New 'Story Board' Thanks to Red Lead:)

Hello Everyone:)

Well it's a quiet, windy, rainy evening here in 

Victoria, B.C. Canada.

And I must say from watching CNN

each morning, that my heart goes

out to all of you down South

who are part of the 'Red' States on the

CNN Weather Map in the U.S.!

My goodness, how ever do you cope with

such heat!

I have a couple of air conditioners in storage,

as so far this season, they haven't been needed.

We're kind of thinking that we're going right

into Fall and Winter as it never even seemed

like we had a Spring!

Anyway you all keep safe, and cool!

So tonight, I thought I'd give a 'Shout Out' and

show a little project that I've been working on

in between all the other projects:)

I recently purchased these wonderful stamps

from Chris and Sharon at Red Lead

(their link is in my Favourites Listing:)

I LOVE their line of stamps, and have been

an avid collector for some time now. 

They also have wonderful Customer art swaps,

and although I haven't participated, due to 

mail issues up here in Canada, I've always

enjoyed seeing their Customer's Projects,

(and their own! Brilliant Girls!:)

So I encourage you all to stop by Red Lead

and have a peek:)

So, back to my project:)

I've been studying these two sets of stamps

since they arrived and I had a package

of these cut out chipboards that were

in the Kid's Section at my local 

Michael's Craft Store.

(Always check out the Kid's Section

for art supplies, as you never know 

what might inspire you!)

Now, to look at these wonderful stamps,

and this boring cardboard, (grin)..

who would have thought....

I've tried a few new technique's with this

project, first off, Red Lead's Acetate Sheets

that I've purchased with the 'Negative' Stamp.

Using 'Stazon' Black Ink, as it will not 

smudge, and stay's on, (grin) to the acetate.

I stamped the acetate with the 'Negative' Stamp,

then chose from my huge selection of stamps

anything small and nature inspired.

(And yes, there's that pesky bee again! I just love 

this little stamp from Magenta!)

Whoops, lost a step:)

The background of the cardboard, is computer

paper that I glued to it, that was inked and

I used one of my favourite script stamps along

with Red Lead's 'Honeycomb' Stamp:)

(Now back to my train of thought!)

(grin)

Then I tried a new technique I've just started

playing with using transparency sheets through

my ink jet printer.

I used this lovely graphic from 'Graphics Fairy'

(Thank you very much:)

And printed it on the blank transparency sheet.

I think this little bird is beautiful in it's design.

The original artist really captured all the 

details of this little guy:)

So, keeping in mind he's printed on the transparency sheet...

I then chose a sheet of beautiful scrapbook

paper to put behind the little guy:)

A few little touches here and there...

A tea stained and stamped tag, a wire hanger...

And a finished back side of the 'Story Board'

and again, a new technique for me, printing

paper tissue!

What a fun procedure that has been! You have

to try it!

Take plain artists tissue wrap. It's different from

regular tissue, as it has a side that has a faint

waxy coating.

Take a piece of computer paper, wrap the paper with the

tissue paper and with

scotch tape cover all edges so the paper on the 

back side, so it won't jam in your

printer. (Boy could I tell you stories of my experimenting

with my printer! Or should I say printer's plural!).

Tissue side up, waxy side down:)

Then take all of your paper out of the tray, and place

the sheet face down in the tray, push print with what

ever graphics you are using, and sit back, close your eyes,

and cross your fingers.....(ok, so that part you may not need

to include in the procedure, that's just me:)

Take the printed tissue paper, cut out your design, leaving just

a little edge of the paper around the design, then using 

gel-medium, you can carefully lay your paper on a coat of

gel-medium, then gently apply a coat over the top.

This might take a few tries to get the 'grip of it', as

the paper can tear easily, and depending on the amount of

gel-medium you're using it can be a bit fussy.

But a lot of fun to try!

Cheers for tonight!

Stay cool! Or dry, depending on where you are!

Enjoy!