Friday 22 March 2013

Finding Clarity...



Barbara Gray and her design team have set up a Clarity Stamp Challenge blog and for their first monthly challenge they have an 'Anything Goes' them. Well, I decided to whip out my favourite Clarity Stamp this beautiful silver birch tree. The background was created by spritzing through a stencil which a Lime Green Dylusions inkspray, then I spritz over some Goosebumps texture spray. Once this was dry I used some dye based inks over the top.


The Goosebumps spray acts as a resist so I was able to buff off the ink onto to create the splatter pattern. I stamped onto some gessoed card stock. Then cut of trunks of the tree, stamped onto background and paper pieced them on top. The sketch I used is from the current Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge. The black stripes were created using 2 different types of washi/deco tape.

 
I used lots of my favourite things (oh the hardship...LOL!) on this card (dylusions ink sprays, stencils, washi tape, dye based inks and of course stamps) so I could enter it into the By Cute and Girly 'Favourite Thing' challenge and Stamping Sensations 'The Great Outdoors'.

17 comments:

  1. This is simply fab, Calre - love your background - good luck with the challenge too

    Happy Friday

    Kathyk

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  2. That's beautiful Clare. The dots work so well. I love it. Lx

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  3. love that background - great card x

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  4. This is brilliant Clare and a great take on my sketch. Thanks for joining us over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp this week
    x catherine

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  5. Love this card! The colours are fab! Thanks for entering it into our challenge and good luck to you! xx

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  6. Very clever card I do like the way you have done the background to this. it makes for a vibrant and interesting card x
    Good Luck in the Clarity Challenge

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  7. fabulous, love your DP
    thanks for playing with us at BTC&G
    hugs
    céline

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  8. beautiful card, very creative, thank you for joining us at Sunday Sketch & Stamp

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  9. Great card. As always I love your colours- they are so positive. Long time since i have seen that stamp- I remember it though and can see why it is one of your favourites.

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  10. This looks great Clare, loving the vibrant colours. x

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  11. This is just brilliant! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
    Pinky

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  12. This is a bit eerie...I think I've been channeling my inner Clare! I just finished posting my scenic art journal page and I used this same Clarity stamp in the same way! Look at how awesome you are--you inspired me before I even saw this gorgeous card! ;) Sorry to get my page done late, but it's here:

    http://mynnettekitchenonastampage.blogspot.com/2013/03/scenic-art-journaling.html

    I'll also put it on Craft Bubble. Thanks for your hard work and HUGS! Can't wait for the next video! :)

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  13. A super colour combo and card Claire.

    Thanks so much for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge this month.

    B x

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  14. Smashing card Clare, thanks so much for entering into the Clarity challenge and Good Luck!

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  15. I have a soft spot for the silver birch stamps as it was one of the first I got from Clarity. Lovely vibrant background. Good luck in the challenge and thanks for entering.

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Thank you for your lovely comments. X