Pretty in Pink

Our theme this month at Stamping Sensations is "Pretty in Pink". Now pink is not my favourite colour so I have to admit to struggling a bit with this one, so I hit on the idea of mixing my own vintage pink with acrylic paints. I painted a board using my fingers with lots of swirls, then added some images stamped on tissue paper, some more paint, and finally some Graphics Fairy images. Everything is stuck using Claudine Hellmuth matt multi-medium. This is a water-based glue, so you have to remember to use only solvent-based colouring materials, and wait until everything is dry before adhering your images.

"Pretty in Pink"

Once finished, I punched some holes using Sizzix dies and used the board as an album cover. The letters were cut from more card and stuck to the board before painting.

Ingredients:

Acrylic paints in red, white and pink pearlescent (I used some cheap ones from Lidl)

Recycled hardboard from dog food boxes (I cut two the same size for each cover and stick them together with the advertising blurb on the inside)

Tissue Paper

Archival ink, Jet Black

Crafty Individuals stamps

Promarkers for colouring

Claudine Hellmuth matt multi-medium

vintage images from the Graphics Fairy

Sizzix M&S hole punch dies & Sizzix M&S Base Tray

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alphabet Bigz die

3 x large book rings

Scraps of pink ribbon and lace to decorate the book rings

Entered for the following challenges:
ABC Challenge - G is for Girls
The Artistic Stamper - Letters, Words and Numbers
Card and Scrap - Use Dies