Shelagh Freemantle: Totally Techniques

02/26/2016

Bouncing Brayer for Totally Techniques

It is almost the end of February and another technique challenge. Crazy how fast time goes by.....

Now I have to admit that I have never done this technique before so I overdid it a couple of times before I was happy. One I made just looked like mud...so don't try to use to many colors.

So here we are..... I think it turned out pretty good.

I rolled half the brayer in the Mint Macaron and then the other half in the Mossy Meadow. TIP...roll in the lighter color first , not the other way around. You don't want to transfer Mossy Meadow into the Mint Macaron stamp pad.

Then I "bounced" the brayer around the card keeping the lighter color to the inner circle.

There are few tutorials out there....but I would love to share this with you right here in my studio.

Once I was happy with the design I decided to jazz it up with some gold embossing and I LOVE the Flowering Flourishes stamp set. Make sure the ink is all dry before you versaMark the images and then I did one area at a time.

Here we can see the embossing close up . I used a very small sentiment as I did not want to cover up the art piece. Then just a few dots with a marker on the piece , mat it with gold and that was all!!!

Please let me know if you want to come and play. This was alot of fun and I would love to share it with you.

Now off to the rest of the talent. Have fun.

And each name has a link as well......

Sandi MacIver

Patrice Halliday-Larsen
Amy Koenders
Lee Conrey
Shelagh Freemantle
Erna Logtenberg
Heather Wright-Porto
Shannean Moncrieff
Nadine Weiner
Alison Solven

I have added the links to the products I used today for you....

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock - 140272

Price: $8.75

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 138337

Price: $8.75

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad - 138326

Price: $8.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad - 133645

Price: $8.00

Flowering Flourishes Wood Stamp Set - 131998

Price: $31.00

Brayer - 102395

Price: $15.50

Gold Foil Sheets - 132622

Price: $5.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder - 109129

Price: $6.25

Versamark Pad - 102283

Price: $9.25

Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood-Mount Stamp Set - 128748

Price: $46.00

2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers - 138333

Price: $19.00

Heat Tool (Us & Can) - 129053

Price: $37.00

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Cheers from Shelagh

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Tags: bouncing brayer technique, Flowering Flourishes Stamp Set, heat embossing.

01/29/2016

Serene Silhouettes for Totally Techniques Shaving Foam

Happy Friday to all and the end of January!! We are getting so much closer to longer days and warmer temperatures. I have nothing to complain about as this winter has been very decent on my island.

I had alot of fun with this technique, so much that I shared with my Stamp Club ladies. We took over my kitchen island and had a messy good time. So here is the card I have for you today and then I will share the other two we made at a later post.

These colors were soooo rich looking. We used the reinkers for Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and a touch of Island Indigo. Spray some shaving foam on a paper plate and swirl away. Don't mix it up too much as you want an uneven colour finish. Then place your art piece right on top, squish it down and then wipe it all off. Set aside to dry and now you have a fabulous looking background to stamp on.

The card base is Very Vanilla 5-1/2 x 11, scored at 4-1/4.

The next piece is Cajun Craze cut at 5-1/4 x 4, then Island Indigo is 5-1/8 x 3-3/4.

The art piece is Very Vanilla and it is 4-7/8 x 3-1/2.

This closer shot shows the swirls quite well. The Sentiment( from Watercolor Wings) was stamped on a Extra Large oval that I punched out. That was layered onto a oval in Crushed Curry then attached to the next oval in Island Indigo.

I will be posting the rest of the Foamy treasures soon and a couple of pictures of the kitchen fun. But for now please check out the rest of these talented ladies offerings! I have the list here should you get sidetracked but you can click on the button following to head over to the next blog . Have fun and thanks for stopping in....

Patrice Halliday-Larsen
Amy Koenders

Lee Conrey
Shelagh Freemantle
Marine Wiplier
Erna Logtenberg
Heather Wright-Porto
Shannean Moncrieff
Nadine Weiner
Alison Solven