Before the Storm

I created this card using Lavinia Stamps, a gel plate, ColorBox Dye Inks, and Brusho Crystal Colours.

I used a brayer to apply three colors of ColorBox ink horizontally on the gel plate: Bahama, Coral, and Olive. I inked the brayer directly from the ink pads and cleaned it between each color by rolling it several times on extra sheets of paper. (I cleaned the brayer after the final color by running it under water.)

I sprinkled Brushos over the similar colors of ColorBox inks and misted the gel plate with water. I put the mixed media paper on the gel plate; smoothed it lightly with my fingers; and pulled off the print. I misted the paper again and tilted it around to distribute the colors.

After the paper had dried, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps images. The Stones stamp isn’t quite as large as pictured on my card. After using the whole stamp in a couple areas, I inked just the edge of it a few times and stamped those stones beside the other ones.

The overall color looked a little dull so I used a paintbrush to add some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to brighten it and add sparkle.

I cut out the circle by hand; adhered it to the black cardstock with Scor-Tape; and attached that to the Royal cardstock.

Materials Used:

  • Strathmore Mixed Media Paper, Vellum Surface, 117 lb., 9”x12”
  • Core’dinations Sand it, Tear it, Emboss it, Love it Cardstock, Royal
  • Black Cardstock
  • Gel Press Gel Printing Plate, 6” Round
  • Lavinia Stamps: Horse and Carriage, Silhouette Castle, Dragon (Miniature), and Stones (Small). (Tracey Lavinia Dutton is the artist of the Lavinia stamps.)
  • Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Colour: Ultramarine, Orange, and Leaf Green
  • ColorBox Premium Dye Ink: Bahama. Coral, and Olive (These dye inks worked well with the gel plate. There are ColorBox pigment inks-but online comments indicated that these inks take a long time to dry.)
  • Tsukineko VersaFine Clair, Nocturne
  • Speedball Pop-In Soft Rubber Brayer, 4”
  • Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
  • Ranger Mister
  • Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
  • Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat
  • Martha Stewart Scoring Pad/Fiskars Dual Tip Embossing Stylus
  • Fiskars Procision Rotary Bypass Trimmer (12”)
  • Scor-Tape: 3/8”
  • Baby Wipes/Paper Towels

I’ve entered this card in the July Lavinia Stamps Challenge…fingers crossed!

Have a magical day!!!

Diane