Star card

For those of us who enjoy the hunt for new craft supplies, I thought this might be a fun card. Both the Betty Davis image and Joan Crawford quote are from the Stampsmith. Rumour has it that they were not the best of friends, so I don't think they would really have quoted one another, but since this is my card, I get to ignore that detail. I also chose to give Bette brown eyes instead of blue in my card universe. lol She is stamped with Memories black on glossy cardstock, and coloured with water based markers and chalks. The image is edged with vintage photo distress ink. The phrase is stamped on ivory card, overstamped with a small flourish in teal and grey and mounted with other papers to make a paper ribbon. The image and phrase are mounted onto black cardstock, then decorative paper then onto black and a card base.
For those playing along with the Gingersnap Creations challenges, with the opportunity to win a stamp from the Stampsmith, good luck!


Supplies used: Bette and phrase stamps from the Stampsmith, small flourish Inque Boutique, waterbased markers, chalks, glossy cardstock, various cardstocks and papers, brads, inks

Bling

The current Gingersnaps Creations challenge is to use bling. This Stampsmith image, appropriately named Bling, fits the bill to a tee. She is stamped in Memories black on glossy cardstock, coloured with waterbased markers applied by paintbrush and with chalks. She is mounted on a navy layer, then a white panel coloured with Brilliance inks, direct to paper, then onto a mirrored card layer and finally onto a navy card base. The word phrase is from the Stampsmith as well. I had to play a bit with the camera angle to show the sparkle of the crystal embellishments and the effect of the mirror card.

Supplies used- Stampsmith stamps, mirror card, various cardstocks, Memories black ink, Pearlescent sky blue and Pearlescent purple Brilliance inks, crystals

Pirate Prince

Estelle at the Stampsmith and Gingersnap Creations are teamed up this month, featuring movie stars and with the chance to win a stamp by the Stampsmith on the Gingersnap blog. This card uses the Stampsmith's image of Errol Flynn, the original swashbuckler prince. He is stamped in Memories black on glossy cardstock, and coloured with waterbased markers applied with a paint brush. He is mounted on black card. This is layered onto a scrapbooking paper with a nautical theme, which was aged with distress inks, teal splatter and stamped compass in grey in bottom corner. The pirate quote was computer generated on paper, and distressed. The prince quote is printed onto gold vellum and embossed with detail powder.
What a smile he had!

Supplies used- stamp from the Stampsmith, scrapbooking paper, card stock, waterbased markers, SU splatter stamp, Judikins compass stamp

3 Versions

These cards show how different the same image (in this case, a Marilyn image from the Stampsmith) can be, depending on the colouring and the presentation of the card. All were stamped with Memories black ink on glossy cardstock. This one has parts of the image coloured with waterbased markers used as paint and with chalks. It is mounted on a scrapbooking paper, a black cardstock layer, then on a purple card base, edged in black ink. The words are done with a dymo label maker (which is unfortunately reflecting the light . It really is smoother than it appears).



This image could have been considered a mistake. It was the first image stamped and the black areas of the dress were a little blotchy. By colouring those areas with marker applied by paintbrush, the dress appears to have a lace top. So before you pitch an imperfect image, play with it and see if colouring it brings a new dimension to it.



This image is very striking on its own and works well in black and white, with small shots of colour. The only areas coloured in the stamped image are the lips and I coloured them lightly. This one is mounted on white, then black with white embossed swirls, then burgundy and onto an off white card.

Supplies used: Marilyn stamp from the Stampsmith, Swirls by Inque Boutique, Memories black ink, waterbased markers, chalks, various papers and cardstocks, ribbon, brad, dymo label maker, distress inks