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Bright Whimsy
Purnima Girouard - Stamping Deck CrewmemberAt this point in Winter, it's good to bring some sunny smiles to life! Looking out my living room window, the view includes sere grasses, snow, and icy gravel. Shades of gray… February is a great time for livening things up with some all out color! Let's get out the high intensity inks, watercolors, pens and papers. A happy touch of whimsy will help to conquer the Blahs if the pesky little critters have found their way to your work table. Turn loose some crazy cats on them! For more fun, some unexpected papers and zappy embellishments will bring a freshness that anticipates Spring!
Directions:
Stamp the Three Cats using Cobalt ink on the white, glossy cardstock scrap. Heat set. Paint the image with Twinkling H2O watercolors, brushing it on using a small swirling motion. Enhance some of the features with colorful gel glaze pens. Trim closely when dry and set aside.
Ink the Dogs and Cats verse with both Turquoise and Jade pads and stamp on glossy cardstock. Cut out with a white margin and embellish with yellow gel pen, red brad and a scrap of dotted ribbon. Set aside. Stamp "Meow" with Cobalt ink on another glossy cardstock scrap. Over-write the word with blue gel glaze pen and create borders at top and bottom with yellow marker. Embellish with a green floral brad and a dotted ribbon scrap. Set aside.
Apply the pink decorative paper panel vertically in the center of the turquoise card. Stamp "Meow" twice in cobalt ink at the bottom right of the panel and over-write with blue gel glaze pen. Attach the prepared stamped items to the card as shown, using foam tape to mount the Three Cats image. Embellish the card with more ribbon and yellow brads.
Note: To view a full sized image of the card, click on the picture.
Materials:
- Stamps - Three Cats, Dogs and Cats Verse, "Meow" unmounted stamps (Stamp Francisco)
- Ancient Page permanent ink pads - Cobalt, Turquoise, Jade (Clearsnap)
- Twinkling H2O watercolors - Lime, Sunburst (LuminArte)
- Permanent Marker - pale yellow (Tria)
- Gelly Roll Glaze pens - blue, purple, red, orange, yellow (Sakura)
- Cardstock - 6 X 5 ½ inches turquoise Tsumugi card, various white glossy scraps (The Paper Palette)
- Paper - pink floral print panel 6 X 3 ¼ inches (Paperbilities Scrap-N-Treasures by DMD)
- Fiber Embellishments - turquoise dotted lime/yellow ribbon (Offray)
- Metal Embellishments - 2 yellow flowers, 1 lime flower brad, 1 round red brad (Making Memories)
- Adhesives - Double-faced tape and foam mounting tape (Innovative Stamp Creations), LOCTITE super glue gel (Henkel), Craft Bond extra strength glue stick (Elmer's)
Here are a couple more bright card samples with Stamp Francisco images to give you the urge for some colorful fun! Using some small sized Ancient Page ink pads direct-to-paper to block in some intense hues makes another Three Cats card fast and easy to create. The colors include Cobalt, Sunburst, Red Coral, Azalea and Primrose. (To view full sized images of the cards, click on the pictures.)
The Birdcage Cat card uses Piñata alcohol inks by USArtquest for a hip background effect. The black stamping and detailing serves to emphasize the vibrant color combinations. Some wonderful fabric trims from Queen of Tarts give a delightful touch of retro-funk.
I hope you have a great time playing with whimsical stamps and outrageous colors!
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Thanks for joining me for some far-out stamping!
Purnima Girouard
purnimagirouard@ssreflections.com
Stamping Design Team
Reflections Publishing Group, LLC
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