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Thursday 19 June 2014

Bright colours and a sketch at Little Claire plus a cloud tutorial

Good morning lovelies! I hope you've been enjoying the weather - its been roasting here - I went for my run at 9 yesterday morning - oh my - it was a very hot and sticky 6 miles even at that time. I've got 4 miles to do today - at 4.45pm - and I'm hoping things aren't quite so warm!!! The things we do for fitness and charity eh?

I've made a card for the latest challenge at Little Claire - they have two prizes this month - a beautiful bunch of goodies or a GDT spot. I'm crossing everything in the hope of a GDT spot - the stamps are lovely and I would really love to work with them ..... and alongside the lovely diane again! Anyway - here's my make - using the changing tree and education stamp sets - I made a card for my Rainbow helper Alice who has been sitting her A levels this summer.


I made a bright distress ink background using mustard seed, ripe persimmon and spiced marmalade. 


I stamped the tree image and many other of the smaller images to complete the tree. The owl had to be in there - Alice's mum is Brown Owl for the brownies. The images were coloured using spectrum noir pens. I also added some dots of pen to fill the tree out a little.


I added some flowers from Sweet Lilac.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
Little Clairelittleclairesdesigns - Sketch plus bright

Now I have a little cloud tutorial for you - its not brilliant but I've tried to get across to you what i do.

Step 1 - you need - a clarity cloud stencil, card, stencil brush and blue ink/pastel. I've showed this using faded jeans but you can use most blues - I often use a lighter one but this one shows up better for the camera. The card is up to you - I use the reverse of centura pearl for most things.
 Step 2: I lay the stencil over the card and then lightly brush the brush into the ink or pastel. Next I run this lightly over the stencil. Next I start to move the stencil down the page repeating the steps. I try not to have the stencil in the same position but shift it along so that different shapes build up as you can see in the next picture.


Finally remove the stencil to reveal the whole effect.


There's nothing magical or difficult about this technique - its just a case of having the stencil, some ink or pastel and a brush. It takes a matter of minutes to do. I do tend to put the sky in last on scenes - and mask off the foreground - I may add things to the sky afterwards but the main sky is done usually for me towards the end of a scene make. 

I hope that is useful!

Big Hugs and thanks for dropping by! Rachel xx













24 comments:

  1. Good morning Rachel,
    Great card, love the image and your super design
    Thanks for the Tutorial, I made myself a card "cloud" stencil which I use a lot. It is in a right mess. Am off over to Clarity to buy one of theirs it will clean each time I use it.
    Have a great day

    Patricia x

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    1. really sorry for calling it a stencil Patricia - its clearly a mask - sorry - trying to do too much! ope you found it okay! Hugs rachel xx

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  2. Lovely bright ans sunny colours Rachel - it eventually came through here at teatieme so took a time make it's way from you.

    B x

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  3. Fab card Rachel, beautifully put together and your cloud tut looks fantastic, the clouds have turned out so well!!

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  4. Lovely card Rachel & love your tutorial too.....thanks for sharing! I have a home made stencil......off to look for the real thing now, yours looks fab! Enjoy your run today!
    hugs Jo x

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    1. Hi jo - glad it was clear enough for you - I called it a stencil but it is a mask! But I'm sure you knew that anyway!!! Hugs rachel xx

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  5. Fabulous card Rachel and love the tutorial

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  6. Super fab card, fabulous tutorial...thanks and well done.., love the colour combo.....
    aNNie ♥
    The Journey is the Start

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  7. A gorgeous card Rachel, and a great tutorial. Super colours on the background.

    Sue xx

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  8. Wow! Rachel I thought at first this was just one stamp then as I read your post, I realised the tree was made up of lots of little stamps, it looks great. Of course I love the owl best, but I also love the way you have personalised it for the recipient with the books pencils and hats. Great cloud tutorial. Mo x

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  9. Good morning sweetie, this is stunning, hugs Pops x x x

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  10. Your card is gorgeous Rachel. I love the image and the bright colours are so cheery. Good luck with the GDT spot, I think you would be a great asset to the team and it's clear you love their images.
    A fabulous tutorial too.
    hugs Sue xx

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  11. Hi Rachel, love your card, and the tutorial is super, thanks for giving it to us.
    Love your colours on the card and your design.
    Good luck on the GDT, you would be a fab asset to the team, hugs Kate x

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  12. This is a gorgeous card Rachel, I love the Little Claire Changing Tree stamps and you have made a fabulous card with yours.
    Pauline
    x

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  13. Gorgeous card and loving the tutorial too.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. Gorgeous card and a great tutorial. I used to use a sponge dauber, but I think using a stipple brush makes the clouds look so much more realistic.

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  15. Very nice and very unique card. Nice tutorial as well.

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  16. so gorgeous, thanks for the tutorial
    hugs
    céline

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  17. This looks great Rachel. Great technique with the clouds
    x catherine

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  18. Great card rachel love all the little images and gorgeous bow and background-love the tutorial -I made a mask out of card but looks nowhere near as good as this,think I might have to invest -been really cool here today!
    carol x

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  19. Love your card Rachel, great clouds. Thanks for using the sketch and a LC image. Good luck and thanks for entering our challenge this month over at Little Claires, Heidi xx

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  20. Great card & a great tutorial too! Love the clouds!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  21. Great card Rachel and thanks for the tutorial on the clouds. Will have to look out for the mask.
    Mags
    x

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  22. Totally awesome and the image is terrific!

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