Saturday, 16 February 2013

the craft barn - alpha/dictionary challenge - letter e


e for elephant

'the russell english dictionary' circa 1958

page primed with gesso and painted with 'adirondack' 
paint dabbers hazelnut, pitch black and snow cap.

'tim holtz' stamp life adventure: 
elephant stamped with 'archival'  ink jet black, 
then masked off and background stamped with post card address.  
tribal motive stamped using 'adirondack' paint dabbers 
water melon and sunshine yellow and mask removed.

elephant coloured using 'distress ink' weathered wood,
 old paper and pumice stone with a waterbrush. 

letters and word added with 'dymo' black tape

3 comments:

  1. I love this elephant stamp. A great page.

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  2. Love the elephant and the splash of colour, fab page.

    Sylv xx

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  3. Another fan of this stamp (and I love elephants)
    fantastic page
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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