Play Date Cafe Challenge/The Stampman Challenge/The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog Challenge

Sorry but I am combining challenges again, and why not, time is so short and at the moment I seem to have very little time to craft apart from in the evening.

The first challenge is for the Play Date Cafe and the picture above is our inspiration.  I love this picture and the colours are so rich and great to use in your art.

My first piece is a grid card, not done one of these for ages and found a sample in my stash and thought I would have another go.  The light is not too good in the garden tonight but the colours do actually match perfectly with the picture.

1. Stamp the image in the centre first, I used an Outlines stamp and stamped my image at a slight angle.
2. Use a piece of scrap paper to mask off the central image and sponge colour, sweeping outwards towards the outside edge of the card.  I used Adirondack butterscotch and cranberry inks, using the lightest colour first.  Continue to move around the card masking off the central image each time and sponging colour.  You have then created your grid.
3. Mask off each section of the grid with scrap paper and stamp an image into each section.  My images have been stamped in StazOn timber brown as I thought this was less harsh than black with these colours.
4. Matt your completed piece onto co-ordinated Bazzil card to match the colour challenge. 
5. Add sentiment.

I am also entering this piece for The Stampman challenge which is MUSICAL, albeit subtle the musical notes are there on the left and right central panel.

 The second piece is also for the Play Date Cafe Challenge and The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog Challenge which is RAINBOWS.

1. Draw around an old CD onto decorative paper, add embossing using a Cuttlebug folder and adhere card to the CD.  Sand the edges of the card and the raised edges of the embossing.  Add a little colour to the raised areas too.  I used Adirondack cranberry.
2. I decorated a piece of glossy card with Alcohol inks mushroom, cranberry and butterscotch using the applicator tool and pads.  Simply put your Alcohol inks in a row on the pad and sweep the colours across the glossy card, apply the inks again to the pad and sweep across the glossy card in the opposite direction to give you a plaid pattern.  I also added a little blending solution so the colours were a little more muted.  Punch a medium deckle circle from this decorated piece, this creates my RAINBOW piece for The Artistic Stamper challenge.
3. Cut 5 deckle circles from card, mist with water and scrunch each circle up and then unfold and create your flower.  Punch a small daisy from co-ordinated card/paper and add to the centre of the flower with a brad.
4. To create the butterfly, place the stamp uppermost onto a flat surface.  Mix a little PVA with water, place a tissue over the butterfly, dab a stipple brush into the PVA mixture, squeezing out any excess and then pound the stipple brush onto the tissue ensuring the tissue makes contact with all the image.  Repeat this process with approx. 5-6 pieces of tissue.  Set aside to dry.  Once dry sponge the butterfly with Adirondack butterscotch and cranberry inks and add jewels to the body.
5. Add butterfly, jewels and sentiment to the card to complete.

Have a good evening, Tracy x