STAMPS: Cow and sentiment by GinaK Designs. CS: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bordering Blue, Close to Cocoa - all Stampin' Up!, patterned paper by Provo Craft. INK: Palette Hybrid Noir (Stewart Superior), Bordering Blue Marker (SU!). ACCESSORIES: Ribbon (Michaels), Bordering Blue Eyelets (Stampin' Up!), Marvy Giga Scalloped Square Punch, Dimensionals (SU!), Prismacolors, Gamsol, and Blending Stumps, Small Corner Rounder Punch (SU!).
Ya know, this is the *first* time I've used this little cow stamp from GinaK. He's so cute and I was a little shocked to find I'd never inked him up!! And of course the sentiment is super cute too *wink*.
This was a pretty quick and easy card to do. After stamping the cow on a square of Whisper White, I colored him in w/ Prismacolor Pencils and blended them w/ Gamsol and a blending stump (did you know there's a difference in blending stumps?? They are either made in China or made in Taiwan and you WANT the ones from Taiwan - they're a much softer paper and blend WAY easier than the Chinese ones. The stumps I got at Michaels are the Chinese ones and I can't stand using them - I can tell as soon as I pick them up that they're the "hard" ones. I know of 2 places that carry the "good" stumps - stampingfreak.com and Inky Antics. It actually says right on the side of each stump where they're made - so make sure to check next time you buy - or order them from a site that specifically SAYS they carry only the ones from Taiwan!!)
OK I'm done w/ the little lesson (tho I hope it helps someone!). After I colored in the cow I scribbled a little border around him, mounted him onto Certainly Celery CS (that I punched w/ my giga scalloped square punch) then mounted that using dimensionals to Bordering Blue and Close to Cocoa.
The rest of the card was a breeze. I took a strip of patterned paper and made scallops along the one side (using SU's small corner rounder punch), adhered it and tied on some of my FAVORITE ribbon - I just love the color and the polka-dots!
I adhered the main image, added some eyelets (w/ my wonderful crop-o-dile), and stamped the sentiment and that's it!
THEN I decided to have a little fun w/ my favorite piggy stamp:
STAMPS: Pig - GinaK Designs, oval - a*muse, Dotted BG (SU!), CS: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Cool Caribbean, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard - all SU!, patterned paper by Provo Craft. INK: Palette Hybrid Noir, Close to Cocoa, Cool Caribbean. ACCESSORIES: Prismacolors, Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle and Mega Circle Punches, Flirty Ribbon (SU!), Brads (SU!), Colorbok fabric self-adhesive sticker, sponge daubers, dimensionals, various circle punches.
A good friend of mine sent me a ton of fun Colorbok embellishments for my birthday - and I decided that now was the time to stop hoarding and start using!!
This little fabric sticker was the starting point for this card. It's what inspired using the piggy stamp and the whole circular theme *wink*.
I stamped the piggy, masked him, then stamped the a*muse oval to "ground" him, then colored him in w/ Prismacolors and Gamsol.
I punched that out using the Marvy Mega Circle Punch, sponged the edges then matted it onto Pixie Pink CS punched w/ the Giga Scalloped Circle (and sponged *those* edges w/ Close to Cocoa).
I stamped the SU! Dotted BG onto the card base, adhered the patterned paper to More Mustard CS, then adhered those to the card.
I punched out several circles using my circle punches (some SU! and some EK Success ones), glued them on, then added that FAB velvet ribbon from the new SU! Winter Mini. I kept the ribbon in place by poking a couple of holes through it AND the card using my paper piercer (and yup I ended up poking my hand too b/c I wasn't paying the strictest attention! It **HURT**!!) then pushed through a couple of brads to hold it in place (and the brads *just* went all the way through - that ribbon is THICK!!).
I then adhered the main image w/ dimensionals (I can't seem to get away from using those things - I've been using them on almost every single card I make!) and stuck on the Colorbok fabric sticker and the card was done!!
