Gothic Arch Inspiration - 24th Jan 2010.

Hi stampers!

It's sunday so that means it's Gothic Arch day!

So far we've got 6 arches in our Flickr Group (you have to be logged in to see them all) and 15 members have joined the group! We're off to a great start!

The current theme is "Butterflies" - an easy one to get us started - and a new theme will be posted here next Sunday, 31st January 2010.

Each week in between the new challenge themes I'll pick one or two of the arches from the Flickr group pool to share with you here to keep you inspired. This week I've chosen this lovely gothic arch by Lesley Dupont in Canada:

From Leslie:

"I used some glossy photo paper and stamped it with Versamark Ink with a Clearly Impressed butterfly stamp from the Fresh Flower Elements collection. I then applied some clear embossing powder over the stamped images then heat set them with my heat gun. Then using Distress inks I randomly covered the photo paper with Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalde inks with an ink blending tool. I then cut out an arch template shape and mounted this arch on a chipboard base for sturdiness". 

"I also inked up some Bazzill cardstock with the same distress inks and stamped in black dye ink a Technique Tuesday, Flea Market Finds, mini stamp. I then used a butterfly paper punch to cut out my butterflies from my inked paper and applied them to the edges of the arch. The lady image was placed so that a set of wings were behind her giving the image of her flying about".

"The toadstools were then applied and both the toadstools and butterflies have Diamond Stickles applied to them for that little bit of magic".

Great work Leslie!

To see the rest of the Gothic Arches that have come in last week, log in to Flickr and check out our Flickr Group!

Now, if you're looking for more Gothic Arch inspiration, I stumbled across another challenge blog today that you might want to check out! Something Completely Different is having a full month of Gothic Arches this month with a new theme each week! There are some lovely Gothic arches there to look at!

Last week's theme at the Gothic Arches Challenge Blog was Shabby Chic, and this week's theme is "Weddings", so be sure to check them out on your travels as well. :)

Happy stamping!

~Sarah~