This card is inspired by Viva la Verve December 2016 Sketch, Simon Says Stamp Monday (Be Square) and TGIF #89. I'm really happy with how this card turned out. This is the kind of cards that I feel brings a smile to your face when you are looking at it. Using the new Suite Sentiments stamp set, I made it a Thank You card because I needed to add one to my stash. The fun thing is that the set includes two thanks sentiment. I inked the first one with markers to make it three different colours. Then, for the one that has thank you repeated in various fonts, I used Sahara Sand ink and stamped it in full ink and stamped off ink in the background to fill out the space. I'm pretty pleased with the result.
The adorable chicks were colored with Prismacolor pencils. The nice thing about the latest Stamping Bella packaging is that it includes a colored picture of the stamped image on the front, so I was able to draw inspiration from it to add my shadowing, and that really helped. Practice makes better, and my coloring skills are still improving.
I used the Stitched Shapes Framelits to cut out the four background patterned paper squares to make it a bit more interesting.
Supplies
Stamps: Chicks with a Sprinkle on Top (Stamping Bella), Mots coordonnés (Suite Sentiments - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Tasty Treats
Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Sahara Sand, Tuxedo Black Memento, Peekaboo Peach Ombre Pad
Accessories: Decorative Brads, Prismacolor Pencils, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Stitched Shapes Framelits, Stampin' Write Markers, White Square Envelope
This is just darling! Love those little chicks.
Posted by: Julee | January 09, 2017 at 17:51
Oh goodness - what a cute card! Made me smile :) Love the stamp and think it pairs perfectly with the paper squares! Glad you shared your creation with us at TGIF this week - hope you play again!
Posted by: Holly Stene | January 12, 2017 at 16:40
A really lovely card and I adore the layout and how you've used the squares, it's a great interpretation of our challenge theme! Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... :)
Posted by: Emma | January 15, 2017 at 07:36