2016 #20 Penny For Your Thoughts {by Jennie Atkinson}

 2016 Topic 120: Squares and Grids

Hi everyone Jennie here.

Tonight I'd like to share with you my first outing with the fabulous new Infusions and some of my favourite Vintage Ink and the Dog Stamps.  I missed the showcasing of the Infusions in the summer as I was on holiday so I am playing catch up to the rest of you! And of course I can now see why you have all been raving about them! 

My plaque uses the Infusions in different ways and a selection of stamps which were just perfect for the current topic.

Step One: I started with some smallish pieces of PaperArtsy Smoothy Card and experimented with The Sage and Golden Sands Infusions spritzing water on the cardstock first as well as spritzing to move the colour around a little.

Step Two: Vintage Ink and the Dog ID07 were my main stamp set and I used a few of my favourite Ink and the Dog to fill in the spaces on the plaque.

ID07

Letters 6

Petals 4

I did match the pieces with the stamps to show them off to their best, stamping with Jet Black Archival.

Step Three: Whilst planning the layout I realised I would need a background for some of the elements so used the Infusions with a paintbrush this time to create these woody feel pieces. I created a puddle of Infusions on my craft mat and brushed them on in one direction with a large paintbrush.

Step Four: And then it was time to pull it all together. My base board was ordinary greyboard covered first with Gesso and then a coat of Prima Crackle Paste. It warped a little when it dried so I had to layer it onto another layer of greyboard covered with black cardstock.

I love how the Infusions blend to create different depths of colour - you wouldn't think this could all come out of one small little bottle of loveliness!

Scraps of left over cardstock were die cut to create leaves and a label. The flower just got squished in the puddle of Infusions on the craft mat !

Needless to say the rest of the Infusions set is now on order and I can't wait to experiment with them further, however, I was very impressed with the different effects I achieved just by spritzing or painting with water. Certainly Sage and Golden Sands have a lovely vintage feel to them and I enjoyed combining them with the Vintage Ink and the Dog stamps. I hope you love these stamps as much as I do and will give them an outing now and again.

Jennie

Live The Dream

Thanks for sharing your first outing with Infusions, your results are fabulous. The woody layer is so effective, it actually does look like a wood veneer. I like your careful positioning of stamps too, making the most of various areas of colour. ~Darcy

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