Just Stamp

While at the Papercrafter's Paradise retreat last weekend, I worked on a lot of Pinterest cards that I had really liked. We had various challenges throughout the weekend, and one was a Colour Challenge. If you've never done one before, a colour challenge is when you are give a few colours and you have to create something with ONLY those colours. White and Vanilla don't count.  The colours we were given were Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, and Sahara Sand. I added Very Vanilla to the mix.

   

I had seen a "STAMP" collage on Pinterest that I loved so I decided to re-create it using these colours and my own personal style. (Sorry for the reflection, I put it inside a glass frame). 

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! I'm even thinking of offering it as a class! Who wouldn't want this in their stamping space? It inspires me just looking at it!

I used the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies to cut out the letters STAMP in Sahara Sand.  I ran the letters through the Big Shot again inside of the Fancy Fan TIEF.  There's various embossing and sponging on a lot of the squares. It's fun because each square is different. I had a lot of fun putting this together. I'll include the products used in the "Stampin' Supplies" section at the end of the post. 

Hope you're inspired!

Tamara

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Primrose Petals, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi, That's Amore DSP
Ink:  Baja Breeze, Primrose Petals, Sahara Sand, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Basic Pearls, Linen Thread, Vanilla Flower Trim
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies, Honeycomb, Fancy Fan, Chevron, Delicate Designs, Needlepoint Border, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Hearts Collection Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Stampin Sponges

Punch Art Pirate

If you know me, then you know I love pirates. There's specifically one pirate whom I really like - Captain Jack Sparrow! I was having a hard time finding the right punches to create him though so I settled with this adorable owl pirate instead:

 I think I actually heard your "aww". I know. He's pretty cute, peg leg and all! My son, Mason (3.5), likes pirates so I thought this would go over so well on Valentine's Day. Ya, not so much. He looked at it, but when I asked if he liked it, he shrugged. SHRUGGED. Last year when my husband didn't like the Valentine's card I made him, I sent it to Stampin' Up! for a contest.  I made him a new one. I'm not that mean to just take it away and not replace it. He's not big on ribbon and I had used black satin ribbon hoping he might not notice (since it was black). I'm a little off topic....

You might be surprised how many punch art owl samples there are out there. I just googled "Stampin up punch art owl pirate" and up came about 500 images. Yup. They're out there.  But mine's pretty cute, is it not?

Here's the inside:

 I'm pretty sure Hallmark won't be calling me up to write for them anytime soon.  I had to get an "ARrr" in there somewhere and the "Savy" was just for a Jack Sparrow CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow reference.

I'll provide all the products used below :)

Let me know what you think! Would your kids be happy to receive a Valentine's card like this? 

Thanks for stopping in!

Tamara

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamp Set: None!
Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Print Poetry DSP stack (Spring Mini)
Ink: Marina Mist & Crumb Cake Classic Ink, Summer Starfruit & Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Chevron TIEF, Woodgrain TIEF, Owl Punch, 3/4" scallop circle punch, Hearts Collection framelits