Splattered Stars

Hi!

Once again Claire Daly is running a weekly Blog Share with a Christmas theme. She did this for the first time last year, and it was so much fun and inspiration that she's decided to do it again this year. It's called Heart Of Christmas, and will be on Thursday mornings between now and Christmas.

Today's card was one I made for a class. I'd had a request to do the splatter technique that you can see on the main panel. It's such a fun and easy technique that I was happy to comply.

I started by using my sponge brayer to ink the Shimmery White panel with Blueberry Bushel ink. I then spritzed some water into my cupped palm, dipped my fingers into the water and then flicked the water over the panel. Where the water lands it pushes away some of the ink, leaving lovely splatter marks behind. If you blot the water before it dries the effect is even more pronounced. The gorgeous gold foil star and matt finished off the front.

I toyed with the idea of using the little bits out of the star on the front to decorate the inside, but they were just too fiddly. I probably should go back and stamp a pale star over the sentiment - what do you think?

You can see the rest of this week's Christmas cards over at Claire Daly's blog. It's always worth a look.

Bye for now,

Tina