Looking outside of the box......

 

I needed some more male birthday cards, and was looking for some DSP to make up some quick and simple cards, using the same sketch as in the last post.    Sometimes you find inspiration, or just the perfect thing, in the oddest of places.  This DSP pattern came from a retired Christmas paper stack, Festival of Prints.

 

Stamps: Happy Birthday, Everyone

Colours: Island Indigo, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Other: Festival of Prints DSP stack (retired).

 

PS.... I've made up these from the extra DSP pieces....but I'm not sure what to do with them yet.....Let me know if you have any ideas!! 

 

Happy Stamping....Manda xx

Remarkable Friends.....

I just love this stamp set.....It's one of my favourites from the Annual Catalogue....and I don't seem to use it enough.  But for a friends 50th, I had to use it!!  She loves colouring, but she usually chooses a different medium.  I thought I do some watercolouring for the flowers, and I used my Stamp'n'Write makers for the leaves....

 

 

And here's the full card...... Hope your birthday was fabulous!!!

 

Stamps: Remarkable You, Happy Birthday Everyone

Colours: Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Wild Wasabi, Smokey Slate

Other: Watercolour Paper

Casing Myself.....

 

Have you ever heard the term 'CASE' used in reference to stamping and wondered what it meant?  Well CASEing means to Copy And Share Everything.   It's the ultimate form of flattery to a cardmaker or stamper to have someone CASE our work.  It's just important to give credit where credit is due to the creator of the inspiration card.  I take a lot of inspiration from the Stampin' Up! catalogues, and will often springboard my creating with a new set from the catties.

 

But this time I've CASEd myself. 

 

You might remember this card from a post I did in May.....

 

I used it as a CASE idea for the card I taught at my latest technique class, where a tech we learnt was how to 'kiss'......with stamps!!

 

Here's my new card.

 

 

As you can see, the sketch is basically the same.....I've changed the colours and sentiment stamp, and omitted the larger yellow splodge stamp. The focal image remains the same, as does the technique and fussy cut flowers.

 

Colours: Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Whisper White

Stamps: Crazy About You, Happy Birthday Everyone, Gorgeous Grunge

Other: Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig

 

Happy Stamping....Manda xxx

Remarkable You.....

 

This is an amazing set.....I just love the bold outlines of the images, which are just great to colour.  May favourite way to colour them is to emboss the outlines and then watercolour the image.  I've used this technique in the cards for this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

 

Here is a close up of the colouring for the Elegant Eggplant water lily......

 

And the Watermelon Wonder flower......(not sure of the bloom, but please let me know if you do......I'm florally challenged!!)

 

And here are the full cards......

 

 

Stamps: Remarkable You, Happy Birthday Everyone

Colours: Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla

Other: Black Embossing powder, Watercolour Paper, Aquapainter

 

Happy Stamping....Manda xx