Monday 1 February 2016

Claritystamp Challenge - Love


Lots of Clarity stencils and stamps can be used for this month's challenge, Love, so if you haven't made those Valentine cards yet or maybe there is a family wedding coming up this is the perfect opportunity to get all loved up.

Stamps:  Claritystamp Wrought Iron corner, Birdcage set
Stencils:  Leafy Swirl
Inks:       Archival Black, Adirondack Red Pepper, Tim Holz Old Paper
Other:     Claritystamp Theuva card, Stencils brushes, Spectrum Noir colouring pencils, black pen

  • Make masks for the Birds.  Don't worry about the very intricate bits.
  • To help you align the stamps draw a central vertical line lightly in pencil.
  • With black archival ink stamp the Birds and then cover with the masks.
  • Under the Birds, stamp the Corner twice using some copier paper to mask the very ends of the top corners to shorten them.
  • Stamp Love underneath and then the Corners again below this to complete the perch.


  • Rub out the pencil line but leaving the Bird masks on brush Old Paper over the card.
  • Using Adirondack Red Pepper brush ink around the edges, leaving a vague oval shape around the birds. Go back over with these two colours until you are happy with the depth of colour. I chose these colours to go with the Gelli print I had already chosen to use as a backing paper.

  • Cut to size and then go around the edges with a black Sharpie pen.
  • Mount on a Gelli print and then a blank card.  My print was made using the Leafy swirl stencil.
  • Remove the masks from the Birds and colour in with Spectrum Noir pencils.
  • At this point I realised I had stamped my Birds too high so I extended the corner stamp using a black pen to make a perch.
  • Finally couldn't resist a doodled heart above the Birds.

The Claritystamp Challenge is open to all abilities so have a go and you might be the lucky winner of a £50 Claritystamp voucher.  The winner is picked at random so everyone has the same chance of winning. We love looking at all your entries each month.

Lesley x





11 comments:

  1. This card is so fantastic love how you have done this x

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  2. Beautiful elegant card and such a clever design Lesley.

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  3. Really elegant design Lesley, I love it. Your extra doodles make it extra special. Perfect stamping and I love the red and old paper round the edge, really great together.
    Hugs
    Amanda xx

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  4. Your card is supremely elegant, Lesley yet there are far fewer stamps involved than appearances would have us believe. Superb use of Clarity stamps! ;~}

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  5. Lovely card Lesley - great idea to use that fabulous corner stamp to create a perch -- it is very elegant that stamp a fabby design xx

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  6. Beautiful elegant card Lesley. The wrought iron corner makes a great perch for your love birds. Xxx

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  7. Thanks ladies, I am much happier with this card than my first effort. x

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  8. A beautiful card Lesley. The wrought iron corner gives the piece a touch of elegance, as well as making an extra special perch for the birds. x

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  9. Beautiful design work Lesley. Love your ingenious way of using the wrought iron corner stamp. Very clever and talented. Lovely blog post too.
    Hugs xxxdx

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  10. Beautiful design work Lesley. Love your ingenious way of using the wrought iron corner stamp. Very clever and talented. Lovely blog post too.
    Hugs xxxdx

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