A dream in blue

The theme for this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "a word".  I decided to limit this piece so that it only featured colour as part of the background.

The dream was stamped first, and embossed with clear powder.  I tapped the card very firmly before heating the powder, so that the resist technique would be patchy.  After colouring the background using Claudine Hellmuth paints applied with a baby wipe, I re-stamped the "dream" using black Archival ink, using a cut'n'dry nib to remove most of the black ink from the letters to give a more distressed effect.  The other images were stamped separately and then fixed in place.

Our ever-generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher as the prize again this week! The winner will be chosen at random from those who enter the challenge, so why not give it a try? At the very least why not head over to the Challenge Blog to see how the other members of the design team have interpreted this weeks theme! :)