Seafarers Delight

 Hi blog friends!  I am really excited to show Sam Poole's new stamps.  These fab new stamp designs, great for those masculine cards, will be officially released for sale later this month.  I really enjoyed working with these as they lend themselves to so many techniques.  I used the Eco-Green Paints to create the crackle technique I used on the background.  A layer of black paint first.  Next a layer of watered down PVA  (Eco Glue or Cosmic Shimmer brand work well for this).  While the glue is still tacky, I painted the mushroom coloured Eco paint over the top.  I heated it to speed up the drying time and bring out the crackle effects.  The crackle is a result of the drying time between the glue and the top coat of paint.  Once the piece was thoroughly dry, I stamped the map background stamp randomly over it with frayed burlap distress ink.  I stamped my sentiment in black archival ink in the upper corner.  I made a sailor knot using some natural cotton fibre from my craft stash.  I inked it with tea dye a bit to distress it.  I stamped the clipper ship with black archival on kraft card.  I used a white pencil to highlight the ship, the sails and the water.  I cut out a gray circle frame and embossed it with the metal look mask and then sanded over the top to distress it.  I cut a slightly larger circle frame in black to mat it with and added silver PVA glue accents to the edge.  I wanted it to take on the look of a porthole, giving the card more of a nautical theme.  If you like these new stamps that Sam has done, she will be using them on Feb. 17th on her show on Create & Craft.  I know she has some fun demos planned, don't forget to tune in to see.  All for now, Sue x