Guest post from Ellie Knol!

Hi all,

I SO love playing with the stamps from Designs By Ryn, so here I am again, guest designing for Ryn!

Designs by Ryn products used:

• Maidenhair Fern (stencil)
• Water Droplets (stamp)
• Trickling Water Set (stamp)
• African Daisy (stamp) 

 It's really easy to make this; just follow these steps:

1. Adhere pieces of tissue tape to the background-to-be. 

2. Scrape some gesso over the whole surface, not covering the whole of it.
Leave to dry. 

3. Do some stamping in the background (drops). Paint Teykol over it to make sure the drops stay white in step 5. 

4. Use the ferns stencil to add some structure paste to the background; it adds interest to your project. Leave to dry.
5. Color the background with various colors of distress stain, Mist some water to make the colors blend. Leave to dry.
6. For additional color sponge the edges with a distress ink.
7. Clean up the structure paste with a damp cloth.
8. Stamp the flower onto a seperate piece of paper. Color it with a watercolor pencil and cut it out.
9. Assemble the background.

Ellie Knol
Blog: http://elliecreahoekje.blogspot.nl