Hey everyone! FYI I may as well warn y'all now I'm in a really chatty mood for whatever reason and I really ramble throughout this post!
Sorry my post is late - it was supposed to go up yesterday. I am STILL sick - Tim's had it for 2 weeks now and I'm going on over a week (and REALLY hoping it doesn't go on for 2!!). I feel absolutely rotten right now :o(
Anywho - all the ATS design team peeps have been making samples with a NEW set of stamps from CC Designs that are being released on Monday (August 9) and will only be available until September 20/2010.
The kit is called "Take a Seat" and will be sold ONLY as a set (not individual images) and only during this limited time.
You can find out more HERE <----click on the ATS blog as well as see a bunch of the DT samples! And you can check out the second sneak peek post on the ATS blog HERE <----click! for even MORE samples!
So here's what I made:
Isn't she CUTE?? This sunflower Emma image is part of the kit. FYI the pumpkin image and the sentiment are NOT. The pumpkin image is for another release (my bad - I was assigned the Sunflower Emma image and saw the pumpkin stamp in the envelope with all the other stamps and never thought to double-check. So the pumpkins will be released a little later).
The sentiment is from my Autumn Sentiments set.
ANYWHO - like I said I am still fighting off this rotten cold, and needed to whip this card up as I had to work all week and didn't have much energy or time to create!!
So I did it in parts - I stamped the images I wanted to color onto CCD white cardstock then colored them in while laying on the couch watching a movie (VERY carefully colored I might add - I have been coughing a LOT and when you're coloring in tight areas one needs to pull the marker away when a coughing fit strikes - TMI??) .
I was in a "fall" mood when I was coloring (I love Fall - it is my absolute favorite season) so I went with a brown/green/mustard/orange color scheme.
I cut Emma out with Paper Snips (fine-tipped scissors) and even went further and cut out the white spaces between her legs and between the flower and her face with a craft knife. Normally I don't bother with that as it's extra work but I was enjoying the detail process and just kept going!
I added some yellow Stickles to the sunflower petals for a little sparkle.
I used my CuttleBog Swiss Dots embossing folder on the mustard cardstock, then added some Prima flowers from my stash and some May Arts ribbon.
The sentiment was stamped onto a scrap of green cardstock and cut out with a Nestabilities Label Trio die.
I kept the inside of the card REALLY simple (I was drained by the time it came to the inside and just wanted to get the card DONE) by just stamping the Sunflower Emma image onto white cardstock with light brown ink, matting it with brown cardstock and lining the card with mustard cardstock.
The sentiment is another from the Autumn Sentiments set, again stamped onto green cardstock and then punched out with SU's small oval punch.
That's it for now folks - I'm going to take some more cough medicine!! Have a fab weekend everyone!
*oh and PS - thank you all for the nice comments about my hair in my last video LOL! It was actually pretty simple to do (even tho it was the first time I've ever done my hair like that) and when I get better I might attempt to show how I did it*
*second PS - there were several links posted to other Canadian retailers in the comment section of my last post - so if you're one of those that would prefer to order AmyR Stamps/CC Designs stamps from a Canadian source you can definitely check them out!*
