I got the new GinaK Spring stamp designs in the mail the other day and I'm *finally* getting a chance to start inking them up (there is nothing sadder than un-inked rubbah - ROFL!!!)
STAMPS: Daffodils and sentiment by GinaK Designs. CS: Naturals Ivory, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip (all SU!), Pic-nicky patterned paper by Pixel Decor. INK: Palette Hybrid Noir (Stewart Superior). ACCESSORIES: Earth Elements Watercolor Wonder Crayons, AquaPainter, Marvy Punches (Mega Circle and Giga Scalloped Circle), Paper Piercer, Ribbon (Michaels), SU! Cutter Kit, Dimensionals.
I've had this funky patterned paper from AllThatScraps for some time now (it's called Pic-nicky and it's made by Pixel Decor - you can see it here) and wasn't sure what to do w/ it. As soon as this daffodil stamp arrived from Gina I got an idea!
I stamped the image on Naturals Ivory CS, punched it out w/ my Marvy Mega Scalloped Circle Punch, and watercolored it. I then re-stamped the image onto the patterned paper and cut out only the jug and glued it on top!
The rest of the card came together pretty quickly after that. I used some more of the patterned paper which I matted w/ Chocolate Chip CS (I only distressed one side using a tool that comes w/ the SU! Cutter Kit).
The sentiment is actually all on one line but I inked up the last part - stamped it, then cleaned it off *really* well then inked up the first part and stamped it above and slightly to the left.
I used my Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle punch to frame the main image - just an FYI to everyone - these Giga punches are sold out practically EVERYWHERE. Marvy is saying it will be sometime in March that retailers will start getting their back-ordered punches so stay tuned (I get mine from stampingfreak.com and I will let y'all know ASAP when they're back in stock!!)
To finish off the card I added a little more faux stitching and some ribbon that I got at Michaels.
