Sunday 17 August 2014

Lacy Swallows

Good morning everyone, 
I hope you are having a great weekend!  I have another fairly relaxed one, planning and preparing for workshops.
I have two cards on here today, both using the lovely Lacy Swallows stamps....


This is the first card, I kept it all one colour - Cornflower archival ink
I stamped the 'so sorry' from the new line writing set  (these are one of my favourite styles of wording - very useful!) I wiped a little bit of ink off each end of the line before I stamped it, because I didn't want it to be quite as long as it actually is.
I stamped a lacy swallow at each end
For the main piece of the card, all I did was add some ink round the edge of the card and add a few gems and mat on to matching card
For the background piece, I stamped bits of the tail and wing of the larger swallow and added some extra ink.

For the second card, I stamped the birds on double-sided adhesive, then covered one side with acetate and used gilding flakes on the back, then cut them out and mounted on a black strip of card across the centre of white card, mounted on to black.  I stamped the lovely heart line from the same set of line sentimens and added a couple of gems.  I added a few dotty designs with a silver pen
Hope you like them, enjoy your weekend
Janet xx




9 comments:

  1. Beautiful Janet - aren't these swallow stamps just gorgeous! Nikki x

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  2. Beautiful cards Janet. I love the way you've finished off the line stamp with a dot. I may have to borrow that idea. x

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    1. Thanks Lynne - the dots are actually tiny gems, which don't show so well in the picture

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  3. really like the second one, birds are fab gilded

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  4. Lovely cards Janet, I thought I didnt like these stamps, but once again, you've changed my mind!

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  5. Both beautiful cards Janet, hope your relaxing Sunday is goining well...x

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  6. Both lovely Janet, Hope you are having a relaxing weekend.

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  7. beautiful cards Janet. those birds are so pretty xx

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  8. Smashing cards Janet! Really like the 'line' stamps... they look like you could use them in a lot of different ways!! :) x

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