Precious Little Girl

The little girl image is stamped with Ranger Archival coffee
ink on glossy paper. The image is from one of several sheets
of stamps that I order years ago from a company called
Second Star on the Right.
I don't know if you can even find them anymore.

The first layer on the white card base is mauve.
Over that is an embossed texture.
The frame is created with a Spellbinders Label
and Nesting Ovals and is raised over the image with
the flat part of paper egg cartons.
The flourish greenery is a die from Bosscuts.
The remaining greenery and flowers are
from Punch Bunch. The flowers have been
shaped using a large stylus.

Precious LIttle Girl

Begin with a white A2 card base.
Now take a Sizzix embossing folder
and cut the textured white card stock
to 4 x 5.25 inches.
Lightly sponge with a pale pink ink.
I wanted the embossing to show ever so slightly.
Attach it to a dark mauvey-pink
card stock and trim to a narrow border.
I use Perfect Layers rulers to get
exactly the same width with every cut.

The stamped image is from an old
company called Second Star On The Right.
I don't know if they are even in business anymore.
I purchased several sheets of unmounted
rubber from them about 10 years ago.
I used glossy paper and Rangers Archival
coffee ink to stamp this precious little girl image.

The oval within an oval frame was made using
two Spellbinders oval dies at the same time.
Position as the ovals are shown on the card.
Leave the dies attached to the paper after cutting
and emboss with the soft rubber embossing mat.
Sponge a soft pink ink on the outer and inner ovals.

Use one of Spellbinders Fancy Tags 3 die cuts
that has been cut in half to make the
flourish on the thick side of the oval frame.
I cut a small part off on each end to get
just the right look.
Sponge with the same pale pink ink.
Attach to the wide side of the frame.

I use the flat parts of paper egg cartons for my
3-d effect. This design has two layers
of egg carton to get a more dramatic look.

The pale green flourishes are from Bosskut.
The very pale pink flowers are from Punch Bunch.
As you know by now I really like Punch Bunch.
They have a very good product, their punches
always punch clean and seldom stick.

Yet More Dictionary Backgrounds

The lavender card has the dictionary background

attached directly to the card.

Die cuts by Quickut.

Little girl image by Second Star On The Right

and background stamp by Stamp Camp.

A Sizzix die was used to cut the scalloped frame.

It was glued on the card and then darker ink was

carefully applied around the out sideedge.

Background stamp by Judikins.

Little girl with dolls stamp by Second Star On The Right.

Die cuts by Quickut. Background stamp by Judikins.

On this card the dictionary background is layered on the card front.
The background stamp is by Stamp Camp
and the little girl image by Second Star On The Right.
Die cuts from Quickut.

Can you tell that I have had an exceptional amount of fun

tearing up my old dictionarys, using my Second Star on the Right stamps

and playing with the resist technique??????

Next I want to try this resist technique on old atlas maps.

But that will have to wait until after I get my Christmas card

making frenzy over with.

Dictionary part 3

Some more dictionary pages that have become backgrounds. The die cuts are from Bosskut, the background stamp is from Stamp Camp and the little girl image is from Second Star On The Right.

Dictionary part 2

More sampes of the dictionary background page. The brown background has metal accents from a Spellbinders pendant die. The oval girl is a stamp from Second Star On The Right. The company and it's stamps has apparently disappeared. I bought mine in 2003. They are fantastic stamps and you will be seeing some more of these images in the near future.

The die cuts on the other three cards are from Bosskut. This company has some of the most amazing dies.

Mother and Child

Here is another lovely image from Second Star On The Right. It is a highly detailed art stamp.

The card is relatively simple. The corner punch makes a striking frame.

Now if some of my friends would just become grandmothers, I am all set with the perfect card.

Precious Girl

This precious girl image is a stamp. The company was Second Star On the Right. I have had it for at least 10 years. I did a search for the company and could not find it.

There is a little trick to getting these highly detailed art stamps to stamp well. First you need to prime you stamp. Ink it up and stamp on scrap paper several times. I like to use a brayer to ink up these type of stamps. You will have to go over the stamp from several directions to get an even inking that has no lines in it. Glossy paper seems to work better than matte. If you ink pad is too juicy, the ink will pool on the stamp between the fine lines and dots and be a blob when you stamp it. This is why I like the brayer, I can't get too much ink on the rubber.