Smiling Eyes

Hello to everyone!

 Kia here with you today to share my card done for the March Collaboration between My Sweet Petunia and Joy Clair Stamps.

I decided to use the beautiful Mardi Gras stamp set for this card, but I wanted to use if for something other than what it was intended for. A very good friend works part-time for The Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver B.C. and this set has me thinking about her and how her eyes light up when she smiles or laughs, so that is where I went.

In my Mini Misti, using Neenah cardstock, I set up the stamps where I wanted them, then stamped the left mask using Melon ink. I then made a mask of just the right side of the stamped left image and stamped the second mask again using the melon ink, making several passes to darken the ink colour. The left mask is an open stamp, and the right mask is a full stamp image, as you can see below, so I sponged on some duckling (yellow) ink using a little make-up brushes. I did have pictures of the process, but they mysteriously disappeared from my phone!

I added the yellow to the feathers using Zig brushes. Once I was finished with all the colouring, I stamped the images again with clear embossing ink and heat set using clear embossing powder. And, as this is about my friend's smiles, I stamped the sentiment using another Joy Clair Stamp called Hugs and Smiles using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. I then stamped again with embossing ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I wanted to add more yellow to the card, so I sponged around the edges of the deckled die using the Duckling yellow ink, then added fun foam to the back of the panel and attached it to a my Coral cardstock base, finishing with a few sequins. 

I hope you have enjoyed this card today. 

Thank you for visiting My Sweet Petunia.