Do you ever spend hours doing something and nothing works out how you wanted it too?
Well I have had a whole afternoon like that - so here are my mistakes and what I have learnt from them!
This one was going to be for a 'Faces' themed swap.
I saw a picture of a meconopsis I liked, and thought it lent itself to a child's face in the centre. I found a vintage face that was perfect. Cut it out and it wasn't quite round. (I wanted it to actally tuck into the poppy centre.) I cut a bit more off - and yes, you know how it is. It never was perfect enough for me so it went into the bin.
A flash of inspiration - I would stamp a face onto some acetate and tuck that in. Well I tried all sorts of colours and all sorts of faces. Finally got The colour combination right - went to stick it in - when I learnt another very important lesson.
Ink pad ink doesn't seem to ever dry on acetate. So that idea was abandoned. I carried on 'playing' and added more colour and details and finished it.
Later I thought it lacked focus so decided to try stamping a dragonfly onto it. Thought that would look good.
Mistake number 2 - You can't stamp an image directly onto something that has any raised surfaces.
You can tell that I am a total novice with stamping - but I so want to learn how to do it
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