Thursday, 26 January 2012

Middle Ages or Medieval?

Oh Von, this was a difficult one for me to think on.  Being in a rush to get ahead with my design work ('cos I was going to be missing for a month and had to get ahead) I felt I was floundering so I enlisted the help of my other half and took him through my catalogue of stamps that I have.  Page after page I turned and occasionally pounced and said "is this one" but always the reply came back "No". Thankfully I had a couple of  rubber stamps that he thought could fit in with the theme and so I made this card.


The stamp is a huge wooden one (Anna Griffin - All Night Media) and I must have had it for years and years but why I bought it I do not know as it doesn't seem like something I would go out and buy.  Maybe for a swap all those years ago.  Anyway, I stamped it in Black and then used my Distress Inks to colour the image and the surround.  I was very careful not to get the colour beyond where I wanted it but then the border looked lifeless so I pounced some bits of the other colours on.  Honest!  I know you will think I smudged but I didn't.

I bet lots of you lovely people out there on JFF have oodles of ideas which will put me to shame.  He did point one other stamp out for me but as I know it is a difficult one to stamp and it was rather late in the evening I declined.  Wonder how many people will use that image?  Over to Just for Fun now to find out.