Oak leaf stamp

 

Another Imagination Crafts stamp.  Decoupaged and coloured with Copics, then just put on a brown card. 

 

Anniversary Card

Used a Crafty Individuals stamp in the middle, and then blocked it off to do the background.  I had seen Christine Dark do a similar background, and was desperate to try it myself - use all the pale coloured Copic pens to colour the background, then use the blender pen on top to merge it.  Then I used the same colours to colour the main stamp....... the bit where it didn't work out well (a bit of the stamp didn't come out well - I went over it with a black pen but that looked worse...) I covered with a ribbon; pleated it which looked better than just putting it on.  (Dyed some a while ago and I always keep the leftovers!)

Sugar Nellie Stamps

This was a special offer from Sugar Nellie - this was a quick card I made just so that I could practise colouring them in.  Used a small card (4 by 4 inches) and some backing from Kanban (cannot remember what it's called right now.....).  I have just seen Pat Frank's card using the same stamp on the Sugar Nellie website and now want to have another go at it, using more colours and lot of embellishments!

Paper Artsy Stamps

Cannot believe how long it has been since I posted..... I seem to have got out of the habit of taking photos of things!

I bought these stamps at the new opening of the Craft Barn (moved to Nutfield - lovely new shop, and a really good food shop and a place to eat on the site, too).  I was following a design in Craft Stamper magazine - I thought it looked fine, but now I have taken the photo I think I should have sprayed the distress inks with water first.  I was planning to make a few, so that's my plan for the future.