Smeared Ink tag

Today I have a tag to share with you using stamps from 2 Smeared Ink sheets - "As Death" and "Holy City".

I coloured my tag (made using a thick watercolour paper) using Derwent Artbars which I blended and then used a grey inkpad to stamp the graveyard scene on the tag. I used distress embossing powder around the edges.

I then stamped the church steeple using black ink on to watercolour paper and used the Artbars again but this time as watercolour paints to colour the stamping before cutting out and sticking with foam pads on to the tag.

The saying was also stamped on watercolour paper and given a light watercolour wash over.

Holy City card

My card for the Make The Day Special blog this week uses a stamp from the Smeared Ink sheet - Holy City available in the shop here.

I tried to keep the colours subdued but not too dark. The image is coloured with Prismacolor pencils:

Materials used: Papermania cardstock and paper, MAMBI paper, Smeared Ink stamp (as above), black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils, Prima flowers, flower centre and lace, vintage buttons.

Smeared Ink tag

After sharing a Smeared Ink card last week, this week I've made a tag using a stamp each from the "Holy City" and "As Death" sets available in the shop here.

I stamped the church image on to watercolour paper using Archival ink and then used Derwent Inktense pencils to add colour before using a water brush over them. I then stamped the quote from the As Death set on to another piece of watercolour paper before adding a colour pencil wash over the top.

Materials used: watercolour paper, Papermania papers, Smeared Ink stamps (as above), black Archival ink, Derwent Inktense pencils, Prima lace, crinkled silk ribbon, ribbon charm, brooch back, beads, black fineliner pen.

My first Smeared Ink

Have you seen the fab Smeared ink stamps in the shop? I used a stamp from the "As Death" set for my card today:

I stamped the image on to a piece of lightly patterned Prima papers and then layered various papers and then sewed them leaving the loose threads showing. To embellish I sewed on some green lace and then added a glass vialed bottle with into which I poured some green glitter:

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, Prima Printery papers, Smeared Ink stamp (as above), black Archival ink, lace, metal clip, Lakeland glitter, glass bottle.