Monday, August 31, 2009

Sorry I've been away so long

I have been frantically busy at work - bringing work home most nights and sometimes over the weekend too - for the last month but I haven't been totally neglecting my stamping. I ran a workshop a couple of weeks ago and, at the host's request, we played with the Shaving Cream technique. This technique is a lot of fun and produces a great result but it is quite messy so be prepared for some clean up if you try it. Below are the 2 cards we made.

These cards use the background created with the Shaving Cream technique (ink colours Baja Breeze and Pacific Point) and the stamp set - Unchartered Territory. As Father's Day in Australia is this coming Sunday I challenged myself to use the Shaving Cream technique on cards for men. The top card adds texture to the edges of the Pacific Point mats using the distressing tool from the SU Cutter Kit. I used Paper Piecing for the lighthouse and cliff on the second card. I was really pleased with these two cards and so were the ladies at the workshop.

3 comments:

Merry said...

Love the shaving cream technique..what wonderful cards.

kareN stampZ said...

they look great - haven't done that technique for ages but looks great

Anne said...

Hi Sharon, welcome back! So glad all is well with you.

How funny, I just posted a shaving foam background card yesterday for a blog hop! The blue is a brilliant background for the marine cards though, may have to CASE this if that's ok?

Hugs
Anne