In this month’s issue, the designers have been using the
beach set, Seaside Treasures CI-272 by Crafty Individuals!Stamping
Contrasts
Treasures of the Deep
By Julie Ann Lee
I love the nostalgia of these Crafty Individuals stamps. They evoke
images of searching the shore for magical sea-shells that whisper
ocean stories if you hold them to your ear.
Rather than stamping straight on to canvas, I stamped the images on
coloured tissue, using a watermark pad and white embossing enamel,
sometimes layering over the first image with a black inked impression.
When the ink was dry I tore sections carefully and attached them to the
diluted acrylic background with liquid matte medium. I stamped the
seagulls straight on to the canvas for a sketchy effect, adding touches
of acrylic for highlights. Materials
INKS: VersaMark Ink Pad; VersaFine – Onyx Black;
Olympia Green. OTHER: 5" x 5" chunky box canvas;
Ranger Extra Fine White Embossing Powder;
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder; turquoise tissue
paper; PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints – Smurf;
Inky Pool; Snowflake; PaperArtsy Pearl Glaze;
Liquitex Bead Gel; Liquitex Fluid Matt Medium;
DecoArt One Step Crackle; Prima Art Sugar –
Charcoal; Calico Craft Parts; Muslin Scraps.