Hello crafting friends!
When I buy stamp sets, I usually think carefully about how versatile they're going to be. I like my stamp sets to work hard for their place in the Craft Square Metre! But the set I'm using today was bought for the sheer pleasure of it - it reminded me of the paper dolls my daughter played with as a child. Come and see:
The set is Winter Wear by Concorde & 9th - and I believe there are a couple more sets that coordinate with it. The girl has a choice of scarves, hats, hairstyles etc and I love it to bits!
Just LOOK at her! Isn't she the cutest little bean?! I gave her a pair of jazzy green specs and snuggled her up in a gorgeous chevron scarf :)
The set has sentiments based around the words 'warm' and 'cozy' spelled the American way. But after wielding a pair of sharp scissors, I'm happy to just be sending warm hugs rather than warm and cosy ones!
I liked the idea of everything being black and white except the glasses and scarf. The scarf was popped up on dimensionals for extra interest.
CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up with the Allsorts challenge where they're asking us to Make It Girly; Addicted To Stamps And More, where it's a Make Your Mark challenge, so it's all about colouring; the colour inspiration came from the gorgeous palette at CAS on Sunday.
When I buy stamp sets, I usually think carefully about how versatile they're going to be. I like my stamp sets to work hard for their place in the Craft Square Metre! But the set I'm using today was bought for the sheer pleasure of it - it reminded me of the paper dolls my daughter played with as a child. Come and see:
The set is Winter Wear by Concorde & 9th - and I believe there are a couple more sets that coordinate with it. The girl has a choice of scarves, hats, hairstyles etc and I love it to bits!
Just LOOK at her! Isn't she the cutest little bean?! I gave her a pair of jazzy green specs and snuggled her up in a gorgeous chevron scarf :)
The set has sentiments based around the words 'warm' and 'cozy' spelled the American way. But after wielding a pair of sharp scissors, I'm happy to just be sending warm hugs rather than warm and cosy ones!
I liked the idea of everything being black and white except the glasses and scarf. The scarf was popped up on dimensionals for extra interest.
CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up with the Allsorts challenge where they're asking us to Make It Girly; Addicted To Stamps And More, where it's a Make Your Mark challenge, so it's all about colouring; the colour inspiration came from the gorgeous palette at CAS on Sunday.
When my daughter was very young, I used to make paper dolls for her with a selection of fun outfits. And then we realised there was a whole rich source to be tapped online and we were kept busy printing them off. Then SIMs came along, a computer game, where you could make your own characters, deciding what they looked like and selecting from a whole wardrobe of clothes. Fast forward to today and that love of putting outfits together has never left my creative girl who now sews her own clothes!
I'm guessing many of us crafters can date our love of colour, pattern and style back to our colouring, glueing and sticking days as children. Is that true of you?
Hugs,
Yep . . . I also love the way its a monochrome image with pops of jazzy colour.
ReplyDeleteDue to be VERY windy again tomorrow . .. so will no doubt be using a scarf and hat when I go out!
Much hyg
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Thanks Sarn!
DeleteWhen will it stop being windy? It seems so pointless brushing my hair in the mornings!
Hyg and a half
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Your card is amazing Vicky ;O)
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining Cas on Friday!
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Thank you Janneke. LOVE your colour palette this week! x
DeleteI am very tempted to say "How cool is this"? A brilliant image and a super CAS/LIM card, love the colours too.
ReplyDeleteKath x
Lol Kath - she looks as warm as toast to me! Those colours are from CAS on Friday and they're gorgeous aren't they! x
DeleteSo sweet ~ perfect thinking of you card to make someone smile :)
ReplyDeleteShe's a cutie isn't she?! Thanks Karen :)
DeleteYes indeed Vicky, I can recall Blue Peter days with the children making paper cones for bodies, ping pong balls for heads then scraps of dressmaking fabric to clothe them.
ReplyDeleteSo I can see the appeal of this stamp set, but of course far more sophisticated and the striking colours really draw the eye.
B x
The ones my daughter liked were the flat paper ones with clothes that have tabs to fit them onto the body. You can get some VERY sophisticated ones! I have to confess I loved making them for her! x
DeleteIt's a gorgeous stamp - like you I try to make them considered purchases but sometimes you just got to have it! Love your CAS card. Thanks for joining in with my "make it girly" challenge at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteLynn x
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I couldn't resist Lynn! Thank you! x
DeleteA Beautiful image, love her green specs and "cosy" scarf.
ReplyDeleteFunny you saying about American spelling, I saw someone had asked a USA designer to include the word colour with a "u", as it was only the USA that didn't use the "u", something I didn't know.
Faith x
Yes I saw that too - a whole set of sentiments spelled in the English way! I wondered if they'd sell because in my experience, Brits like simple to the point sentiments - Happy birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy Easter etc!
DeleteAw, it's like a big hug in a card! Simply gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining us in our colour challenge. Cheers, Kerry DT
ReplyDeleteLoved those colours Kerry! She's a cutie in her snuggly scarf isn't she?!
DeleteLove this fun card and how you applied the colours from the challenge in the scarf! Thanks for playing along at CAS on Friday Challenges! Crafty hugs Linda
ReplyDeleteThanks for having me Linda!
DeleteI adore this card ... perfection with the colors
ReplyDeleteThank you Stef!
DeleteYour card is amazing! Simply love it. Thanks for joining us at CAS on Friday!
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