Together, We Shall Rise

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This one is based on a Facebook Live demo by Tracy Evans of AALL & Create, focussing on using her 'Knibs & Mushrooms' border stamp set #276.

The base layer was using the smoosh technique, with brown and yellow inks. The nibs were added, then stamped again on an old book page. In this case, I have an old dictionary with yellowing pages, and I used the 'nib' definition, then tore the image out from the page.

The next element was creating a spotlight with more brown ink, then a layer of clear embossing powder. The more stamping of the nibs on a white circle, overlaid with a couple of dark brown nibs, fussy-cut out and adhered on top.

I used some stencils to fill in some blank areas with brown, again.. the 'human' and #6 stencil, and some white texture paste through the #21 dotty stencil, plus some random white acrylic paint splats. Then I added the white strip for grounding, and the sentiment base, 'We shall rise', printed on my computer. The 'Together' word is from a Sizzix Tim Holtz set of words: 'Handwritten Love'.

The final touches were the white flower, fussy-cut from a Tracy Evans A5 stamp set, 'Eclectic Stems' #199, with a little yellow watercolour in the centre, some numbers and a piece of trim from the AALL & Create 'Code' die, plus some scattered gold sequins for a hint of metallica.