For Lisa's Ways to use it- oldie but goodie
After rummaging through all my stamps, my oldest is a 1990 SU stamp set- Construction.
I bought this set of four stamps with the intent of making birthday cards for my DS & dear nephews when they were toddlers since they LOVED digging in the dirt with their Tonka trucks, bulldozers, etc.
Even with good intentions... today is the first day I've used it!
I first tore the sandpaper to make 'hills' of dirt and have 2 layers. I stamped the images on the sandpaper, but decided to stamp, color with markers & fussy cut in white CS.
After positioning the bulldozer & truck on the sandpaper, I die cut the sentiment in various shades of browns to resemble different color boulders & dirt. Apparently I have lost the letter 'D' die, so I stamped and fussy cut it. To match the letters I stamped over each die cut letter in soft suede. So much for the various shades of letters, but I think it adds some dimension.
I then made my own caution zone frame by using yellow & black large chiseled sharpie markers and a ruler, making diagonal lines.
I used 2 sizes of rectangular dies to cut the frame.
Thanks Lisa for the trip down memory lane with using oldies but goody stamps!
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 GMT Views: 2009
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Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 2:29 PM
What an adorable card!!What little boy would not love this??
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Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 2:37 PM
Oh, what fun you must have had making this card. The sandpaper looks like real dirt and I really like the caution zone frame. Too cute and creative.
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Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 2:55 PM
This is just darling, and I for one think you should still send this to your son - I think it would be a hoot to give him the card you always meant to make him as a toddler! Your sandy dirt is perfect and I love how you've arranged the greeting in between the heavy equipmnet.
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Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 3:05 PM
OMG! A fave for sure! I love your chisel black and yellow stripes. What a brilliant idea! I have that dump truck that I bought used and always wondered what the rest of the set looked like. Jeannie, I LOVE this card and I'm so glad that you finally used these stamps because this is terrific!
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Thu, Sep 07, 2017 @ 4:01 PM
That's so funny that you had never inked this up until today! Sounds like all of us..I'm sure we could all find one of those in our collection! Super cute card and the sandpaper was an inspired addition.