So I was very close to giving up and admitting I couldn’t make this weeks Festive Friday and this months Christmas in July/ March project – but then I cleared a bit of space on the work desk and picked out a few bits I could work with – and so my card for the theme of Pick up a Penguin which is our theme for this month in our Facebook group.
So I attached my ring light to the desk and moved the keyboard out of the way and got crafting!
I went with a super simple gelli printed background using two colours of ink and a little spritz of water to blend and move the colour.
I love the organic nature of these kinds of gelliprints – they are all unique and such fun!
Once dry I stamped the penguin image from a Creative stamping magazine in versamark and the same for the sentiment. Then I added grey colour to the penguins using Tombow pens that were on my work desk.
As the watercolour cardstock I had used was trimmed to be slightly bigger than the gelliplate I just went with a blue card stock and made the card blank and stuck the one layer onto that – this was enough to frame the image.
Inside I added the white insert panel with the same image stamped to keep it easy!
And there we have it – a simple stamped card with a fun inky gelliprint background and all made and videoed in a ridiculously small space with limited supplies!
I just need to finish decorating the room and get flooring sorted and then I can buy and build the new furniture and get my craft room back to normal! I can’t wait!
I do have a few projects still to share here for my DT work and a few other bits I made a while back but as soon as the craft room is back in use I have so many ideas and things I want to do and share so I suspect I will then be a very busy bee! 🐝
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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