KSCC#24, kitchensinkstamps - Entry 2

Entry number two for the Kitchen Sink Stamp Challenge was inspired by the gingham paper I had in the green.  Squares and more squares is the theme and I ran with it in this one with many forms of squares everywhere.

The little duck and words are from the Kitchen Sink Stamp set http://www.kitchensinkstamps.com/shop/product41.html.      I was limited in the yellows I could use for the duck so I used a gel pen in gold to highlight the beak and a small dot of dimentional fabric paint for the eye.   While there are probably lots of more appropriate products to use I had this paint and it worked great.    The nest is made from Raffia.   I was given a bag of the stuff years ago and tend not to throw anything out.  It was perfect for the nest.   I twisted several strands together and put some glue on the back to secure.   With a bit of shaping and fiddling...the perfect nest.   To make the small bow I coloured  white ribbon with an ink colour that matched, made a small loop and glued together. The centre is then tied with a thread several times and secure at the back with a dob of glue.

TIP: When using wet glue, test on scrap piece of  paper first.   Some paper will stain, warp or stretch with some glues (ask me how I know...lol...!.).

KSCC#24, kitchensinkstamps

Time for another challenge card.     The latest challenge from the kitchen sink stamp challenge blog   -  Hip to be a square card, creating a card with squares.

Our summer has been so hot, too hot to even enjoy the beach without being cooked like a hotdog.  Finally the weather has calmed down and it's just right.   It's now beautiful beach weather, which gave me the inspiration for my square card.

I used a total of 17 squares.   What was I thinking..lol....but I think it turned out just right.   The stamps are from the Kitchen Sink Stamp line 3 Step Sea Shells with diecuts of bathers and hat.

Any colours can be used for the shells and it was fun to mix and match all the colours and squares together.

For an authentic beach theme I mixed white beach sand with a multicoloured shades of gold, bronze and tan coloured glitter.    Using a glue pen I drew stripes and squiggles around the stamped images.   The glue pen made quite thick lines so this resulted in a lovely 3D raised effect.     It really is hip to be square.!

TIP:   Stamp more images than you need at one time.  Nothing worse than messing up an image half way through a project and having to re-stamp, especially if you have lots of inks and can't remember the colour combo used.