Season's Greetings - Glorious Gatherings

To showcase this colored portion of the Glorious Gatherings stamp, which was my most favorite stamp this season, I made a monochromatic mat out of it using a product I've had but never used.

I stamped on a 5x7 piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock then I inked the Glorious Gatherings stamp with Ranger Inkessentials Clear Watermark Resist  and let it dry. Once it was dry I used a blending tool with Brushed Corduroy and Vintage Photo Distress Inks and inked over the entire surface.  I don't know if this is how it was supposed to turn out, but it kind of grabbed the ink and  made a light patterned background. Nice and subtle. I love it!

I stamped the Glorious Gatherings in Ground Espresso Archival Ink and then watercolored it with Distress Inks.

I finished off the background by stamping the Music from the Music and Advent CMS358 in Ground Espresso Archival Ink, cut the piece into strips and then colored them coordinating Distress Inks to highlight some of the colors in the Glorious Gatherings focal piece.

I finished it off with some machine stitching and tied a bit of Crafter's Thread along the left side.

Have a creative day,

Tami

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