2016 #19 Gothic Arch {by Clare Lloyd}

 2016 Topic 19: Die Cuts

Hi everyone Clare Lloyd here.

I don't own that many dies but rummaged out a couple of my favourites to use for tonight's project. Of course, bright colours just had to be involved so decided on some juxtaposition and went for a monochrome look on the face. 

Step One: First I cut two Greyboard arches using a Tim Holtz die, one I cut into half for the doors on my gothic arch.  Then slapped on some Gesso. Once dry out came Cherry Red and Yellow Submarine Frescos I blended this in with a paintbrush working with horizontal brush strokes. While the paint was still wet I wiped back the colour using my stencil 023 and a baby wipe.

Step Two: Once my blended background was dry I added stamping using Black Archival Ink and a dotty image from my ECL09 stamp. Then some blue archival ink using Mini 18. I formed my gothic arch and punched holes ready to piece it all together with some Prima jump rings.

ECL09 

Step Three: Now for the girl ECL09. She was stamped onto Smoothy card using Black Archival ink. I used a 4B graphite stick but a very soft pencil would work the same I am sure! Softly shade lines around the edge of the face and details of the image. Then blend in a circular motion using a paper stump. The shading becomes lighter as you move into the centre of the face. She was simply cut out and glued onto my gothic arch.

As a finishing touch I die cut a PaperArtsy Tall Heart Die using some Metal Card, added some texture using an embossing folder and painted it with Little Black Dress Fresco paint. Once dry I sanded it back a little to reveal the metal on the dots. This was added to the doors of my gothic arch plus a little more stamping using Mini 72.

 Mini 72.

The grey shaded image looks really great on a bright background and is so easy to create...why not give it a try yourself? I love to see what you do with my stamps and so do share them with me, I like to show other peoples make on social media to spread the word!. 

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Those arches make a great frame for your stamped girl, and the tall heart is a brilliant finishing touch, hiding her away just waiting for the doors to open. Gorgeous colour blending and the colour removal technique with the stencil really pops. ~Darcy

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