I got a brayer... this was my first time using one, and I'm completely hooked! This is a picture of the first time I made a sky... it's considered "advanced brayering", so I feel pretty good about it! This is using the "Inspired by Nature" set (which totally inspired me!) and then just a brayer and inks:
Look for a brayer class coming soon... you will learn to do this technique, and the brayer is included!
Then I needed to make a card for a workshop I did this month, and the hostesses fell in love with two step stamping... which is where you have an outlined image, and then a stamp that fills in the outlines. So they choose Awash with Flowers, and Short and Sweet.
Here's the card we did for the workshop:
And then, I was sitting awake feeding my three month old daughter, Addie, and was thinking that the front of the card needed a bit of punch. So here are two variations I came up with:
The one on the left is using the color spritz tool, which brings me back to my childhood! You put one of our fabulous stampin' write markers in the tool (the markers match the card stock and ink exactly) and press the puffer... and have a subtle look! I actually used the new blushing bride, which is a little hard to see... very understated.
The second one is using the vanilla smooch spray... and I am addicted! So pretty.
I have several classes coming up you may want to watch for: The brayer class, as mentioned above, a Trendy Trees class, which includes the stamp set Trendy Trees, a Mommy and Me class with my new Build a Bear Dies for the Big Shot and of course the ever popular Christmas Stamp a Stack... I will be offering at least 2 of these classes in the fall, and beware... they fill up fast!
