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Tuesday 9 February 2010

Spring Song

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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9 comments:

  1. Unknown9 February 2010 at 10:29

    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

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  2. Scrappy~Sarah9 February 2010 at 10:30

    Really beautiful :)

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  3. Net9 February 2010 at 12:10

    That's a super image Joanne. I really like what you've done with it.

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  4. Karen9 February 2010 at 15:16

    This is really pretty Joanne, love it! XXX

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  5. CLARE9 February 2010 at 17:18

    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.

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  6. Effie9 February 2010 at 18:11

    That is a beautiful stamp....

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  7. Janice9 February 2010 at 20:21

    That is really beautiful Joanne.

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  8. Kathy9 February 2010 at 20:51

    This is soooo pretty Joanne, I love the blue on the white background, it really glows

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  9. tracy11 February 2010 at 10:01

    thats really sweet :)

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