Ever heard of Clarity Stamps? They are hugely inspirational and I have been taking a few lessons in using them from the very helpful range of DVDs that the creator, Barbara Gray has made. The website is www.claritystamp.co.uk and is well worth a look.
The first DVD shows a technique to create water and I have tried it out using these stamps. What do you think?
The technique is not that hard to master, all it takes is a bit of practice to get it how you want it and then you are away.
I made the card with the ship by rolling the 'water' on first and using a piece of copy paper to cover the top half of the card. I then stamped the castle on the horizon and placed a circle post-it for the moon and used the brayering technique to get the night sky. The blue ink I used for both the water and the night sky was Adirondack Stonewashed.
The card with the little boy fishing with his dog, I used the reflection techinque taught by Barbara using the brayer. Basically you ink up your stamp and roll your brayer very carefully over the stamp to transfer the image onto the brayer. You then roll the brayer on the bottom half of your card to create the reflection.
It looks pretty cool, don't you think?
Now I have the Clarity 'bug', you will be seeing some more cards and perhaps boxes using Barbara's techniques.
Until next time,
Happy Crafting!
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