Perhaps it's because I have always been an avid reader but as soon as I saw this stamp I thought "Perfect bookmark!". I guess it's just the proportions of the image.
I decided to go with the delicacy of the image by using inks as watercolours to give a soft and subtle look to the colouring. I'm a great reader of fiction, I really don't get on with biographies etc, and what is fiction but dreams, really?
This really doesn't take a lot of time or materials so I think it would make a nice little gift for things like teacher thank yous. You could even slip one inside a book you were giving as a gift to make it even more personal.
Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms):
Spring Song (February Stamp of the Month)
Motivational Centers (Mona Lisa Moments line)
Paper:
140lb hot press watercolor paper
Simply Heavy Black (CHF)
Ink:
Stazon by Tsukineko (Timber Brown)
Various Tim Holtz Distress inks by Ranger (as watercolors)
Other:
Sewing machine and thread
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Tuesday, 9 February 2010
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9 comments:
Joanne, this is so pretty and delicate.
Your colouring is beautiful and gives so much live to the stamp.
Hope you're keeping well.
x
Really beautiful :)
That's a super image Joanne. I really like what you've done with it.
This is really pretty Joanne, love it! XXX
Beautifully coloured image. This is a great idea, I am always using old tickets & bits of paper for bookmarks. The stitching makes it more robust somehow.
That is a beautiful stamp....
That is really beautiful Joanne.
This is soooo pretty Joanne, I love the blue on the white background, it really glows
thats really sweet :)
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