Stamps Ahead

Images:(c)1990-2010Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford The waratah (Telopea speciosissimai) is the state flower of New South Wales. I have gold embossed, using Versamark to stamp the image, the waratah from Bloom Away set and watercoloured the main flower image. This was a quick card to put together. Enjoy.

Images: (c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up! (r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford I found this technique at SCS and I just had to try it. It is called Faux Grid and it reminds me of the Pen and Ink technique used in Folk Art. You use your SU markers to colour direct on the tiles and images. I had a play with the technique this morning. There is a little bit of glitter (bling) on the flowers and the ears of the roo. I am very pleased with the results.

Today I am playing with a new stamp set Build-a-roo. The little kangaroo comes with lots of greetings and little bits to add - Joey (baby Kangaroo), flower stem, gifts, more flowers and hearts. Here are 2 cards I made today. Enjoy mates and friends from around the world. Images:(c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford The first one (I have called her Watercolour Roo) also uses the Banksia stamp from Blooms away, to keep the Australia theme going. Got to love the little joey stamp that comes with it. The second one (a.k.a. Raspberry Roo) uses paper from Raspberry Tart Designer Series Paper (DSP) and yummy Riding Hood Red ribbon. This was the easier card to make, as I simply stamped the roo image onto the DSP in Riding Hood Red ink, cut it out and adhered to cardstock. I can see a full series Blue Roo, Green Roo, Yellow Roo etc etc

Images: (c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up! (r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford Dani's next challenge was to think of a number between 1-10 then another number between 1-10, then go to the page in current catalogue that matches the combined numbers, and create a card or scrapbook page from an image on the page. I chose 8 (my birthday) and 8 (today's date) = 88 and on this page is a great stamp set Bloom Away. You get 3 images of iconic Australian flora images - Banksia, Waratah and Gum Blossom. I watercoloured the Gum Blossom image and based the card on the other card layout on page 88.