One Stamp 5 Ways: Best Friends
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I’m so excited to share this “One Stamp 5 Ways” special feature by the fabulous Suzy Plantamura with you today! Read on for all the fun details and enjoy!
Hi, Simon Says Stamp friends! I’m guest blogging today with one of my “One Stamp, Five Ways” posts using the Simon Says Stamp Best Friends stamp and die set. I have a series on my blog where I use one stamp set in five different ways to show its versatility and to motivate us to use our stamps in more ways! Today I picked the Best Friends set as I loved all the little animals in this set and the number of images and salutations to pick from. I’ve created five cards to share with you and I have some tips to go along with each one.
I love using my new Distress Oxide Inks for backgrounds as they give me such a saturated look! I used Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon for the sky and Lucky Clover and Twisted Citron for the grass.
Here are some tips for creating this card:
• Use a natural color ink such as SSS Barely Beige to stamp your images so you can color them with a no-line look
• Use colored pencils OVER Copic Markers to add shading and details on your colored images
• Create a “ground” for images using any of the SSS border dies such as the Twisted Stitch Borders die I used here
• When you use Glossy White Tonic Nuvo Drops over Distress Oxide Inks, they pick up the color of the background
This card shows another way to use the four critters holding hands in a shaker card. I changed the look of the stamped images by stamping them in black before coloring.
Here are some tips for creating this card:
• Use any of the SSS background such as this Evergreen Circle one for shaker card openings
• Cover parts of the background with Tonic Nuvo Drops to add dimension as I did here with the trees
• Paint a soft watercolor wash background around the opening by adding lots of water to your watercolor paper first and then dropping in several different colors around the design so they run outward and blend together
Who says animals have to be painted in natural colors? I love color, so I used quite a bit of it in this card that shows a random stamping technique.
Helpful Tips:
• Stamp all of the stamps in a set (or in this case the four animals that were individual) randomly over a card background for a topsy-turvy look
• Mix some black paint with each of your watercolors so the colors have more of a gray-cast and are less bright
• Mix coloring mediums – here I used colored pencils over watercolors to shade
• Add shadows behind each image with a gray colored pencil or marker to give the look of dimension
To get more use out of the animal grouping in this set, I stamped it twice and then cut the animals apart using two sets so I had enough hands.
Here are some tips:
• By stamping the images in a light color of ink and coloring over the outlines, I was able to cut off or color over any of the areas that didn’t belong to that animal
• Use a die-cut with lots of openings such as this Repeating Circles one to ground small images so they don’t get lost on a card
• I tucked part of the animals under each circle and then used foam tape behind the animal so they looked like they are coming out of the openings
• Rub Distress Inks over the openings moving outward so you create a soft background around the die-cut openings
This card only uses one of the animals, but by using a background die, he doesn’t get lost on the card front. I also went with a totally different color scheme to change up the look of the stamps.
Here are some tips for this card:
• When coloring this image, I used some light blue and light pink Copic markers blended in with my grays to make the elephant have a more colorful look
• Outline images with colored pencils when you use a light color of ink to stamp so they have soft colored outlines
• When painting a background, paint just around the die-cut so the color runs outward using a wet on wet technique; add drops of saturated paint by flicking your paintbrush over the background
And there you have it – five ways to use this adorable Best Friends stamp set! Come visit my blog to see more of my “One Stamp, Five Ways” series and thanks so much for visiting today! – Suzy
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I’m loving the elephant card and the colors used. Little animals are too cute!
Nicely done. I love that stamp set. You really showcased lots of cute ways to use it. Thanks for sharing your talents.
OH I LOVE!! These cards are amazing!! Your critters are fantastic and I love the fun little scenes you created.
Very nice cards, great tips!
Super cute cards! I love them all.
Oh I love these fun and adorable cards, great job!
Adorable cards you have made-shaker cards are cool.
Great ideas!
Fun, sweet cards! I love all the tips you gave. Helped me look at them with a more critical eye, critical in a good way! Thank you!
These are such beautiful cards! I love them all, especially the one using the Repeating Circles background (love the comment “so I had enough hands” – the animals look seamless!).
Especially love the elephant shaker card!
Cute, cute little critter stamps. I already follow by email.
Love the wet on wet technique!
Very cute!
Wonderful creativity & variety of using the same stamp wonderful different ways. Like the critters.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
What cool cards.
WOW – FIVE times the INKY AWESOMENESS :)
THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING!
This is all so cute!
These cute little animal friends look so happy on all of these cards. Just precious!
I LOVE one stamp 5 ways! Each of your cards is great. Love learning how to stretch supplies.
Those critters are so cute. I love your coloring!
So fun! Love all the great ideas and ways to use the set.
Fabulous cards! So
fun using the same
set but in all the
different ways.
Thanks for sharing.
Carla from Utah
I love that you used the same set and your cards are so different! All of them lovely! TFS
Very cute cards. Especially love the last one.
Lovely cards!
Very interesting post, lots of idea’s for me to make so much more out of the stamps I have especially as my budget is near nil at the moment. Thanks for reminding me to think more x
these cards are so cute.
I love how all your cards look so different! This is a very versatile set!
These are adorable! :) I love those little animals!
Good way of looking different at your stamps!
These are some great tips! Very nice cards and thank you for yhe inspiration!
These critters are so cute…great cards!
Such cute cards and adorable stamps!
Such fantastic cards!
So many ways to use stamps!
I love the different ways in which you have used that stamp set. All the cards are so pretty.
I love how different each card is!!
These cards are just darling. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Beautiful and fun cards! Thanks for the inspiration and the lovely ideas.
Those cards are so cute!!! :D
Such an adorable set!
Fantastic cards Suzy. I am all for stretching my supplies and getting the most out of every set and you have certainly shared a lot of tips and ideas. They are all so cute I can’t even pick a fave…L♥VE them!
What a fabulous post! Love the creations and the tips… short and sweet and perfect. Thanks Suzy!
On man, Suzy, your coloring is superlative, as always. I love how you managed to cut apart the all-together stamp to make for extra animals to populate your world. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I love this series both on your blog and here.
These are adorable! You did great job showcasing this set!
Super cute cards! You really found some creative ways to showcase these adorable critters. All of them turned out fantastic! Thanks for the inspiration!
very cute cards, my favorite is the blue tones with the elephant
All these cards are so wonderful – a mini zoo of adorable animals!
Very cute cards!!