Stamping Challenge Two

Today I decided to continue using my stamps for card making.  This first is a scenic slimline stamp from Stampendous called Meadow Slim.  Without my stamping platform, I would never have attempted to stamp something like this!  I colored it with my Inktense pencils and water brushes, matted it on black and adhered it to the card front.  I die cut the man with child using one of those misc dies I got from Temu - then colored it the same way as the background, finishing by running a black Sharpie all around the edges.  I put foam squares on the upper body/head of each, while putting glue on the shoes and lower legs before adhering to the card front.  Finally, I stamped a greeting (from Spellbinders Sending Sunshine Sentiments stamp set).  I added it to my card front using foam tape.  DONE!

Card #2:

This time I started with a stamp from Hunkydory called Mrs. Nutkins.  I stamped it 3 times.  Once on rectangular piece of white card stock, once on lavender patterned paper, and once on parchment paper.  I colored in the animal and the honey jar using Inktense pencils and a water brush.  I also colored in the shawl on the patterned paper in the same way.  I fussy cut the patterned paper to just her dress, and glued it in place.  Then I fussy cut the parchment paper to form her apron and glued that in place.  I stamped a sentiment using a stamp from JustRite's Antique Autumn Tags One.

 

Next, I die cut two pieces from gold tag board.  The first, cut with a die from Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles Two formed the mat for the focal, and the second, from Spellbinders Renaissance Jeweled Frame die set for the sentiment. 

I embossed a piece of black card stock (using HOTP Leafy Vine embossing folder) and cut it to serve as a second mat for the focal.  Then I matted the sentiment mat with the black, fussy cutting near the edge.

Using a second lavender pattern for the background, I cut it just smaller than the card front, inked the edges with black, and glued in place.  Then I simply added my other elements as you see here.

Card #3:

This time I started with a little girl stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear powder.  The stamp came from a HOTP set called Janie's Girls.  I actually had stamped and heat embossed a second time on gold vellum, expecting to cut out the coat and glue it in place.  But, by the time I got finished coloring this little girl (using a red marker and some Cotton Candy distress ink), I decided I liked her with a black and white coat.  And I knew I had papers that would work well to go with her coat.  

 

As you can see, I chose a dotted black paper for the background, cutting it just smaller than the card blank.  Before gluing it in place, I matted my little girl on red glimmer paper and then glued her in the center of the background.  I cut strips of another black and white patterned paper, matted them on the same red, and glued them on the diagonal, trimming along the edges of the panel.  Then I glued the panel in place on the card front.  Finally, I constructed a red ribbon bow and a matted sentiment, adding them for my finishing touches.  Oops!  It really needs something in the lower left corner.  Let's add some Jewel Dazzles:

There, NOW it's done!