Masterboard Monday.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a card made with this Masterboard:

Think of spring and we think of flowers so here goes.

The stamps used for this were by Altenew called Watercolour Halftone but I'm sure there are other makes that work just as well. 

Stamps that have a large surface area work best for this technique rather than those which create fine lines.

If you like this here's how I made it.

So that you don't have to stay too long I'm showing you three stages in one photograph here.

This is the first and second stage in the Ghosting technique.

1. Apply a light blend of colour around the edge of an A4 sheet of card.

2. Heat emboss your chosen stamp with clear ink and embossing powder.

3. Apply more colour around the edge going inwards but leaving some white card showing in the centre.

4. Place a thin sheet of paper over the card and remove the embossing by ironing over the paper which will absorb the melted powder.

This photograph was actually from an earlier project but it's the same technique.

5. Now go around the design with more stamping using a slightly darker ink.

The ghosting will now stand out almost white as there was very little ink applied when the embossing was done.

At this stage you are ready to cut the card into four pieces ready to make the cards.

And finally this was the first finished card I made.

And I decorated the insert too.

The sentiment is by Woodware.

One final look and that's your lot for today.

However there are three more pieces left so be sure there will be more to follow.

I would love to hear your comments and hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations: March - Spring Florals.

Creations In Pink - Challenge 20 -Anything Goes In Mainly Pink.

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Make your own Background.

Masterboard Monday.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a card made with this Masterboard:

I so love these stamps by Aall and Create.

They are so quirky.

Unlike my usual masterboards this one is only A4 but will still make several cards.

I started by adding and blending some colour lightly around the edge and then heat embossed with clear powder using the flower stamps.

This technique is often called ghosting as you just see a faint image below the design.

The next thing was to add more colour.

Once you're happy with the colour, place a thin sheet of paper over the top and iron off the embossing which will melt when the heat is applied and be absorbed into the paper.

Now more fun stamping the flowers again using the same colours that I used for the blending.

To add a little more detail I splashed water over the design and dabbed it off which lifts some of the colour and then splashes of the distress Oxide refill bottle with a matching colour.

At this stage it's time to cut the A4 sheet into four pieces.

I so love these! Hope you do too.

And so to the cards, well one at the moment.

Layer up some matching card on the card blank and a little extra stamping on the masterboard piece and we're on our way!.

I used some more Aall and Create stamps on a piece of white card and then coloured these in.

I stamped the birds on the background so that I didn't have to cut out those tiny legs but also because I wanted one of the birds to look as though it was flying so I stamped the legs for this one at a different angle, think it worked? 

I had stamped some other images but changed my mind a little so didn't use them this time but I'm sure they'll turn up again for one of the other cards.

By the way I chose to make the birds yellow and blue as we have lots of Blue Tits in the garden at the moment so it seemed like the obvious choice.

A few clouds, a couple of sentiments and a little bit of grounding and the card is complete.

When I looked at this card completed I thought it looked rather simple considering how much work went into making it but there you go!

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x