Mid Month Mini Make November

 The mid month challenge over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs is to create a piece 6" x 6" or smaller using your favourite colour with a touch of beige and the theme of self care.  This is what I came up with.

I added the outside of one of the masks from Linda's Christmas Floral Rounds to a small piece of Clarity stencil card and masked round the edges with low tack tape.

I blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide through the aperture for the beige element and removed the masking.

Next, I stamped the person reading a book into the circle in Jet Black Archival ink.  I love to read and never go anywhere without my Kindle which is full of my favourite books.

I then masked up the image using the mask inner from before.

My favourite colour is red, but I also love autumn colours, so I added Candied Apple and Fired Brick Mini Oxides to a blending mat, picked them up with a watercolour brush pen and brushed them across the bottom of the topper.  I went overboard with the water and the colour started to seep under the mask, so I then used dry brushes to add Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed Oxides.

When the mask was removed, I touched up the stamping with a black brush pen as I had added the mask before the ink was completely dry and it had pulled some of the colour.

I used the Word Chain Alphabet stamps to add 'Relax' in the same black ink as before.

As you can see, I made sure I was happy with my inking up, and tested all the stamps on an offcut of stencil card, before working on the topper.

To finish, the topper was edged with a black Sharpie pen and added to a 4" x 4" white card blank.