Friday 7 March 2014

Black and White and Orange

Hello.  Welcome.  Another very wet day here so a chance to work on a PaperArtsy inspired project.  This week Clare Lloyd is back with some lovely projects and I particularly liked her ATC post.    I loved the technique and decided to make a card


I started by spreading some paint around on some card.  If you like messy you'll enjoy this.  Or maybe it was just me....  Then I stamped with JM34 and cut out the flowers.  


I loved Clare's background but couldn't find a suitable stamp.  I did find a piece of wire mesh that I inked and stamped with.  If you think it's a great idea just be aware that most mesh is over layed so you can only stamp with one direction then you re-ink, rotate and stamp again.  The imperfect effect is pleasing.   I also used Crafty Individuals Splat stamp.  


I scattered my flowers and decided they needed a vase.  The best thing I came up with is this lovely bottle from LPC001.  I drew some stems to ground the flowers.  Maybe I need a shadow under the bottle as well.

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Thanks for your visit.  Your comments are little rays of sunshine on these grey days.  Have a great weekend everyone.  Hugs

14 comments:

Clare Lloyd said...

fabulous card. thanks for joining us @ PaperArtsy this week. x

Sylvia said...

Great paint background For the flowers, they really pop on the white stamped card.

Sylv xx

Darcy Marshall said...

Wonderful use of unusual items to stamp with, I love using 'found' objects. Flowers look great, but yes I think you need a light shadow under your vase.

Etsuko said...

Awesome project! beautiful flowers technique and black spots and wire mesh stamped are great!! xx

Craftyfield said...

Love the bright colours and the splats! The mesh impression is really good too, I need to find myself something suitable...

Sarah B said...

yes I get messy all the time - finger marks everywhere ! love the bright flowers against the black and white xx

Kay Wallace said...

Wow, Gail! Talk about a "pop" of color! This is absolutely brilliant and I am going to do this. Maybe in greens for St. Patrick's Day! ;-) Thanks for sharing the technique.

Trish said...

Oh this is really lovely!

Helen said...

Gorgeous, I love those flowers! Great use of a piece of mesh for the background.

Julie Lee said...

What a great idea to stamp with mesh! It looks really good! I love how those orange flowers stand out against the white background. Julie Ann xxx

Lucy Edmondson said...

This is so effective, Gail, I love the brightly coloured blooms and the bottle!

Lucy x

Anonymous said...

A wonderful take on Clare's post Gail!
Alison xxx

Julie S said...

It's lovely and what a great idea to use wire mesh. Love the look.

Kezzy said...

Wow wow wow absolutely gorgeous ATC, I love the oranges with the white and black :-) Kezzy xxx