Viva Las VegaStamps!: jagged chain link fence

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Escape Plan - by Fran Chalmers

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a little card using a Banksy stamp

To make the background I used three different green distress inks and a finger dobber.

I stamped the wire fence on each side of the card in Versafine Clair nocturne. Any gaps at the top or bottom were filled in with the black fine liner.

I stamped the rat on the main card, and again on some thicker paper, which I then fussy cut out.

I went round the edge of the card with Distress ink in black soot.

Before sticking the cut out image on, I added some interest in the background with the numbers stamp in Mowed Lawn distress ink.

I glued the main image on, and a sentiment which I printed on my computer. I then matted and layered the card onto green backing card.

I hope you like it!

STAMPS USED:

Rows of numbers 20170

Jagged chain link fence 19140

Banksy bolt cutter rat thief 2 20075

OTHER ITEMS USED:

Distres inks in Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Black Soot

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturn

Black fine liner

Monday, September 05, 2022

DESTINATION UNKNOWN - by Fran Chalmers

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a card for you.

First I put some distress inks on my mat and added water. I smooshed the card on top, drying between layers.

Then I stamped the broken fence at the edge of the card. I had to mask the top of the stamp off as the card was bigger than the stamp, and stamp the middle bit on its own before then stamping the top. It was difficult to match it up completely right, but it it easy to use a fine liner pen to join the lines up if you are a bit out.

I stamped the lady onto the card, and then onto thick paper. I coloured and fussy cut her out.

I added a bit of texture in the gap between the fences and around the main image before gluing the coloured image onto the card. I added the sentiment, which I edged in red.