This card uses the same technique that was used in the main resist class only using the trees instead of the leaves. Start with the bigger trees to the front and smaller trees towards the top to create the impression of distance. The distress ink layers are, antique linen, mustard seed, peeled paint and Adirondak bottle to finish but try your own colours. Again this is using the Southfield glossy card, so if you are using clarity card you can skip the antique linen. I don't know why there is a difference, but there is. The first layer of resist on Clarity card will be white however this doesn't happen on the Southfield card and the nearest result I could get was using the antique linen for the first application of ink.
This is the same card as the post in 'Resist Stamping' earlier in the blog except using the Creative Expression Stamps (instead of the Justrite stamps.
If you are a Barbara Gray fan (Clarity Stamps) these cards won't need any explanation, however for others who don't follow her here is a simple guide.
1. Create a border around an A6 piece of glossy card using low tack masking tape and secure to a piece ordinary copy paper.
2. Using another sheet of copy paper carefully tear across the middle to create a hills and valleys effect.
3. Approximately one eighth up place the copy paper over the top part of the gloss paper. (where the sky will eventually be).
4. Ink up your brayer with any green distress ink (I used peeled paint). Now.....if you have a splodge mat or the cheaper version blending mat (recommended) roll the ink onto that in a long streak. If not roll your brayer onto some spare copy to take away some of the ink (the Barbara mantra "you can always add it, but you can't take it away!").
5, In long sweeps roll the brayer over the area left exposed until it's nearly as dark as you require. Optional step : - Before moving to step 6 using a finger dabber and a darker toning green just highlight the very edge of the hill.
6. Reposition the copy paper higher up moving to one side or another to give a different aspect. Then repeat step 5. Do this once more for the horizon. Each layer should be lighter to give the impression of distance.
7. Punch a circle for the sun from a post-it note (making sure you have some sticky edge to it) and place it where you want the sun to appear.
8. Ink the brayer as above and from the corner roll the brayer gradually down towards the hills going over your sun mask. You don't need to go all the way down.
9. Remove the sun mask then using the negative part of the punch cover the sky. Using a piece of cut and dry blend yellow ink into the sun till your happy with the colour.
10. Ink up the large silver birch stamp (or other) and stamp in the foreground.
11. Ink up the smaller bare tree in brown and masking off the second hill stamp where you want it to appear.
12. Using the side of the tree ink in green and use it for long grass/bushes masking where necessary. Optional.
13. Stamp a sentiment and using a fine liner add birds (optional) and after removing the low tack tape make a wiggly border around the edge.
In the green card I ended up with a white blob for some reason, so putting on my thinking hat I came up with the idea of disguising it as a bunny tail. This was freehand drawn so sadly I can't recommend a stamp.
Then all you have to do is mat it up, distress the edge of the base card and "jobs a good 'un" unless....as in the autumn coloured card you want to add corner detail. All you do here is stamp the central leaf, mask it off, stamp 2 more to either side and colour using promarkers or as I did with distress inks. "Simples!"
With the exception of the Clarity card all items used can be obtained from Samuel Taylors(http://www.samueltaylors.co.uk/) subject to them being in stock. If you would like to join any of my future classes please enquire for dates, cost and availability at the Brighouse branch. Tel : (01484) 401419.
Happy crafting. My next class is the end of November ish and I will give details about the project when I have them.
