Marleen DT - Scrappage

Hello Bloggers..

Today I have a scrappage to show you. Its for my weekly spot for 

BeeCrafty.

I actually started this page when the girls first brought out these stamps on Hochanda. But Im sure though, that Im not the only crafter that gets stuck on a project from time to time lol.

Needles to say, the page was started but never finished. I just didnt know how to finish it.. Until the day I took out my pile of unfinished projects and this one jumped out at me.. In no time I knew what I wanted and it was done..

Its funny how these projects seem to have a life of their own at times lol..

Anyway.. I used the
Maple Leaf Reg - stamp
Maple Leaf XL - stamp
Easy Frame 4" Maple leaf - Inkable template

Easy Frame Maple leaf - Inkable template

 

 Picture is of my "baby" Abbie. She was about 3 on this photo.

 I started by stamping my Marple leafs in both sizes on to a piece of A4 cardstock. I then took the matching Inkable and lay round my stamp and coloured the leafs with my distress ink and blanding tool. I guess I could have coloured them with my markers or pencils as well.
I added some strips of washi tape so it would be peaking out from my photo. I struck the photo down with double sided foam tape to give the LO (LayOut) more dimension. I then lay out all the flowers, making sure i was happy with the arrangement before glueing them down. I finished off this LO with some foam letters.

I love how something like these stamps can be a centre piece, and yes these stamps canwell hold their own, but also that they can be used as a background like this. These stamps was handdrawn by Sam and I LOVE that about them. 

Anyway, that's all from me for today.

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 Happy Crafting

Autumn Lady

Morning. I am very excited to share this with you today. I have thoroughly enjoyed designing with these lovely stamps from Bee Crafty, hand drawn by Sam. The shows will be on Hochanda on Friday 24th June, Please tune in Bev's shows are always great and well worth watching.

I started by stamping the face onto my card using Memento Black Ink. My card measured 8 1/4 '' square.

I then started planning where to stamp the Maple and Oak leaves to complete my design. To do this I used masks made by stamping the stamps onto copier paper, I used 2 of each.

I arranged the leaves to compliment the face and features, then added branches to complete the look. I worked from the back forward to add interest.

Next I added my sentiment, also on the show. There really are some smashing ones to choose from.

Taking a selection of browns, reds, oranges and yellow alcohol markers, I coloured the leaves. Then the neck and face with skin tones.

I left the rest of the card uncoloured, completely white. Normally I would never leave the background plain, but for this project I felt it was the right thing to do. To finish the card I backed it onto brown cardstock. 

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared as well as the finished card and hope you will join me again very soon. Take care xx