UK stampers forum – postcard swap

I decided to try and join more of the swaps this year over at UK Stampers forum – so started with the Postcard one.

The only rules are to make something that includes stamping and can go flat in an envelope for posting. So I grabbed an oldie but goodie – Swallowtail!

I decided to stamp it onto the pale blue cardstock and clear emboss and then use Brushos to add the colour.

I started with just a spray of water and sprinkling the powders for the first layer but then I added definition by painting the pigments into the areas I wanted to define adding scarlet for the second colour.

I love the effect of this and how the colour bleeds with the water. I am so pleased I refound my brushos – they’ve been missing for about 6 months as they had fallen behind a box on the shelf. I had come so close to rebuying them as I missed playing with them – thankful I resisted!

I edged the panel and stuck it onto another panel of blue and then edged that before adding it to the white postcard. I then worked on the sentiment which I stamped onto some scrap patterned paper and edged with the ink. Then I added three die cut hearts which I added some clear glitter glue to so they are sparkly.

A fun project and also good to get an old stamp out to play with … watch this space though because I couldn’t resist keeping the stamp out to play with again!

Happy crafting!

Catherine