Tutorial #2 from Teresa Abajo

Hi there folks! Teresa back again with another card using the Sweetmoves stamp from Stampotique:

For this card I used Dylusions ink sprays to make my background. This is such a simple technique - here's how I did it:

Remove the spray component from the bottle, and use the siphon tube to draw a circle onto a clean craft mat. Go round and round and round, spreading the ink as much as possible:

A little bit of ink goes a long long way! The more ink you use, the less defined the little droplets will be. When you're satisfied with your circle, place a piece of cardstock over it to pick it up:

 and voilà! An ink droplet circle:

I repeated the process with another couple of coordinating colours  (I used Pure Sunshine, Fresh Lime, and Funky Fuschia). I made sure each colour was dry before I added the next:

Then I stamped Sweetmoves over the top using a waterproof ink (Jet Black Archival) and coloured the image in with  Copic markers:

You can find an awesome range of Stampotique stamps in stock here.

Thanks for looking - hope you've been inspired to create some art today!

Guest Artist Teresa Abajo

Hi Everybody
I am very excited to introduce you to my very first guest artist, Teresa Abajo.
Teresa's work has been published many times & is also on many design teams.
Hop on over to her blog "The Tamarisk" & have a browse.
I just looooove these samples Teresa has made absolutely Fab !!!
Grab your supplies & create this funky card
Enjoy !!!!

Hi lovely crafty people! Teresa here with a card using the very awesome Sweetmoves image from Stampotique:

There are a few very simple steps involved - here goes!

I tore a few strips of old book page and adhered them to a piece of cardstock with Tombow glue.

Then I spread little dollops of Dina Wakely paints with the edge of a credit card until the whole piece was covered. I allowed each layer to dry in between, so that the paints wouldn't mix to create a big brown mess:

Once that was thoroughly dry, I applied some Whipped Spackle through a Stencil Girl stencil (Fade Horizontal):

While that was drying, I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Sweetmoves:

I then stamped the same image onto my background, and glued the cut out right over the top.

I added some black shading around the image with a Generals Graphite Pencil and a water brush:

The border was done by drawing a white line around the piece with a paint marker, outlining it with a black marker:

 then drawing in some dividing lines and colouring in between them:

The piece was then stuck to the front of a card. The sentiment was computer generated, stuck onto scraps of chipboard, inked with Black Soot ink and adhered to finish the card:

I hope you've found this tutorial useful!