Friday 14 October 2016

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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12 comments:

Helen said...

just love the arches, Clare, and the simple colouring of your girl is a perfect offset to the brightness

rachel said...

beautiful work Clare - love this to bits xx

Carol said...

Great job!!! I'll have to keep this in mind for gifts :)

Lauren Hatwell said...

Lovely project. Fab contrast. Lx

Etsuko said...

Stunning arches Clare!! Love the bright background and great graphite work. xx

Lucy Edmondson said...

This is so gorgeous Clare, I love everything about it! Great way to make a triptych and I love the bright colours and colour removal technique. Your girl is fab!

Lucy x

Artmadnana said...

Ooh I love everything about this Clare. This is one of my all time favourite stamp sets. I love the girl image but I also find the background stamps on the set so useful for journaling. These are my favourite 'go-to' colours too. It was so effective to ghost out the pattern using one of your stencils. Then, of course, you choose exactly the right combo of stamps to create a stunning background. Love the idea of keeping the girl image monochrome and such a helpful tip about the graphite blend. Gorgeous, as always!

Craftychris said...

ooh this is so cool! Love the contrast of the vibrant colours with the monochrome face - genius! xxx

Debs M said...

great make and the black really makes the colours pop!

craftimamma said...

Fab contrast between the brights and the monochrome Claire. It makes the girls pop against the colourful background. I always forget stencils can be used to remove colour as well as add it and it's so effective. Thanks for the reminder.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Julie Lee said...

Lovely project Clare - such a fabulous use of contrast. xx

Kirsten said...

This is beautiful, I love the contrast between the background & the face.