This seems like a good place to expand on my St Patrick`s
day spread information for you. I find Instagram useful but not brilliant when I have `stuff` to say. I have had lots of questions about this
spread so will endeavour to answer them here.
So here goes, the leprechaun was an image I found on Etsy by
a company called
Aurora Wings, the artist was somebody called Mitzi
Sato-Wiuff. I really love this image,
the face is just gorgeous…I am attracted to all things myth and magic although
not all of them lend themselves to planner stamping. I do not have a huge array of stamps at home
and many that I like are quite expensive, as they have to imported. Like Lindsay Ann Duyck I like the
Stamping Bella designs but they are not readily available here in the UK. However, I do have two sneaky ones on order.
In order to keep the costs down I have been buying digi
stamps from Etsy and have downloaded some free line art from Deviant Art…I am
quite fond of the designs by
Jade Dragonne and
YamPuff. Anyway I digress. Once the digi stamp images have been
downloaded and saved to a computer they can be imported to any suitable
programme and resized. I am using word
for this….the leprechaun is one of the bigger images I have used and this has
allowed me to achieve more detail with the alcohol markers. In this instance I used Copics, although I do have Flex Markers
and Chameleon pens. The image has been
printed direct to sticker paper. Using
the alcohol marker direct in to your planner is not to be recommended as they
will stain through the subsequent pages.
The background for this design was created direct on the
planner page using dye based inks…for this I used Stampin` Up inks in soft sky
and marina mist for blues, so saffron and daffodil delight for the yellows and
garden green for the green, as I really wanted the clear colours for this
design, and I already had them. I used
a make-up sponge for blending these inks…I am a great lover of cheap and
cheerful. You can also use a product
called cut`n`dry foam, but it is far more expensive.
