Spring is Coming!

Hello everyone, I hope that you are keeping well. I have a few projects to share with you today, showcasing stamps that featured in this month's TV shows on Create and Craft. These pretty stamps are so cheerful, with their images of birds and flowers. They remind us that Spring is on the way, even if it does still feel rather chilly outside!

My first project is a little card created using Distress reinker for the background. I coloured some seam binding ribbon with the reinker, and patted the ribbon onto a piece of Drawing Cartridge to help to blend the colour. I added some of the left over droplets to the background as another layer, drying each layer with a heat gun.The resulting pattern on the background is really quick and easy, and makes a super starting point for the rest of the elements that I added to the card.

I used some patterned paper to stamp and emboss one of the small worker stamps from Spring Bird Tulip repeatedly, using Versamark and white embossing powder. I fussy cut along the top of the images, to create a ribbon effect. I stamped the Artist Trading Heart onto another piece of the patterned paper, and stamped an image from Spring Bird Crocus with a sentiment from the stamp plate. I added a splatter from Numerology. I coloured the image with pencls, and some shading with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. I then constructed the card, layering the stamped strip, the coloured ribbon and then adding the heart, onto the coloured background. I edged the background with black ink to match the outline of the heart.

My second card also features the Artist Trading Heart stamp, but this time, I have created a one layer card. I stamped the heart, and masked it with a heart stamped onto Masking Tissue. I then stamped the Big Bold Leafy Background onto the background. I coloured the leaves with pencils, and added some shading around the edges of the background with Wild Honey Distress Ink. I added some grey pencil around the edge of the heart to give the impression of a shadow.

Inside the heart, I stamped an image from the Spring Bird Crocus stamp set, colouring the leaves to match those on the background.

I used a super sized manilla tag to create another project using these lovely stamps. This would make a great bookmark, and I am thinking of using this tag for that very purpose. 

I coloured the tag with Distress Ink, and added the image from Spring Bird Tulip to the bottom of the tag. I used the branch sections of the image to add additional pieces to the image, and then added some branches to the top of the tag. I added some first and second generation stamping using and image from the Spring Foliage stamp set, just to balance out the stamping on the tag. I added a sentiment in the middle, and coloured the images with Inktense pencils. I had a bit of the coloured seam binding left over, and I added a bit of green organza ribbon to tie in with the overall theme.

Finally, an older project which I am sharing again. A double page spread from a little four inch Pink Pig journal. This journal is so cute, and I loved creating this page. I used the main stamp from Spring Bird Tulip as before, and stamped areas of the branches to create a frame around the edge of the pages. I had coloured the pages with blue Distress Ink, and splattered them with left over droplets. I coloured the images with Zig markers and a water brush.

I hope that you have enjoyed my projects. Thanks so much for stopping by, your visits are always appreciated. Take care, xx