second Dina face...studio 490 style

happy weekend friends!

first of all...

THANK YOU 

to everyone who attended my class and make & take at the Collin's event in Orlando last weekend...

it was FUN to catch up with

 store owner friends again & talk about inks, stamps & stencils!

I'm off to teach this weekend at 

Memory Bound, in Ankeny, Iowa...

I'm expecting a full house & lots of fun...

before I go,

I wanted to share another Dina face, 

done studio 490 style...

I LOVE this set of stamps!

this sample is on a specialty stamping paper 

die cut tag...

I sprayed it with violet & leaf green archival sprays...

here's the scoop on making them...

archival sprays...

I used the new cable knit stencil & with a blending tool that was moistened with rubbing alcohol, I rubbed thru the stencil

 to lighten the color...

I stamped the face with black soot archival, 

(reinker with a DIY pad)

then embossed it with clear powder...

the leaves were stenciled with leaf green...

I added a bit of tea rose to accent her cheek...

and red geranium to add color to her lips...

in the background you'll see "cracks" from the new all cracked up background...

I used violet for them...

the flower and bow created her hat...

the mat mini heart 

was inked with red geranium & pressed onto the 

new LES ROSES background stamp...

the "roses" fit well on the heart...

it's a great (new fav) text background!

"forever" was stenciled with my new 

FAVORITE

lower case select-a-stencil...

and here's the coordinating partner...

upper case select a stencil...

I added red geranium

berries from this stencil...

and white pen dots to add highlights...

just a little pen stitching detail...

20 minutes of pure FUN...

here she is...

very simple...

but I really enjoyed this playtime...

and here's a side shot...

I like the shiny embossed image...

you can see the cracks & the cable knit stencil in the background...

sometimes it's fun to have no agenda...

just the desire to test drive a new stamp and...

make art!

wendy