Sunday 16 January 2011

What - Another Card!!!!!

I hope you have all had a good weekend despite the rain - honest it has rained and rained and has only just stopped about an hour ago. Not to worry I have put my time to good use in the craft room and managed to have a play.

I have for many years struggled to get to grips with my speedball brayer but after watching Barbara Gray again (I recorded her last week) I decided I was going to have another go. I already had a similar stamp to her Silver Birch (mine came from Stamp Francisco in the US) and so I was set.

I made a prototype card that was an absolute disaster and I got ink over everything including my hands - don't ask! - and left a trail of inky blue fingerprints all the way to the bathroom - Bazzer was not best please. Anyway this is the final card I don't think it turned out too bad and I'm going to make a few more - hopefully they will look similar to the one here but who knows :-)

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:-

Crafty Hazel's Challenge - Trees
Stamp, Scrap Doodle - Anything goes
Lets Ink Up - Anything Goes
Blog-a-doodle - Winter in the Woods
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Masking
Lots to Do - Brayering
 
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18 comments:

  1. What a cool card, Sue - you've certainly mastered that brayer (I keep meaning to get mine out of the drawer). Thank you for joining in my CHNC challenge 3 - hope to see you again soon. x

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  2. Wow fantastic, great stamping. Thanks for sharing with us at LIIU, Suzanne x

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  3. I love this is so very gorgeous.
    thanks for joining us in the Sir Stampalot Challenge hugs chris xx

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  4. Hi Sue, WOW! this is amazing, you definately know how to use that brayer. Only had mine out once and it took an instant dislike to me, think it's hibernating in a drawer somewhere.

    Donna x

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  5. Stunning card Sue

    Thanks for sharing with the LTD challenge x Hilda

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  6. Wow Sue I'm impressed and what a fantastic stamp!!! :)
    Von x

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  7. Fantastic stamping, masking and brayering! lol! The end result was worth the trouble! Thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!

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  8. Wow, absolutely amazing!! Love that background and the whole scene is amazing.

    Thanks so much for sharing it with us at stamp something!

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  9. Gorgeous card, you've done a fab job with your brayer and I love that stamp! Thanks for joining us at LIIU and good luck
    Claire xx

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  10. Fabulous card perfect brayering and the silver birch shines in the moonlight. Thank you for sharing with us at Lots to do one last time XOXO Zoe

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  11. You did a great job with the card. It is beautiful!

    Thanks for playing with us at Stamp-n-Doodle:)

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  12. This is gorgeous, love your brayering and that stamp is fab x

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  13. Lovely card with all the different shades of blue.

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  14. Love this card - it really does look like winter in the woods. Still working up to the challenge of brayering myself and I've taped Barbara as well. Looks as though I better have the baby wipes to hand :)Regards, Elizabeth

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  15. What a great look ... Love this card & the wonderful technique ...
    Hugs, Janie

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  16. Your card is fantastic!!!!!
    Hugs Agnieszka
    Let's Ink It Up- DT
    One Stitch at a Time - DT
    Creative Card Crew - DT
    Priscillastyles Store - DT

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  17. Wonderful card Sue.. I'm so glad you mentioned where you got this wonderful Silver Birch stamp from cos I couldn't remember where I got mine. So thanks again.
    I got here via Lets Ink it Up

    Sue X
    ps your interpretation is soooo much nicer than mine :)

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  18. totally amazing card
    Ann xxx

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