Easter Blessings

I thought I would share an Easter card with you this week, and re visit inking.  This uses limited resources and is achievable by everyone.

I began by 'masking off the edges and at the same time, securing my base card to my work mat to stop it moving about when I am applying pressure when adding the ink. I used masking tape, but because this is quite tacky, I always press it to my clothing (or skin) several times, to make it more of a low tack tape.

You will notice I have only allowed the tape to cover approximately 1 cm of the card's outer edge. I also punched a circle of card (to represent the sunlight) and added a little masking tape underneath, to hold it in position.




 



....and more tape.  This is to give me a horizon line, to separate the land and the sky.




   
I inked my sky first.  I used distress ink - Tumbled Glass.  Distress inks are fabulous blending inks.  They are a water based dye ink. When I pick up ink from the ink pad onto my foam applicator tool, I dab it off onto a piece of plastic, so that the colour is not initially too strong.  You can always add more, but you can't take it away !!.  I swirl lightly at first, and when you get this swirling action going, you can then add more pressure to deepen the shade.  Some crafters like to angle their applicator tool, and work from a craft mat and gradually onto their work. You will have to experiment as to what suits you best.








I carefully removed the 'horizon' masking tape (you can just about see the blue) ...

 ......and re applied, covering the edge of the blue, butting up to the line created by the blue ink.  I then applied a yellow ink (fossalized amber), removed the tape again, and applied a light touch of the yellow around the upper part of the circle mask.







I continued, applying crushed olive to the lower part, and blending it into the fossalized amber, so the two colours seamlessly blended together.







This is how it looks when the circle mask had been carefully removed.

  
I carefully removed all the other masking tape, peeling it back slowly so that it did not tear my card.  I then stamped a spray of seed heads, but it could be flowers, and an Easter greeting.

You have a little time to still make some Easter cards....so get cracking !!!! (...so glad I didn't put an egg on the front, you would have thought I was being funny ha ha)
Christine