This little boy with no feet was deliberately stamped like this. The stamp was a freebie in a magazine, they are by Mollie Bloom and they are gorgeous. Will have to check out more for my 'wish list'...! I added white lines to the balloon with a white gel pen. The nesties were a present from Di for my birthday and I cut quite a few on dull Sunday afternoon. Do any of you use the tan mat? Is it better with that?
Monkeys - well they are always in my cardmaking. This fantastic stamp was sent to me by Di, I also added some Stickles on there to 'bling it up' a bit! It doesn't show up too well in the photo but looks good IRL..!
More Mollie Bloom stamps, there was a little girl along with the boy, so I stamped up some of those too and am in the process of colouring them all in. I'm having problems with my wrist/fingers at the moment so it's taking me a lot longgggggeeerrrrr than I want!
Here's a close up of the little girl. I wasn't sure about the green socks but they look quite effective with the shading. No one matches colours with their clothes any more it seems, so I did the same with my stamps!Anyway I'd be really interested to see what you think........
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I tyhink you did an AWESOME job, Karen!! I wouldn't know where to start with promarkers, they seem a little intimidating to me, but you totally rocked them!
Your shading is absolutely GREAT Karen! OMG, I need to do some catching up! Re. the tan mat, when we went to our first craft class I thought you bought a mat from the shop? Remember we'd tried out using brass stencils and this was what they recommended. I got one at the time and it is good. Unfortunately there is only one in the packet (some places sell them in twos I think) - else one would be winging its way to you of course! Di x
Think you've done a fantastic job, I'm still learning how to use mine, but I do love them more and more. Hugs Lin
Thanks for all your comments!!! It's good to know I'm on the right track, more practise is needed I think to improve it. Oh Di, I did get a mat, a black one I think, chemobrain again, thanks for reminding me!!!! I'll try it next time - have had some problems with my hands lately so trying to rest them for a bit with the wrist splint on. I can then give the old Promarkers another go at the weekend!!! Can't wait....
Take care of those hands! Bit of rest then a bit of play - but don't overdo it!
Yup, that's the mat honey, I was sure you'd also got one! It's in a cello bag with instructions from the shop inside: A Plate, B Plate, Stencil with cutting side up and the cut image still in place, card if needed (I only ever need one sheet), black rubber (it's the same as a tan mat), then clear B Plate. In fact I don't put my card shim between the image and the rubber mat - I tend to put it on top of the lot if I need it! Di x
Hi Karen
I've only just read your email- sorry!! Thanks so much for the award, I will mention you on my next blog post. So sweet of you!! I think your colouring looks fab on these, you're getting great shading! As you probably know i LOVE to colour!! Sometimes I think I prefer that to making the card!! Good luck with the Promarkers, I look forward to seeing more colouring! xxxx
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