The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - Letter S

The letter "S" in the Craft Barn Alpha /Dictionary Challenge should be easy-peasy but no, we have to incorporate a shell in our project. I didn't want to do another seaside themed postcard as I did one for a previous letter, but what to do? Nothing came to mind until I was having a long leisurely bath - I do a lot of thinking in the bath! There was obviously a connection between my bath and the stamp that came into my mind - my nude stamp! Then my thinking moved on to the girls who performed at the Windmill Theatre who'd have a feather or scarf "strategically" placed. I had found my word.

I started the background on my postcard with the wrinkle free Distress Ink technique which I never tire of using  - I love the serendipity result. I then stamped over it using various stamps. I brushed some Distress Ink onto a piece of card and then stamped the image, cut it down to fit the postcard and edged it in gold. I cut around the woman's arm and hand and tucked in the shell which I had cut from a sheet of teabag folding images that has been in my stash for years. The photo corners were die cut and Treasure Gold applied to the embossed parts. As I had too much space on the right hand side of the card I cut a flourish from cream linen card and applied some Distress Ink to soften it.

 

Postcard Recipe

Card

Anna Marie  Smooth Stamping Card 300gsm

Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer 200gsm

Brown card

Craft Creations cream linen card

Inks

Distress Inks -  Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Old Paper, Frayed Burlap

Versafine Sepia

Pen-touch Calligrapher gold pen

Treasure Gold - White Fire 

Stamps

Script - Crafty Individuals CI-161

Diamonds - Kaisercraft CS152

Crackle - Kaisercraft CS876

Nude - The Artistic Stamper

Dies

Photo corners - Spellbinders

Flourish - Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes

Other

Computer generated dictionary definition - Typewriter font

Shell - Craft Creations tea bag folding sheet MP008