You’re a Star
Hi readers! I’m happy to yet again be back with the lovely and oh so talented Debby Hughes, where she shows us two gorgeous examples of ways to stretch the Simon Says Stamp exclusives! I’m ready to dive in and check them out! How about you?
Enjoy!
Hi there! It’s Debby here and it’s time to take a fresh look at some of the New Release and really stretch those supplies and this time it’s all about the dies! First up is this little starfish, which started life as one of the flower dies from the new Summer Garden set! He’s die cut from Neenah solar white card and then colored with Copics and a few white enamel accents dots added for spiny nobbles. Of course, everything is better with a couple of wiggle eyes and a smile drawn on with a Copic multiliner. The sentiment is made from a combination of stamped ‘you’re a’ from the previously released Circle Friends set and some lightly water colored Kelly Purkey white letter stickers.
Talking of water coloring, and it’s quite appropriate as the Watercolor for Card Makers class from Online Card Classes is ongoing, this little starfish needed a watery home. I took some Tim Holtz watercolor card and liberally painted with water and then added in dilute layers of Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Antique Linen. When dry the panel was then spritzed and splattered with perfect pearls, dotted with white enamel accents and clear rock candy Distress Stickles to try and give that seaside look. Finally the panel was added to a Fog card base – I’m so in love with this color!
Next up for a little die love is the We’re Expecting set. The stamp set has some cute as can be bird images with long legs in various lengths and of course there are matching dies. I layered three sets of long legs with medium legs turned them upside down and created a little fence to sit one of the birds from the set tweeting to the morning sunrise.
But I’m getting ahead of myself! Firstly I sponged inks in Cotton Candy, Soft Vanilla and Butter Bar through a mask cut with the Full Card Sunshine die to create the muted rays typical of the morning sun. The fence was then layered on top and the bird stamped in Memento tuxedo black on it’s matching die cut and colored with Copics. The sequins and little heart speech bubble give the impression the bird is singing to the dawn!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at stretching your supplies in creative ways! Until next time :)
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The star card is so cute!
Love the star card and the bird card is cute….always great ideas…Thanks!!
Love how you created that star card! So cute!
Great cards! Thanks for the ideas. ;-)
love how you used the sequins on the bird card… so cute!
Fabulous card!
Love the starfish. The feel of the water comes through so well. The little bird is darling too.
So clever, Debby! Love the soft beach background too! Brilliant cards :)
Love these gorgeous card designs and thanks for sharing all these fun techniques!!!
WOW – LOVE the combo of crafty goodies from your stash that you used to create these FABULOUS cards Debby!!!
How sweet is your starfish with the watercolour background AND love your sunshine background with the cutest “bird leg” fence => THANK YOU for the CREATIVE INSPIRATION and teaching us how to STRETCH OUR STASH :)
… this is telling me that I need more Simon Says in my stash, so that I can mix ‘n match and stretch it just like you!!!
Oh my… Those cards are SO cute! I love to learn how I can stretch my stamps and dies … Thank you :)
That little starfish is so stinking cute!
Both cards are super fun, and I love the colors.
Oh, man! I love these, Debby! You’re so cool and creative!
really beautiful cards! I especially love the first one- the magical colors of the ocean waters using the techniques and colors mentioned is just fantastic!
How clever! I pulled out my Summer Garden set and the flower does look just like a starfish!! And I love how you used the bird legs for a fence :) Adorable cards, Debby!
(Tried to leave some love on your blog too but for some reason couldn’t post my comment)
I’m a sucker for stars
love that one!
Thanks for showing how versatile the stamps sets can be!!
So cute, especially the little star card. I especially love the water coloured background. Lovely!
Cute cards, the starfish one is my favourite! x
Love both cards, but the starfish is just too cute!
Oh my goodness, that starfish is adorable! Love how you made it from a flower die. Also love how you made the fence from the bird legs.
As always, Debby’s cards are amazing! Great examples of how to stretch our stamps and dies, too…Thanks!
WOW! I love the watery beach scene with the clever starfish! & that fence made of upside down bird legs is perfect!
Debby, your cards are beautiful! Great alternate uses of your dies!
Both cards are really cute and adorable!!
Cute, cute, cute. What fun and happy cards. Great job.
Love these really cute cards–thanks for the inspiration!
I so love everything Debby does…so innovative a clever.
Yeahhhh Debby rocks love her style that star card is great. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards and wonderful ideas! Love Debby’s creative mind :)
Wonderful cards! Especially loving the first one, the water/sand background is perfect!
Good work on the background with the Distress colors. And the Distress stickler add a lot.
I love these cards! Your water color sea and sand turned out awesome!!!
Very cute cards. Love, love the bird card.
The watercolor on the first card is excellent.
Thank you for sharing and Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Great cards. Love that starfish.
Beautiful cards! But I wouldn’t expect any less from Debby! She is fabulous!!
So cute, Debby. Brilliant idea to use the flower to make a starfish!
starfish card is incredibly cute!
They are just adorable
I always love Debby’s work, and I love how she always sees unique possibilities to stretch our supplies.
Two very pretty cards!!
Sweet cards! Love the watercolours on the first one!
Super cute!
Hugs, Debbie!
Love your birdie tweeting in the sunshine. You just gotta smile at a card like that.
Debbie, thank you for sharing your cards. They are both lovely, if I had to I couldn’t pick just one.
so cute!!! i love these cards
Both cards are great
and I love the sun
shine on the second
one.
Carla from Utah
Oh my….how cute. You have the most creative ideas!
Brilliant idea to use the bird legs die as a fence!! I’m so delighted by this card!!