Saturday, July 14, 2012

It's Saturday....

Morning folks...well if this isn't the strangest feeling...after 4 years worth of Saturdays (209 if my maths is up to scratch) of saying.. "it's Saturday and time to join in the fun over at Penny Black Saturday" I'm having withdrawal symptoms already...now that we are a monthly challenge on the first Saturday of each month...I'll have to wait another 3 weeks before I'll be typing those words again...it sure is going to take a bit of getting used to but no more skidding in by the seat of my pants on Fridays...that's a statement that may come back to haunt me...what do you bet with a whole month to make my DT card for August....I'll leave it until the last minute. I thought it might be a good idea to wean myself off my weekly Penny Black Saturday fix gradually so I'm sharing some cards I made using the gorgeous Petal Party stamp set...
a shabby chic mix of stamping onto patterned papers with Versafine black and 
stamping with Versamark and embossing with white detail powder...


an entirely different look...
stamping the solid flower and leaf from the set onto patterned papers with Distress Markers
 and because they are transparent...I love how the script still pops through... 


 I've had lots of folks mention to me at demos that they are having a problem inking transparent stamps with Distress Markers...the ink pools and the stamped impression is blotchy....like the one below...
 a little tip...ink up your stamp with Archival Black and stamp it out onto scrap paper until no impression shows...then colour your stamp with the Markers and your impression will look like this...cool huh
I'm off to have just one more play with a fabulous technique using Petal Party and Distress Markers I saw on my Penny Black buddy...the lovely Jill Foster's blog....I'll see you all tomorrow over at The Ribbon Girls for another fabulous Colour Challenge.
Hugs Kath xxx