Hi everyone, hopefully your finally enjoying the weekend wherever you are in the world and having a lovely time. Its absolutely freezing here in New Zealand and the rain just won't go away, so I'm very happy to be sitting inside making cards.
I wanted to let you know I'm on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog today with a blog tutorial for this card:
I made an absolute mess and got Distress Oxide ink EVERYWHERE but love how it turned out. You'll find instructions and photos on the blog.
Enjoy your weekend and I'll see you back here again very soon.
Take care
Shona
Yippee!!! Its New Release Day at Funky Fossil Designs!! The five stamp sets we've been showing off this week are finally available for purchase.
Here are the new sets again:
Such fantastic designs and there really is something for everyone. And its a very good idea to visit the Funky Fossil Designs Blog too because there may just be a give away........
I wanted to share another card with you today using one of my favourite sets from the release. It was the one I was most worried about colouring but the images are naturally easy to navigate with depth and shading. This time I tried watercolouring and I'm in love with the outcome:
I found it easier to get a more natural, softer look for her blush, as well as the shading for her nose, eyes and neck. Will definitely be using this set alot!
I stamped the image from the 'She is Fierce' set with Gina K Amalgam Black ink on some watercolour CS. I then used Zig Real Colour Brush Markers, along with a brush and water to slowly bring her to life. Once I was happy I fussy cut her out and went around the edges with a black pen.
For the background I wanted something with wings (to link with the sentiment) and also nothing too bright to take away from her. I blended some Distress Inks 'Mermaid Lagoon' and 'Salty Ocean' making them lighter towards the bottom of the card front. I then used Verafine Onyx ink to stamp the flowers and butterflies from the 'In the Meadow' set. To finish off I stamped the sentiment on a strip of which CS and put on foam tape, along with Neat and Tangled sequins.
This will be my fifth and final entry for the current Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'.
Thank you so much for joining me this week with the release previews. I really hope you love all the new sets as much as I do and if you do go shopping, I would love to see what you create. You can always tag me on Instagram at shona.chambers. I'll see you back here again soon with some more ideas from this new release.
Take care
Shona
Hi everyone!! Hopefully when your reading this post I'm staying with my Mum for the weekend (I say hopefully because you never know when my brother will turn up....long story.....). I haven't stayed since before lockdown in February so will be fabulous to spend time watching some movies, do lots of talking and make some cards.
We are showing off the last of the New Release stamp sets for Funky Fossil Designs. Your going to love this one, introducing 'She is Fierce' designed by Donna Gray:
Isn't it fantastic?!!! Its another A5 set so all the images are the perfect size for a card. I really like the sketchy designs and even though I was really scared about colouring them (I don't colour human images very often) they have become my favourite. This card is my first attempt at playing 'make-up artist':
Think I need to watch a few more make-up YouTube videos by Jeffrey Star and Tati Westbrook to get the look right but really happy with my first try.
I stamped the image on white CS using Gina K Amalgam Black ink and coloured with my Altenew Artist Markers. Also did the same with the small floral image. I fussy cut them out and glued the flower in her hair.
For a pretty background I used my Waffle Flower inks and the 'In the Meadow' stamp set. The flowers have quite long stems so I kept the ink mostly on the flower itself. I also kept putting the image in the middle to make sure it was balanced. Once I had finished I cut the panel down slightly and glued to a black CS panel for a frame effect. This was then put on the card front with a piece of black foam.
I put the girl on some foam tape and then did the same with the heat embossed sentiment (which is from the new 'Small Print' set), and finished off with some Studio Katia pearls.
I'm going to link this to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'. This is my fourth entry, they will be getting sick of me.....
Right, that's it for all the stamp set previews. Tomorrow is 'Release Day' and all the sets will be available for purchase. I'll see you then with some more ideas using these amazing sets. And if you want to see more, pop over to the Funky Fossil Designs Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created.
Take care
Shona
