I made this for today's sketch challenge. Main image stamped in stazon jet black on whisper white, water coloured with my ink pads. Matted with old olive, memory stors dp and black. distressed all edges. Main card is old olive then both sides of the dp. stitched around the edges. cut circle in half, matted with black, distressed edges and stitched. Added the prima flower. Used my cuttle bug postage stamp die cut to make stamp.
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 GMT Views: 913
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Stamps: Sugarloaf products - Whispers mailboxes, Studio G - sentiment
Paper: old olive, basic black, whisper white, Memory Stors dsp
Ink: Stazon jet black, creamy caramel, really rust, old olive, bashful blue, not quite navy, river rock, ruby red
Accessories: coluzzle, circle template and colluzzle knife, cuttle bug and postage stamp die cut, prima flower, brad, sewing machine, sponge, sticker machine
Registered: May 7, 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 1393
Wed, May 07, 2008 @ 3:18 PM
My youth was spent in a small farming town.....this gorgeous card just took me right back there! Awesome treatment of the challenge.......thanks for the flood of fond memories! Geri
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Registered: February 1, 2005 Location: Temple, Tx Posts: 37720
Wed, May 07, 2008 @ 4:06 PM
OMG, this is awesome!! I love the image with the row of mail boxes and the old wagon wheel....great rustic look!! Love the colors, dp and your wonderful sewing, too!!!
Registered: September 19, 2006 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 10476
Wed, May 07, 2008 @ 4:50 PM
Awesome card! I have this stamp and have only inked it once . . . it works PERFECTLY here! Great thinking! Your coloring is wonderful and the stitching . . . fantastic!!!