Reflective Reindeer

 

I love this technique, but it does take a little practice.

 
As we use a brayer to produce a mirror image (reflection) you will need to choose a suitable stamp that will fit around the brayer, without overlapping, otherwise it will not work.  Because we will be producing this reflection first, I like to position my stamp 'upside down' so that I can clearly see that I am doing it correctly.  Ink the stamp up really well - I used black Archival ink - then with a light pressure, roll the brayer over the top of the stamp, picking up the inked image as you do.  You will then need to transfer this image to the lower part of your card, remember 'upside down'.  *** Make sure you roll the brayer to the start point before you touch down onto the card to transfer this image, so that you start rolling from the edge of the design, in this example, the first reindeer, finishing with the sleigh.
It is also worth mentioning, that it is normal for this mirror image to be paler, a reflection in water or snow would not be as crisp.  CLEAN THE BRAYER WITH A WET WIPE.  Ink up the stamp again, and match up the design.





I then used a fine black pen to draw in the line between land and water, trimmed the excess card ......

 .....mounted onto some black card, and added some Glamour Dust for snow.  I love sparkle :)

As you can see from the finished card, I matted a few more bits, just to make it more interesting.  

I had wanted to use the same tree stamp as last week to show you this technique, but unfortunately it was just a little too long for the brayer. 
Christine