Brayered Aussie Card

I hate this card, it looks like a cheap souvinir you would buy in Surfers Paradise lol...But it's for a challenge on Late Night Stampers...a patriotic card...and since I have no patriotic stamps I had to think outside of the box. I drew a rough map of Australia and cut it out and used the negative space to brayer the background with Marina Mist for the sky and Cajun Craze for the red soil. I then stamped the trees from Lovely as a Tree in staz on...this card has already found a new home..one of my regular class ladies snagged it out of the bin and  is sending it overseas...whew! lol

Extreme Guitar Spotlight

I am actually supposed to be cleaning up the monumental mess in my craft room...but instead I  have been playing around with my brayer again...not there yet but on my way lol

Extreme Surfer Brayered Card

As I mentioned yesterday, I am trying to master the brayer. I tried to case this extreme surfer card by Sharon Field here but mine was looking nothing like it! However when I look at it today it really doesn't look that bad..apart from my horizon line being too high, the sunrays too wide and too long, the bodgey fingerprint in the top corner that I tried to cover up with a naff looking sun, the wave behind the surfer which resembles a big blue blob, and my waves too pale...but apart from that lol....I will NOT give up, I am going to practice til I wear my brayer out!

Brayered Motorcycle Card

I had another go at brayering yesterday...I need to practice, practice, practice because I just can't get it to look right...this is the motorcylce stamp which is in the new aussie mini catalogue...First I brayered the background with So Saffron at the top and Always Artichoke along the bottom. Then I made a large circle mask and sponged around it with Peach Parfait. I tore some paper and rebrayered the bottom with Early Expresso. The motorbike was stamped with Versamark and embossed with black powder. I highlighted the chrome with a white gel pen. I added the bliss stamp in the top corner...buggared that up , it should have been higher.

I coloured the mudguards with a More Mustard marker, added some white gel pen accents and gave it a coat of crystal effects. I guess it's ok...Before I made this one I had a go at casing one of Sharon Field's cards but it looked nothing like hers! That's when I decided I was better off just trying to come up with my own simple design. One day I vow to get the hang of this lol...How about you, have you had a go at brayering yet?

Extreme Skateboard

This stamp isn't available in Australia but I was lucky enough to have a friend send one to me (thanks Christine). My brayering leaves a lot to be desired and obviously not my forte but passes if you don't look too close..colours used for ther brayering are Daffodil Delight, Riding Hood Red and Early Expresso and teh images are stamped with black Stazon...This is another card I will be mass producing for a childrens Charity