HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #CC360

A colour challenge for you this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments - as always remember if you don't have the particular SU colours you can substitute them for similar inks. 

I've chosen an older stamp for my card - I'm  soon to be moving house - actually moving country from England to Wales!  A lot of my stamping stuff is already packed and I only have a few things left out.  This was one of the sets still in my drawer - I love it for it's collage look - I wish SU would bring back some more collage style stamps - they are my favourites.  This one is called Postage Due.

I stamped the image first in Black Archival Ink by Ranger then added the three colours above with a blender brush.  I used the same colours for the little stamps which are also part of the set.  I have a very old pair of Fiskars Paper Edgers which have the postage cut which helps when cutting out stamps.

I tore the background and edged it with the inks and added it to a piece of green DSP which I inked with a word stamp.

I added some So Saffron ribbon which I found in my stash.  The sentiment is one from Kaisercraft stamps. 

STAMPIN UP ONLY CHALLENGE - SUMMER #SUOC252

Our challenge this week at SUO is Summer. Well the last few weeks here in the UK you would have thought we were back in winter. Lots of cold rain and wind and dark clouds - apparently though summer is back to see us later this week - with a vengeance and a heat of nearly 30 gulp!


My card celebrates summer in a slightly different way.  I've used a lovely old set called Postage Due - I wonder if the little stamps would fit the new punch?  I stamped the background in Basic Gray and added a touch of Powder Pink water colour in various places.  I used Soft Sky and Pool Party and Powder Pink to stamp the little stamps. I added some retired DSP and some ribbon across the middle.

This card speaks summer to me because of the French theme - so many people visit Paris in Spring or Summer and sadly not many travels are being made at the moment.  I know we won't be doing an overseas holiday this year and maybe not even one in our own country. I do feel for those who are in the hospitality business as it must be so tough for them.