Oops its a Southern Girl Stick up!!

Oops because I actually scheduled this post incorrectly so its a little late.  We're part way through the new Southern Girls Challenge and ita all about adding some kind of sticker.  We have Kinda Cute by Patricia as our sponsor this round. She has a very distinct style of cute and whimsical images.  I used her lovely digital stamp called Mermaid staring at the Moon.

I inked ta piece of card with Distress Oxides to represent either a sunset or a sunrise.  I coloured the image as fussy cut around her cutting away the moon.  The image is then popped up slightly around her head so she is not sitting flat.  In the foreground I die cut some gentle waves so she looks like she is sitting in the middle of the ocean looking across to the sun setting or the moon rising.
With a white gel pen I added some small dots for some texture and interest.

I needed to add a sticker so I added a single gold star up in the sky.  The make a wish sentiment just went perfectly with the little scene I created.

Go drag out your stickers and come join in the latest challenge.

See you there

Karen

xo

Scribbled Heart

There is a new release at Frantic Stamper.  It's a Valentines release with some extras.  Some gorgeous big words, hearts. a fairytale castle, a prince and princess complete with costume changes.

My card features the Scribbled Heart Wreath and the Giant Layered Love.  I cut some beautiful Piatek Rosy Posy Christmas paper to fit in behind the heart cut out.  Even though this is a Christmas paper it double perfectly for Valentines projects.

I cut the leaves and flowers that come from the wreath in the same p[aper and scattered them over the card.  The love die comes in 2 parts the one as shown here and a backing die that adds an extra layer.

I love how this turned out.

Frantic Stamper products used

Scribbled Heart Die

Layered Love Die

See you again soon

Karen

xo

Sprinkled with sugar

Sprinkled with sugar may well have been one of the first LOTV stamps I ever bought and its coming back with a little friend A cherry on top. These will be available in rubber stamps together as a little A6 set.  These along with some other favourites we thought never to see again.

I coloured the little mice in pencil and added a gingham, table cloth and a tile wall behind.  I'm experimenting with adding simple backgrounds.  The sentiment is an old Lili of the Valley stamp which I think is perfect with the images as it certainly makes you smile.

The backing paper is from a new 8x8 paper set called Watercolour Dots Warm Sunrise which is available now in sets of 40 sheets.

See you again soon

Karen 

xo

Freckles!!!

Lili of the Valley have a new launch coming.  Some of the older stamps and some of the stamps that were previously only available in digital are going to be released as rubber stamps.  These include Freckles and some of her friends.  There will be lots of new stamps sets, art sheets, and papers.  If you're a LOTV fan you won't be disappointed.  Its great to see some of these images back as stamps.

Freckles is coloured in pencil.  I hand drew a background for her.  Its simple but I like a subtle background behind the focal image.  Seems to be a new thing I'm doing!!!  The grey background paper is one of the LOTV Christmas papers.  Its great that some of the prints are versatile enough to use for non Christmas projects, makes them great value.

See you soon

Karen 

xo

Number four!!!

Well here it is  ....  number four.  The forth card in the little series of Stacey Yacula images from Purple Onion Designs.  I can't be sure but this may be my favourite.  That little sleeping mouse is just the cutest wee thing.  Her name is Eve... shhhhh don't wake her.  The little bird friends are May with Star and Sky.  I just love the names Stacey gives her little critters.

The layout is a little different than the other three as in I made a frame to pop the background in using
Blossoming Perch stamped to look like a tree and Tulips along the foreground.  I then placed little sleeping Eve right in front with her wee head slightly raised on foam.

I do adore these stamps and Stacey has just released a new set.  I'm in trouble I may need to add to my collection.

This little set was so much fun to create I may just have to make more.

Thanks for stopping g in again today.

See you soon.

Karen

xo

Purple Onion number three.

By Purples Onion of course I mean Purple Onion Designs who stock the amazing Stacey Yacula stamps.  As mentioned earlier I coloured some previously unlinked little sweethearts.  I'd like you to meet Wags and Puddles and their little friend Tucker the Snail.  

Again I used an uncoloured image  Garden Bushes with an inked sky in the background.  This time I used green gingham paper.  Looking at it on the screen I should have put some grass in the foreground.  Oh well never mind!! 

I think I'm a little obsessed with these now I have actually started using them after so long.  I may just stamp up a whole lot to have ready to colour and fussy cut whenever I have the chance or need a little break.

I have one more card to share in a few days.  It may or may not be my favourite of the four.  I can't decide!!!

See you soon

Karen

xo

Let it Snow!!!

My last Frantic Stamper post was a less than Traditional, yet Kiwi themed Christmas card.  Today's card is the opposite and all about snow.

I used the Plump Snowman Kit to create my snowman embracing the snow.  The kit contains lots of little elements from a variety of hats to an apron and handbag.  Its a little bit like a dress up snowman.
The background is created using The Snowfall Stencil and silver Embellishment mousse.  It adds such a pretty background.  I then cut a hillside in white shimmery card to put behind the snowman.  The Let it Snow sentiment is perfect with the background and the snowman, Its cut 2 times and glued in a stack.

Frantic Stamper products used.

Plump snowman Kit

Snowfall Stencil

Let it Snow Sentiment

Cottage in the Hills  (for the snow)

Stay warm!!

Karen

xo