The theme over on the
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "What I'm Known For". It's always hard to try and see yourself as others see you, isn't it? I think I'm known for making a nice lasagne or for always wearing Converse style sneakers, but what am I known for craft-wise?
Hopefully, one of the things is that I do like to get my moneys worth out of my stamps and frequently think of creative ways I can reuse them with a little twist added. That's what I've gone for in the set of cards above, 3 radically different treatments of the same stamp.
The first card uses a tissue tape background and the stamp was coloured with promarkers. The shades were cut from black card on my Cricut and the text was prepared on the computer and printed. The moustache was cut freehand (easy when you fold the card in half first!)
Bowler hat girl was coloured with promarkers and the background was a woodgrain stamp from Darkroom Door. (Is this stamp a man or woman? I've never really been able to decide if it's male or female - perhaps that's one of the things that makes it easier to reuse in different ways!)
The clown card was coloured with promarkers and I drew the hair on white card and cut it out. I dunno what it is about clowns, but I do use them quite a bit. Maybe that's what I should have said I'm known for? I didn't even like them as a kid, go figure!
Supplies I used included:
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