Two posts today! SC's #25 is after this one
I love Summer...except for the excessive heat and humidity we've had this year! But I love to see the ditches full of Queen Anne's Lace, Chicory...the Morning Glories climbing the cornstalks, lines of Sunflowers alongside vegetable gardens....and the abundance of butterflies!
When Kelley showed us the sets for August, my mind started whirring with ideas, and yes, a little smoke! I mean, c'mon, Sunflowers and Chicory? AWESOME!
So, I put my ideas not to paper....but to tile! It's just an unglazed tile that you can pick up at your local Lowes, 5.75 x 5.75!
I used Don't Worry, incorporated a verse from Scripture Series 1 and Fleur de Lis Borders.
I stamped the verse first in Stazon, then I stamped the Chicory, masking where needed, with Memento Tuxedo Black...then the butterfly. Masking where I didn't want the lines from the border to stamp, I inked up only a portion of the border in order to expand it to make it fit the tile and using a fine tip artist pen, extended the line down the left side. *tip, I got lucky lining up the top portions of the border, but to simplify, use a stamp positioner.
Now, I've never tried using acrylic paints before, but this seemed like a good time to try! LOL... for some reason I just don't have good luck with markers on tile. For one, Stazon and Copics don't mix because of the alcohol base and dye inks just seem to disappear too, even with heat setting. So, here's what I did.... because the acrylic paint removed the ink too!
I used my first stamping as an outline for my color.
A plastic plate as my palette!
Looks like a mess doesn't it! But my next step transforms it into what you first saw...the painted, stamped tile!
I love to over-stamp an image. To me it makes it POP! It defines the image and enhances the overall appearance. So, that's what I did, with Stazon and my stamp positioner. *another tip... make sure your Stazon is really juicy so you don't have to firmly press when you stamp to ensure a clean image...or it'll pull your acrylic paint right up off the tile! don't ask how I know! (I covered it up real good, didn't I!)
Then to accent the flowers and butterfly I used a Painty pen for the dots. I also gave it several spritz's of Glimmer Mist for some shimmer.
And it's hard to tell, but I sponged the edges some with Distress inks. The final touch was giving a good coat of Krylon clear sealer.
Now, while I was outside trying to get a decent picture, a bee and a little sweat bee were playing nearby. I was hoping the bee would land on the edge of the tile or on a Sweetpea close to it...but, nope!
Hey, thanks for stopping by and I hope you try one of these tiles! (those of you from Stampaway, you know who you are! I better see yours when you get them done!!!) and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Dawn
