Stampbord Oval

Another late night sojourn with Stampbord – a bigger piece this time. As usual, thinking took more time than doing, and looks better in real life than my photos portray. Hopefully they give a good idea of the effects achieved.

Ingredients:

Large oval Stampbord
Glimmer Screens: Fanciful Stencils
Ancient Page Petal Point inks: Amethyst, Azalea, Palm Leaf
Sticky Fingers Shake-n-Spray Inks: Antique Gold and Gold
Sentiment stamp from the ‘WIGL’ set
Versamark and Versacolour (Gold)
Clear UTEE
Card: Antique Gold Stardream; Cream Tapestry; plain burgundy scraps

Method: Arranged one of the Fanciful Stencils on top of a large oval piece of Stampbord and sprayed with Antique Gold and then Gold (it sprayed better lol). Removed stencil before drying with heatgun. Replaced stencil and blended the Ancient page inks. Again removed stencils and dried with the heatgun, before applying Versamark, followed by 3 subsequent layers of UTEE. Once cool, applied a thick clear-drying glue to the circumference edge and decorated with rice-beads-on-a-string. Secured to card with glue gel as I didn’t trust tape of any description to hold the finished piece.

Originally stamped/embossed the sentiment onto the scrap of burgundy card, but made a right boo-boo of it. So rather than fling it away (oh the very thought!), yep, I did try it again on t’other side – but in the end, smudged it all over with the scarlet Ancient Page inkpad. Buffed it, didn’t like the result, covered it in Versamark and a generous helping of UTEE. Re-inked the stamp with a gold Versacolour and pushed it into the UTEE on top of my original effort. Aim was fairly ok and landed on the wording underneath. Decorated with a pretty ribbon and not too sure yet if it needs anything else.

Am off to make a fresh cuppa, as hubby will be getting ready for work soon! Happy Crafting :)