Getting Inky

Our kids returned to school today so typically the weather was gorgeous so hubby and I went for a three and a half hour walk with the dog, we ended up at the beach.......the sun was shining, there was a lovely warm breeze and miles and miles of empty golden sands.......we could have been anywhere in the world!

Tonight I got messy in the craft room - think I need a pair of overalls for doing this messy stuff, I'm covered in ink and everything I touch is covered too   - me no like this much mess lol

Anyway decided to have a play and created a couple more cards for the Less is More challenge.

I masked off the card and sponged with distress ink in tea dye and spun sugar then stamped the cute little owls (treated myself on holiday) and sentiment in versafine ink. The sentiment was due to go in the distressed box too but my tiny thank you stamp has disappeared off the face of the earth!

The rose was stamped in versafine then I re-stamped on waste paper and masked the card and stamped over the top with a Happy Birthday stamp using the spun sugar distress ink which was still lying on my desk. In hindsight I should have used something else much stronger but hey this was my first attempt :) I then used promarkers to highlight the rose petals and leaves.

Carol x