Paper Cuts

Hello?  (lol)  I hope everyone had a nice weekend! 

Last summer while browsing around at a scrap expo, I came upon a booth with the most adorable stamps, Stamps by Judith.  There were so many, I had a hard time choosing!  A lot of the stamps reminded me of Whipper Snapper.  I settled on this cute little chick, a pot, grass and a couple more I may use later.   (And, just fyi, the rubber is deeply etched, top quality!)

I used black Stazon on 40# watercolor paper, masking pots as I went along.  I use post-it notes for masking, being sure to stamp part of the image so the sticky  part of the note will help hold the mask in place.  Once I finished, I realize I should have stamped the grass in black and traced over it with the green…oh well.  I colored the images with SU reinkers and an aquapainter, doodled a little line around the edges and matted onto black cardstock.  “Hello” is stamped using Karen Foster snap stamps and I just scribbled in the question mark.

For the rust piece, I stamped canvas using rust ink, then roughened the edges just a bit with an edge distressor. 

The main image is mounted on dimensionals, leaving room for the ribbon (from StarLitStudio) at the bottom. 

     Cardstock:  Stampin’ Up!’s Summer Sun, Really Rust, Black, watercolor paper

     Stamps:  Pot, chick and grass from Stamps by Judith; Canvas from Stampin’ Up!;

     ”Hello” from Karen Foster Design snap stamps, mini formal

     Ink:  Stazon Black, Stampin’ Up!’s Really Rust, Summer Sun, Always Artichoke

     Accessories:  Black marker, ribbon, dimensionals, aquapainter, edge distressor

Thanks for looking!  And before I go, you MUST check out my friend, Lindsey’s blog later today!  She has made it to the top FIVE in Papercraft’s Stamping Idol contest!  WAHOOOOO, Lindsey!!!  She will post her INCREDIBLE card later.  Please check it out and don’t forget to vote!!!