Hello my friends in blog land. I am so excited to share with you that I was invited to be a guest designer this month at “The Sweet Shop”. The Sweet Shop is a challenge blog that provides you with a sketch challenge and some “sweet inspiration”. I hope you will visit their BLOG and see how creative their team of designers are! I really enjoyed working with this sketch and I’m going to keep it on hand because I find sketches to be a great starting point.
To print on the sun I typed my sentiment in “word” and printed it out on regular copy paper to test the font size etc. Once you have the desired size all you have to do is tape your image (my sun) to the paper on top of the printed word and presto. Works like a charm every time.
I love working with these Hero Arts dolls. If you take a look at her kimono here you will see that I made some changes. I took the small flower stamp and created a patterned kimono instead. The sash is altered as well and it was so easy, all I did was layer three thin ribbons and taped them to the back of the kimono. For the hair I like to cut it so it flips up and then glue on top of one of the two images that I stamped.
For the sand I tore some cork paper gently and for the sky I distressed white paper with Ranger distress ink in Faded Jeans. I wanted to use the umbrella as a little raft for the cat in the ocean. To create the waves I stamped on a strip of paper that I punched out with a Fiscars punch. I wanted the water to look fluid so I glued the sides of the punched strip and created a buckle in the paper so it resemble a wave then I inserted the umbrella with the cat.
Supplies: Hero Arts Stamps
CL373 Good Fortune Clear Stamp Set, S5101 Raindrop Background (dots),
S5106 Bold Flourish (on waves) , CL270 The Sky’s The Limit (sun)
Ranger Distress Inks: Firebrick Red, Faded Jeans and Spiced Marmalade
Copic Markers:
Sunday I’ll announce the winner for my little Hero Arts prize. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and THANK YOU SO MUCH for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave a comment and if you don’t that’s ok I’m just happy you stopped by 🙂 .
Hugs, Kathy
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Well done on being invited to be a GT, thats lovely. The sketch, yes, looks lovely, I like it, I love working with them too. They are a great help! I love the way how you made the sand… I wouldn’t have imagined that if I hadn’t read it… Happy Weekend xxx
congrats on your guest designer spot, Kathy!! and your card is just so amazingly fun!!! just love that cat sitting in the umbrella!! too fun!! love this!! =)
Congratulations on being guest desiner, I am lost for words this card is awesome, so much detail and texture, absolutely stunning.
Congrats Kathy, this is just a totally awesome card, with great attention to detail. Love everything about it.
Hugs
Marisa
This is so adorable. I love that cork paper and how you layered your doll and did the wave – well everything, actually! You are so creative. 🙂
Oh my gosh you have done such wonderful things with these stamps! My favourite images too. I love the lucky cat I’m gonna have to try and get that. You are so creative. I am too overawed for words!
Wowzers!!! Kathy, this is an incredible card! So many details and such an amount of work to create something perfect! And funny! And simply beautiful! I love it!
Fabulous card, Kathy! We are so excited to have you as a guest designer this month at The Sweet Stop. 🙂
Love this sketch, Kathy! Congrats on the guest designer invitation, too! Hugs!
what agorgeous card Kathy! So full of fun and colour, just lovely! Jo x
Fab Card Kathy!!! love everythig about it…be it colors, details, waves, umbrella…what not…amazing!!!
Kathy, another stunner. Wow… the details are just amazing.
Lovely!
Congrats on your guest designing! I LUV the way you created the waves!!!
Kathy, wow, that is just so awesome!!!!
How super fun Kathy! Love all your wonderful photos and details, what a great card and congrats on being a guest designer!!
INCREDIBLE scene card! Love the BIG details that you added to the doll (the hair ROCKS)! The “WAVE” is amazing and the use of cork is ingenious!!)…..YOU rock, baby cake! Congrats on your well- deserved guest design spot!
Kathy R=ROCKS!!
so cute!!
Hi Kathy!
I took a look around on your blog and wow! What a stunning cards do you make! I love them all! I became one of your many followers. Nice to have seen your work on The Sweet Stop blog.
Hugs,
Renata (Sweet Stop Sugar Baby)
Beautiful card! It’s more than a card, actually!!! Love it and all your details..
And, Congratulations!!!
lovely card
congrats on being chosen as a guest designer! you rock! love your card–so charming! reminds me of two postcards that tell a story…..love it!!
This is such a cute card, I love the dimension you have managed to get into it with the curling of the paper. Smashing.
OMGOODNESS Sista….the DETAILS on this masterpiece are AMAZING!!!!!! WOW!!! Seriously it should be framed and hung!!! xoxox
OMGoodness…I absolutely LOVE this to pieces!!!
So many fantastic layers on this card Kathy and the colours are spectacular!