Sunday Stamper - Week 266 - Build Me Up Buttercup

Gooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy sunny Sunday to you all.  Many thanks for the gorgeous entries last week, I saw lots of innovative ways to add some depth to your creations...loved them all.   This week is a theme along similar lines... and it is to... BUILD YOUR LAYERS.  To join in with the challenge is simple: make a little something, it can be anything you fancy.  Add in the theme and some stamping and then hop back here to leave me a comment with a link to the place you are showing your entry.  As ever, if you don't have a blog/web-photo-hosty thing, you can join in via Facebook (simply tag my name) or by sending me a photo by email (you can get my email by clicking on my pic over there *points left*)   The theme will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 20th July 2013.

So. Layers!   I do love to make lots of layers on my creations and it is surprising how many you can create just by layering your inks, paints and stamping.. not to mention a few embellies to add a few extra bits of layering.  My entry this week is a small Burlap Panel.  I began with my layers by taking a roughly torn piece of Tissue Wrap and stamping butterflies onto it with Archival Ink.  I gave this a good zap to dry the ink and then used Glue & Seal to stick it to the panel.  So, that is two layers to start with.  Then I used Distress Paints to add colour - 3 layers now.  Once that was dried, I added a smidge of Walnut Stain DI to age it... 4th layer.  I wanted to add a bit of interest to the burlap so added some Tissue Tape, so that makes it 5 layers.

Next came the stampy bit, by colouring a torn tag... which will be layer 6, colouring this with DP's, layer 7 and then layer 8 with Distress Inks... and then adding background stamping to make layer 9 and Archival stamping (butterflies) which is layer 10 already!  Why not add another layer to it?  Well, a smidge of Tissue Tape on the torn tag is layer 11 and, finally, adding some little embellies and a bit of extra stamping to create the 12th layer.  See how easy it is to layer stuff up?  And, if you are clever, you can do a completely flat piece with lots of different layers of inking and stamping... I try to do stuff like that but I always end up bunging a load of embellies on it!   Anyways... there you have it :O))

So, whatcha got planned for today?  Tis nice that the heat has dropped a smidge... the Room of Stash became the Sauna of Stash these last few days and the instalation of a couple of fans helped but still, really?  How hot!!!  Anyways... whatever you are up to, have a great day!  Thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x