Altered tin with WPlus9 Flora & Fauna

Hi everyone, it's Esther here with an altered tin using WPlus9 Flora & Fauna stamps.

Can you guess what the tin started out as? It came free with a packet of Bodyform! I liked the crazy embossed texture on the lid and decided it would make a good base for a project.

I applied a coat of gesso over the top, bottom and sides of the tin but left the inside plain. I then scribbled randomly with three Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens (026 Light Pink, 036 Light Blue, 083 Lilac) over the gesso, wetting and moving the colour until I was happy.

Once the colour was dry, I randomly stamped My Favorite Things Scattered Surface Background Stamp and My Favorite Things Sheet Music Background Stamp over the lid using lilac and blue dye inks.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the large floral image, four individual flowers, two butterflies and the bird on a branch from WPlus9 Flora and Fauna. The colouring was done with Zigs again (026 Light Pink, 036 Light Blue, 041 Light Green, 044 Deep Green, 053 Yellow Green, 064 Oatmeal, 063 Ochre, 065 Mid Brown, 066 Dark Oatmeal, 072 Beige, 083 Lilac, 084 Deep Violet).

Using silicone glue for dimension, I layered up the florals and butterflies and popped the bird behind them.

Finally, I stamped a sentiment from Mama Elephant Labeled Messages, trimmed out the word I wanted (Dream) and adhered it over the flowers.

I decided to use the tin to store my "vintage" trinkets for future projects...

That's it from me for this week! I hope you enjoyed the project, and thanks very much for stopping by!

        

Altenew Extra Special card using Kraft

Hi everyone, it's Esther here with a card using Altenew Extra Special and Kraft card stock for a warm, neutral look.

I know I've become a bit obsessed with this stamp set (it's something about those vintage lines!) and I promise to move on to something different next week ;-)

For this card, I stamped the main floral image and its layers using water-based dye inks, and die cut it out using the matching dies.

I then stamped a background panel using My Favorite Things Distressed Stripes Background Stamp and Versamark on Kraft and die cut it out using one of the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles.

I mounted this panel onto a wider white card base, and added the word "wonderful" from Concord and 9th Wonderful Words Die using white card stock and white fun foam for dimension. I tucked "you're" underneath stamped from Mama Elephant Labeled Messages. I then added the floral die cut, letting it pop off the side and top of the card slightly for a looser and more informal look.

That's all for this week - thanks for visiting and have a great few days until we reach the weekend!