...versatile frames...and a question...

ED - you should see what my buddy put in her baskets!

Ed - Diane!!! now there's an idea I like!! lol! Good woman yourself!!!

I just had time this morning to make up a quick card, they're the best kind sometimes! lol. I needed a lovey-dovey guy card, one he hasn't seen already for Valentines! He is Mr Practical and pinks and reds and frills just don't cut it with him!lol

There are so many of the circle stamps from the latest release that I want to play with! The winner this morning was the little simple wreath frame from the Faux Fun circle Nestie friendly set.

I stamped the wreath in in green first and then stamped one of the sprig designs also inlcuded in the set around the outside. TIP - line the tip of your sprig stalk up with every 4th dot on the wreath for perfect alignment! The I took the other sprig, which bends in the opposite direction and stamped again in green around the image. I continued stamping with the sprig in Antique Linen to finish the background.

I stamped the wee heart and sentiment from the Sweethearts set and sponged profusely with Antique Linen! lol, Some simple piercing and a bit of Machine stitching finished it off! I was short on time and used my sewing machine to make the pierced border around the Kraft card mat, I just left the needle unthreaded, simple pimple!

I love how this turned out.


Stamp Designs

When I am designing stamps I try very hard to make them yours, lol, what I mean by that is that I try to design stamps that will fit in with the plethora of styles and techniques that you all use, I love to think that you can make all sorts of cards with my designs and that they work equally well for folks who love vintage as they do for those who love modern. I have vintage leanings of course but you will notice that they are a sort of vintage modern hybrid!

I like to think that my stamps are the tools and building blocks that you can use to make your creations your own and for that reason I add as many little accessory stamps as I can to my sets. I tend not to use existing graphic vintage images and pre-made patterns although there are many available to use. I like to draw up my own patterns as this allows me, from a stampers point of view, to build stamps that have versatility and hopefully don't impose my character on your cards.

I think clean fresh graphics are the best way to achieve this, you can dirty them up or streamline them as you see fit and they become yours instantly. That's what I love about stamping and that's what I hope to pass on to you.

I am loving these Spellbinder friendly sets, they are so versatile and It's nice to have all the options for your chosen die in one set. I deliberately develop each stamp set to co-ordinate with one die. That way you can pick the set that matches your die and have a multitude of options for that die, and this ensures that your purchase won't include stamps that you have no die for.

Hope that makes sense! lol


Question

Anyone ordered the Spellbinders Nestability Eggs for Easter? I have. Can't wait...lol, can you say 'surprise'?