress embossing powder around the edges.

I then stamped the church steeple using black ink on to watercolour paper and used the Artbars again but this time as watercolour paints to colour the stamping before cutting out and sticking with foam pads on to the tag.

The saying was also stamped on watercolour paper and given a light watercolour wash over.

Thanks for visiting!
Jo

Holy City

I've used another Smeared Ink stamp from the Holy City sheet available in the shop here to make a card to share with you today.

I tried to keep the colours subdued but not too dark:

Materials used:

Papermania card, MAMBI paper, Papermania paper
Smeared Ink stamp (as above), black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils
Prima flowers, flower centre and lace
vintage buttons.


Thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

Smeared Ink tag

After sharing a Smeared Ink card last week, this week I've made a tag using a stamp each from the "Holy City" and "As Death" sets available in the shop here.

I stamped the church image on to watercolour paper using Archival ink and then used Derwent Inktense pencils to add colour before using a water brush over them. I then stamped the quote from the As Death set on to another piece of watercolour paper before adding a colour pencil wash over the top.

Materials used:

watercolour paper, Papermania papers

Smeared Ink stamps (as above), black Archival ink, Derwent Inktense pencils

Prima lace

crinkled silk ribbon, ribbon charm, brooch back, beads, black fineliner pen.

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jo xx