This first card features a hand stamped gingham background which is from Hello Bluebird Stamps. I then aged the edge by ink blending with Antique Linen Distress Ink and die cut the panel with the wonky stitched edge by Mama Elephant. I already had this white square frame die pre-cut from a previous project and I applied it popped up on foam tape. On Bristol Smooth cardstock I hand stamped all of my images with Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black and watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zigs. Colours used are Gray 090, Oatmeal 064, Pale Pink 028, Yellow Green 053, and Lemon Yellow 051. They were die cut and then I just built the scene that you see here by means of layering and building depth using different amounts of Scotch foam tape. The sentiment was stamped on a little strip of cardstock and also applied with foam tape. The final touch was the addition of a few pearly white sequin accents.
For my second card I chose the same basic idea but gave it a slightly different look - less antiqued if you will!
I stamped a panel with a cozy plaid background stamp by Hello Bluebird using Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink in Lake Shores. I used another white frame die cut I had to hand and applied it with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment and added it below. When I stamped and watercolour painted my images for the last card I made enough extra images to complete this second one and so all of these components were painted with the exact same colours as listed above. Once again I set about to arrange a dimensional scene with foam tape that was pleasing to my eye and finished this card off with some pretty sparkling clear flower sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for a little twinkle.
When you have stamp sets with lots of little images I find this basic layout a really good 'go to' design.
I hope you're inspired ... go forth and craft!
Nicky x
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