Another Scrappy Peacock

Hi!

I mentioned in a previous post that instead of tidying my craft space, as I usually do each summer, I got sidetracked by some DSP, a peacock and my new Stamparatus. I used the Stamparatus to stamp the peacock, but I had so much fun that I decided to stamp it in backwards order.

What do I mean by backwards order? Well, usually you'd stamp the body, then the tail, then the flourishy bit, and finally the dots. To do it backwards, I simply started with the dots. It was fun seeing the image form that way.

One of the key benefits of the Stamparatus is that it stamps in exactly the same place, over and over again. In this case, the Pacific Point tail didn't stamp fully, so I was able to reink the stamp and try again. Yay! How many times have you stamped a sentiment that doesn't all stamp so you have to try to fix it, and it ends up blurry or looking worse than it did before you tried? No longer a problem!

There are a few cute little sequin type stamps in the Beautiful Peacock SAB set. It's sometimes easy to over look these. I used them on the front in the circles that were embossed using the Polka Dot Basics TIEF, and also on the inside to add some more colour.

Am I selling you on the Stamparatus yet? LOL

Bye for now,

Tina

A Scrappy Peacock

Hi!

I'm back for another year of blogging!

One of the things I try to get done each summer is a huge tidy up of my craft space. I got a little bit done before I came across some scraps of Birthday Memories DSP. I straight away thought that the colours would work well with the new Beautiful Peacock stamp set. Given that my new Stamparatus had just arrived, stamping won over more cleaning!

Do you agree? I think the bright, cheerful colours work nicely! My favourite paper from the Birthday Memories DSP pack is the striped sheet, so I wanted to make it a secondary feature of the card.

The peacock was so easy to stamp using the Stamparatus. You simply place the stamp where you want it, use the plate to pick it up, ink it and then stamp it exactly where you want it. If you're local to me and want to have a go, just get in touch! If you aren't, there are a heap of videos online showing how to use it.

The peacock in the middle was stamped free hand - no Stamparatus. You can definitely tell, as it's not lined up as well as on the front. Oh well!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #375: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

Wow, these Fridays are flying by!

This week at Just Add Ink, Kim has designed this fabulous sketch for us to use.

I think this is a fun sketch, with lots of possibilities. The Design Team have come up with some fabulous cards this week. I recently purchased a few new stamp sets (non SU!!) so I decided to use some of the stamps to make my card.

I think I've said many times before that my family are all Harry Potter mad, so these stamps just *had* to be purchased! I made this card for my husband for Father's Day on Sunday, so I decided to use the Dumbledore stamp on the card. Our kids often tease him by calling him grey beard, so I think this was the perfect stamp to use!

The sentiment actually says 'Have a magical birthday', so I used my Pacific Point marker to just ink up the sections I wanted. I coloured Dumbledore with my Copic markers, but I think I grabbed the wrong cardstock, as the colour bled a little bit.

I'm trying to push Rob out of his comfort zone a little, so this sentiment was perfect for the inside of his card.

The rest of the Design Team have done amazing things with the sketch this week. You can check it all out over at the Just Add Ink blog, which is where you can also link your card.

Bye for now,

Tina