On a Wing and a Brayer

They say there is no rest for the wicked…where on earth did such a saying come from; I can’t rest, but am definitely not wicked! I had such a busy day yesterday which started with a  12 hour shift at work, followed by picking my  son up from work who was also on a late shift and needed a lift home due to lack of public transport. Came home and had a quick shower before cooking us something to eat and then rather than being tired, I was fully wired and couldn't switch off. Times like that I tend to get out the craft. I decided to make cards using the brayer for my admin support team who have done a great job throughout the last academic year. For anyone who has tried brayering, you know how frustrating it can be but also how relaxing it can be. Frustration comes from sometimes not finding quite the right card, but having recently stocked up on Clarity Silk Card, I was good to go.

 I started by gathering all my resources together in one place. I masked off a section of the card as I wanted a white border, and then punched a circle from post it notes.

When I first used a roller I was heavy handed to say the least, it took me a long time to realise I wasn’t rolling the flat walls but eventually I figured out it needed a lighter touch. Another learning curve was starting and finishing off the page. I prefer to brayer over a stamped image rather than add the images later, simply because I'm not too good with stamps and I prefer to mess up at the start of a project, rather than at the end.

For this card, I stamped the image from the Indigo-Blu Wild Meadow stamp set with Staz-On Jet Black and used Adirondack Stonewash on the brayer working diagonally across the card. Once I removed the masking tape, I covered the image with a posit it and added a little colour to one corner and stamped over using first and second generation stamping using a small branch from one of the Majestix stamp sets. To finish, I stamped the sentiment........job done!

All that was left was to mat and layer the image onto a piece of white card.