Card for my daughter

Jessica loooves cows. She collects them. Don't ask me why. We have never lived on or near a farm. We have always gotten her cow thingies, pyjamas, salt and pepper shakers etc.

When I decided I wanted to make her a "Thinking of you" card, I knew I had to find the perfect cow.

I wish you could see it in real life. I 3D'ed its butt by printing a copy of the image and cutting out the part I wanted to emphasize- in this case the cow's bottom. I then applied it with a paper spring which causes it to wiggle when touched.

I am happy with the way it turned out and know it will make her smile.

Later xx

Inspiration

Isn't it nice that the littlest thing can spark one's imagination?

Today while taking another look at the digi stamps CardMadFairy had provided the Design Team at Stamping Vacation with, I fell in love with this little spiral star.

Of course I had to have a play and here is what I came up with

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Enjoy!

Autumn Fairy

Last one for today.... maybe (vbg)

Another one

I admit it, I am addicted... I love these images!

Cardmadfairy

Good morning everyone!

The wonderful people at Cardmadfairy very graciously donated some digis to the Stamping Vacation Design Team. Their images are amazing.

One of the most common complaints I hear about digital stamps or digis, is that they are limited. That there is "only so much you can do with them"

I disagree, I love working with digital stamps and in my opinion their potential is only limited by our imaginations.

I was so inspired by the Cardmadfairy digis that I had to have a play immediately.

This is my take on their "Inspire" stamp.

I used Photoshop to achieve this look. First thing I did was change the color of the stamp from black to a sort of brownish-sepia tone. I removed the white from the digi as well leaving the background empty.

I then created a background in some of my favorite colors.

Placed the altered stamp on the background and then using some flourish brushes I completed the look.

I then used one of my favorite quotations - "I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set it free" ` Michelangelo , and added it to balance the image.

I am really very happy with the way it turned out.

Here's another of Cardmadfairy's digis - "Insight"

Although I basically used the same techniques on this one, it was a little more involved.

The most time consuming part was burnishing some of the colors to give them more depth, others were dodged to brighten them up without losing their intensity or luminosity. There are tools in Photoshop to do this, and once I figured out how to use them, I enjoyed it a lot.

Love the digis, love the results and can't wait to play some more.

Thank you so much to Stamping Vacation for arraging for us to receive these great images and a huge hug and thank you to the great people at CardMadFairy's Creations.

Have a great day.