Our lovely Kate, has chosen the theme of Christmas with children for us this fortnight. At first I was stumped but then remembered I had a stamp from a very long, long time ago that was this small boy excited about his Christmas gifts. It is from my stash and not even sure where it came from. However it goes well with the Ready for Christmas Stampin' Up! set. The sentiment is part of the set and is stamped in Poppy Parade with the flourish in Garden Green. I used the tree and staircase to create a scene and having created a paper mask of the boy was able to stamp the tree and stairs before stamping the boy. I did however stamp the boy again onto thick white card stock so that I could use my Stampin' Blends to colour him in. I then fussy cut him out and I'm afraid I took off his arms and legs which he regained when I added the cut image over the top of the stamped one. It also helps to add a little depth doing this. I found that my stamparatus helped enormously for stamping the stairs and tree and getting them in the right position. I used 3 shades of green for the tree and added some silver pen, a gold foil star and red rhinestones for the Christmas treatment. Turned out fine in the end for Kate's theme and after all you often hear folk say "Christmas is for the children".
The Ready for Christmas stamp set is retiring at the end of this month along with many other Stampin' Up! sets from the annual and Spring/Summer catalogues. If you haven't bought your favourite stamp set yet be sure to check out the retiring products in my
Stampin' Up! Shop.
Thanks for popping by.
Zoe x
10 comments:
great card Zoe...and how well that image goes with your stamps...so nice to be able to mix brands and use our stash....xxx
Love the way you have used the different stamps to create your scene. Perfect for the theme. Hugs Mrs A.
Hi Zoe
Fantastic children s Card... love it
Hugs Sylvie xx
Fabulous card Zoe, I love the little boy all excited to see his presents, it's a lovely scene made with the stairs and tree, love it all, Kate xx
A fun card and great image, love the font on that sentiment stamp too.
Lorraine
Fabulous card and such a cute image
A great card with a cute little boy image. Christine xx
I think this is adorable. So fun with the stairs and the simple and childish design of the boy.
Lovely cute card.
this is wonderful - I love that little child image! Hugs Rachel x
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