Guest Designing for Paper Smooches - Week 3

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Hey everyone!  Week three of my guest designing gig with Paper Smooches and I'm having a great time!  My cards the last two weeks have been on the more elegant/sophisticated side, but today I wanted to go with funny, and really Paper Smooches stamps are made for humor.

First up a card that features the Feline Friends set.  This cat just kind of makes me laugh.  Whenever I look at him I think of one of those grumpy Eeyore type personalities, nothing ever goes right for them, so I thought I would give his day a little lift.



I created a dock and used the Stitchced Dies to make waves.  Then I stamped and fussy cut a bunch of fish.  The fish are first and second generation stampings and I used my Wink of Stella pen to give them some shimmer too.

The cat was stamped with dye ink and then I used Copics to add some shading to him and a Distress Marker for the brown accents....I turned the corner of his mouth up just a bit to give this grumpy guy a hint of a smile.

The sentiment is from Slang Gang.

Lots of dimension on this one, here you can see the layers that were created.



My next card features Ghoulfriends, this month's TAM stamp which you get for free with a $60 purchase.



Really a very easy card to create.  I first inked up my cardstock panel.  I was a little concerned about the intersection between the orange and purple, I didn't want it to be too brown/muddy, so I added just a little bit of dark pink color.  You really can't see it, but since it blends well with both orange and purple, I thought it would help the transition.

I created a little mask for that candy stamp and then stamped the candy banners with Versafine using the mask along the edges where they overlap.

I laugh everytime I see that crazy ghoul guy.  He is so funny, and he needed something to hold so I gave him a lollipop.

Since I used dye inks and stamped with Versafine, I was able to add a little interest by using a thin wet paintbrush to color in the ends of the candy pieces as well as the ghoul's eyes, mouth, and lollipop.  So easy to do and I really love how it highlights the stamped images.  A little Wink of Stella also gave it some glimmer.



The sentiment was embossed in gold on a little strip of black and popped up.

That's all for me today.  Hope you got a giggle from these, I definitely enjoyed making them!

Supplies Used
Card 1
Paper/Cardstock: Glitz - Sunshine in My Soul 6x6 pad; Fancy Pants - As You Wish 6x6 pad; CTMH - White Cardstock; Avery Elle - White Cardstock
Stamps:  Paper Smooches - Feline Friends, Slang Gang
Ink:  CTMH - Outdoor Denim, Goldrush, and Cocoa
Other:  Paper Smooches - Stitched Dies; Copics - Y32, Y35, Y38; Distress Marker - Gathered Twigs; Zig - Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen; Recollections - Foam Adhesive; Tombow - Mono and Multi Mono Adhesive
Card2
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Cardstock; Papertrey Ink - True Black Cardstock
Stamps:  Paper Smooches - Ghoulfriends
Ink:  Versafine; CTMH - Gypsy and Autumn Terracotta; Hero Arts - Raspberry Jam Shadown Ink; Versamark
Other:  Judikins:  Gold Embossing Powder; Zig - Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen; Recollections - Foam Adhesive; Tombow - Mono Adhesive