Play time.

Needed a bit of playtime yesterday

 and had been wanting to try an over-stamping technique.

This is how it turned out :D

I started by making a random background using distress inks

 and a make-up sponge.

This gave me a nice leafy pattern

*much greener in RL but light terrible yesterday*

One of the Hunkydory stamp sets I bought last week has a layering butterfly,

where you stamp the solid shape...

 then add a darker pattern layer on top...

 I love how this system works :D

 Adding a few tiny feint butterflies helps give the background more depth.

 So now I wanted a darker feel...

 same technique but using grungier colours.

I had seen a stamper on tv use a single stamp to create a similar effect as the layering stamps.

By simply sticking the stamp on the block the wrong side up

you get a rough base shape*though it will be slightly bigger than the actual stamp*

 Then just turn the stamp (Visible Image Death's Head Moth)back the right way up and use :D

 Again I stamped a few smaller images in the background for depth...

Now to make something with them :D

Enjoy XXX