CAS(E) this sketch!

I am playing again with

CAS(E) this sketch!

This week's sketch is above and

below is my rendition:

I began by masking a panel of glossy with sticky notes and 

brayering with some K-pads.

Then I stamped the sun (by Quick Arts) and 

the sentiment (by Stampscapes).

I added a flower by Hero Arts (Hero Hues)

with a glitzy brad from Oriental Trading Co.

It's sorta bare but I sorta like that!

Connie

Simple Stampscape

This is a simple scenic card, flatter than a pancake!

I got this new Stampscape image at a convention in St. Paul MN last week and wanted to try it out.

Well of course! I couldn't just stamp it on boring white could I?

I looked thru my previously-done backgrounds and found this one.

It seemed almost perfect for the stamp, the right colors, the perfect slant to the

colors, even down to the wax paper "rays".

I stamped the Stampscape image on the background and airbrushed the

sun image (circle punch "hole")...airbrushed more green onto the "grassy" area,

layered and stamped the verse.

I made the background by first folding some wax paper so the folds radiated outward in

a large circle. After unfolding I ironed it onto some white glossy (transferring just

the wax). Then I brayered over it with dye inks.

I do admit to tapping an inkpad

over the background to bring out the "rays" a little more. I only used the very edge

of the pad and tapped very slightly....

Stormy Swipes

This scene was done with Stampscapes of course.  The glorious colors 

in the sky were achieved by swiping an ink pad across some

glossy cardstock, simple as that.

It doesn't look like much until the scenic elements are added.

After stamping them in black I went over and added more color

in certain places to match the scene.

Scenic Surprise

This card is my attempt at scenic stamping with a twist.

Rather than cutting out masks I tried a new idea.

I stamped and colored the little pig farmer (isn't he just a hoot?)

and went over him entirely with an embossing pen and clear

EP.  Then I stamped and sponged my background as usual.

It worked well except somehow his little pig face got 

sort of discolored.....and my background
kinda turned into a forest fire with all that orange.

The stamps used are by 

Stampscapes, TAC, Meer Images

and some others unknown.

Ahh Love!

When I saw this stamp by I Love Rubber Stamps I just knew what I would do with it.

First I swiped blues near the bottom to emulate water ripples.

Then I stamped the image and colored just the beaks.

Then I sponged light colors for sky and sun.

Stamped a sun and some grass (both by Stampscapes)

trimmed, layered and matted.

Aren't those swans so happy in love?

Lost Lake

This card was done using images by Stampscapes & Alextamping. The sky and the water were done using the same Alextamping stamp and sort of "sliding" it. What fun!

Scenic Stamping

This card was done by simply swiping an ink-filled brush across ultra-smooth paper, lifting up half-way across & turning the paper and repeating so the very center remains lighter. I built up my colors by starting with the lightest color first. The next (darker) color I lifted up a little bit sooner and so on. Then I overstamped the images for my scene in black. My good friend, Karen Wallace, showed me the way to do this technique. The trick to this is to keep a very light touch with your brush....colors can be added easily, but hard to erase when you get too much color.

By varying your colors you can make a wide array of scenic art or just fantastic backgrounds. A little tip: they don't look too promising until you put your scenic stamps in...

Stamps used were by Northwoods Rubber and Stampscapes.