Saturday, February 27, 2010

free digistamp from Motivet

Had to snag up this adorable kitty from Motivet, which is offered right now as a free digistamp - you can see the original post here and get one too...... Soooooo cute!

I'm sort of new to digital stamps, so I was experimenting a bit - this is printed on some lighter weight watercolor paper, which worked pretty well - the ink moved just a tiny bit in the more detailed areas, but overall I was pretty pleased. I used my waterbrush to paint the image with my reinkers/Shimmerz blend, adding a little more detailed shading with watercolor pencils.

The ribbon feature was a new one on me too, but I had to try it. I started sewing with the ribbon folded over the edge of my card, and every once in a while tucked a fold of ribbon under the foot, and kept on sewing. Kind of fun... something different, anyway. The flower is folded in half and tacked that way with a button sewed at the fold.

I used a sentiment from Heart & Soul Rubber Stamp Co., and my decorative border was done with a Fiskars rotary cutter. I must be the only one in the world still using that thing, with all the gorgeous border punches out there now...but...alas... gotta use what I have!

Better go feed my family... sigh... sort of dreading that pile of dishes out there - the water was off for a good chunk of yesterday... Thanks for visiting!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

7 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for the cat image - I printed out some to try on SU!'s Whisper White. They came out really pretty. Love the purple you used on your card - especially the ribbon treatment!

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  2. he turned out so cute! i'm glad you posted about this --- i do quite a bit of work with digis and was wondering if I could run some watercolor paper through my printer. your coloring is beautiful - always an inspiration!

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  3. What a beautiful card!!! Thanks for the link to the free cat image. I'll be making a card with it today!!

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  4. Dina,
    Very cute card!! Like Cassie, I've thought about using my digi images with watercolor, but had not tried it yet. Thanks for putting it out there!! You are a SME in watercoloring (SME=Subject Matter Expert. :o))! I really like the texture of that watercolor paper - what is it please? I hope your water is on for good now!

    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!!

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  5. I love it!! How adorable is that cat and the ribbon and posies are fabulous!!

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  6. Thanks for the heads up about the image. It is an adorable one, and I love how the card turned out!

    Love your coloring, as always!

    Tejal

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  7. Dina, this is adorable! I have this little guy but haven't colored him yet. Your coloring is just fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration!

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