August B'day Card Front Swap

Wow, the cards this month are great! I haven't been getting e-mail alerts when you have posted something to this thread. Not sure what is going on and as I have had a busy few days I hadn't specifically looked. I just happened to notice that Melissa had posted something up today.

If you hadn't checked out my blog with my cards that I posted up last week. Here they are:

Here is the female card

[quote="Soupie"]OK, I'll be first to show mine for this month.
(They are very basic though, nothing like Sharon's works of art!)
I blu-tacked them onto some Kaiser cards so you get the idea.

Thank you Sue, you are very kind.
I like your work too!

hugs

Great Card Kirsty!

This ones for the boys. Made with a teenager in mind so it looks kinda rough.

Wow, all the cards are looking great!! I love how we get so many different cards!!

I better pull my finger out and finish my ladies cards, and kick Jaynes butt into gear to get hers finished off too!!

I can't wait to get all these cards in the mail, they all look so good!!

these are adorable...i saw them somewhere and thought...so cute...yea...makes me want to get cute stamps like these...all mine are letters, words, or ??? i searched some blogs on cards and there are a few cute blogs that have candy too. on my blog....

Sharonscrapper wrote:Wow, the cards this month are great! I haven't been getting e-mail alerts when you have posted something to this thread. Not sure what is going on and as I have had a busy few days I hadn't specifically looked. I just happened to notice that Melissa had posted something up today.

If you hadn't checked out my blog with my cards that I posted up last week. Here they are:

sharon...what do u use to color in your stamps??? thanks...

sharon...i am such an idiot...i saw these cards on your blog...duh...just went there...love your blog...xx

Hi Melissa,

Thanks Glad that you like my blog. I actually use Stampin' Up markers. They have a brush on one end and a writing tip on the other end. I noticed that it was the question of the day today but I think it was Kathy who answered pretty comprehensively so I didn't add anything to it. I went into a group share to get them so I got them 8 markers at a time instead of the whole lot so that was great. I use the markers instead of others because it matches their paper and inks so well. With Malcolm the Milk Truck I Printed the digital image out on white card stock and then coloured in with the brush tip of the markers. The ladies card that I posted is stamped on Water colour paper and I have used the marker to just highlight the shaded part then I used an Aqua Painter also from Stampin' up to take the colour and brush it out to the end of the stamp. I also use water colour crayons on the stamps on the water colour. If you looked at my blog the notebook that I put up a couple of post ago the flowers were painted using the crayons and aqua painter.

I know that there are other brush markers out there as well but I haven't looked into them because I already had the Stampin' Up ones. I love their stamps as well. It's just me I suppose, we all have our own style and likes. Also if you have a rubber stamp you can use the brush to put colour right on the stamp to give the different colour outlines. I did that on the candle that I posted on the blog, it had 3 different colours on the stamp. After you have put the colour on it if you just breathe on the stamp to moisten it a bit then the ink will come off onto the paper better.

Hope that helps. Sorry it is so long winded.

Take Care
Sharon

Hey thanks for that essay Sharon!! I have tried colouring my stamps but they were always dry before i stamped them, so now i know the trick - to breathe on them!! Thanks!!

Your Welcome for the essay and the tip

Woohoo, i just finished my ladies card fronts!! :cheers: I'll take a pic tomorrow for all to see!!

thanks Sharon for the tips...never thought of printing them on cardstock if you dont actually have the stamp...

Gee you where up late Vickstar. Did DS not wake till that late?

He didn't wake to feed til 12:30!!

oh well u got them all finished then b4 he woke. Not finishing them with his help. Will go see what i have Left (know anything about that ha! lol) in my scrapbooking cupboard and see if I can finish my ladies card. Will let u know. At least he got a good sleep nurofen worked is he any happier this morning?

Thanks for all the great tips Sharon! Maybe we should get you to do a class for us one day???

Soupie wrote:Thanks for all the great tips Sharon! Maybe we should get you to do a class for us one day???

I wouldn't know what to do :lol!:

Here's my ladies card. It looks better IRL, the flash caught the glimmer mist, over the colours!! Blu-tacked to a pink card to show full effect!!

looks great vic even better then the pic from your mobile. love the sparkle.

:lol!: thats cos i put the sparkle on after i sent you the pic!! :lol!:

very pretty...

Looks Great!

Jayne didn't get time to finish her ladies card this month, so i whipped these ones up for her. Just a quick simple one, but as you can see, it looks good on any coloured background!!