Thecraftycardmaker: Art Inspirations Samples

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing some of my samples for the new release from Art Inspirations, the fabulous Indian Dreams collection designed by Leonie Pujol.

For my first sample I used the Peace Elephant stamp which I coloured with a mix of Polychromos pencils and acrylic paint pens. For the background I used distress oxide inks in worn lipstick, fossilised amber and seedless preserve through the floral mandala stencil.

For my second sample I used weathered wood distress ink through the Indian Collage stencil on to a background created using picked raspberry, shaded lilac and scattered straw distress ink. I stamped word peace from the Peace Elephant stamp set across the background using morning mist Versafine Clair ink. I stamped the larger Henna Pattern stamp directly to the background with Nocturne Versafine Clair and coloured it with Zig Clean Colour pens. I then stamped the Henna Dragonfly on separate card, coloured it with the same pens and cut it out and added to the card.

For my third sample I created a background using the Lippy Lime, Poppin Pink, By Jove Blue and Yummy Yellow Vivid inks, then added fossilised amber distress oxide through the Pebbles stencil. I stamped the smaller of the Henna Pattern stamps with nocturne Versafine Clair ink and added a sentiment from the Henna Dragonfly stamp set.

For my fourth sample I used the larger of the Henna Pattern stamps to create a background. I stamped it using Warm Breeze Versafine Clair ink. I then blended peacock feathers distress oxide over the edges of the background. I stamped the Peace Elephant directly on to the background as well as on a piece of separate card. I coloured the image with glitter gel pens. I cut out just the elephants face and glued it over the stamped image on the background. I chose a sentiment from Tim Holtz's Small Talk and added it to the page.

For my final sample I created a background using yummy yellow, poppin pink and by jove blue vivid inks. I stamped the Henna Dragonfly twice, making sure the antenna touched and coloured them with glitter gel pens. I added a border and sentiment from the Peace Elephant stamp set.