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Magical Day - Full Set


Today I thought I would give myself a bit of a challenge:

  • Use every stamp in a set
  • Stamp and color with a single Crayola Marker
I'm very happy with the final results!  Sure, it's not perfect.  There are some stamping boo-boos.  I'm not 100% sure about the composition.  This whole wavy background thing glued directly to my wall is odd.  But in many ways I feel like this is very true to me as an artist.  I'm bumpy and lumpy and odd and imperfect...and cute and wholesome with sprinkles of joy, whimsy, and yes...magic!

Supplies:
  • Stamp set: Magical Day (Hero Arts, purchased from Scrapbook.com)
  • Ink: One turquoise crayola marker with water and a cheapo paint brush
  • Paper: 
    • Neenah Index Card, 110 lb
    • Still pulling from some unknown, super old 6x6 paper pack
  • Other:
    • Scotch repositionable glue
    • Scissors
Process:
Today I tried to remember to take a few pictures along the way!

First I stamped out all of the images.  First go around, the text (sentiment) was blurry (too much water), so I ended up restamping that.


Then I cut out all of the pieces.  I find joy in cutting things out by hand.  (But I do love a good die cut!)


When picking the paper, I had to refrain from picking yellow.  I've definitely been on a yellow kick all week!  I almost went with a light green, but then landed on this black.  It reminds me of a chalkboard.  And after it was all put together, it reminds me of a night sky.  Then I auditioned a couple of layouts.  



I decided I liked the 2nd layout better.  There was a lot of wiggling about and arrangements that never made it to "photo time."  I don't have any real design experience, but I figure I'll just find feels right.  

I tried trimming the paper down a few times to find a dimension that felt right.  In the end I decided it just needed to be a bit more organic instead of having those straight lines!

Now...what shall we do next?

Thanks for stopping by!  My your creations bring color and cheer!




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