Thursday 8 January 2015

Patchwork Squares



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Morning everyone,
I wish you a Happy New Year and do hope you enjoyed a good Christmas break.

I created a Gelli Plate background with Adirondack ink pads in Wild Plum and Sunshine Yellow, using a brayer to blend the colours and the same stamp sets to add interest on the background.
I didn't ink the stamps or use an acrylic block, I simply stamped them directly onto the brayered ink gelli plate.


  Next I cut the background into 5cm squares and stamped the faux stitching using a
I then stamped the various images and textures using both stamp sets.
The base card is a folded piece of A4 Kraft card.
Next I cut squares of Hessian and Cheesecloth material to layer the squares onto before mounting onto the card.
I finished with various buttons, threads and a ribbon bow creating a card for any ocassion.



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Decorative Backgrounds Stamp Set   Nesting  Gelli Plate  
Adirondack Brights Raspberry  Adirondack Brights Sunshine Yellow  Kraft Card

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful colours Karen and a really organic feel to this. xxx

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  2. These are super Karen. Just one of the little patches would make a lovely notelet type card which are so useful x

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  3. A lovely card, love the colours and the hessian idea, thanks, Nicola x

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  4. A lot of steps to this, but the end result is well worth it. I like this one. It must be time to get the gelli plate out again-not used it for a while! Thank you, Jan

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  5. A lovely card. Love the patchwork squares and the hessian adds lovely texture.
    Mags
    x

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  6. Really beautiful and effective.

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  7. Like the squares with the fabric texture, just a bit different.xx

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  8. I love the textures on this beautiful card. xx

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