Tip of the Week: Think Outside the Stamp Set

What do roosters and Valentine’s have anything to do with each other?  Absolutely NOTHING! But, I had these white hearts that I’d cut out from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits sitting on my desk from my Monthly Club Facebook Live session last night and thought, “Hmmm…let’s stamp a chicken on it.”  I know…clearly not enough coffee this morning!  Here’s how my actual creative process works at 0’dark thirty in the morning.

• Stumble in my studio, cup of coffee in hand
• Turn on the lights and see last night’s craft-astrophe that the craft fairies neglected to clean up overnight.
• Push everything to the corner of my desk, with a “I’ll deal with that later” grumble.
• See a blank white heart. Grab the rooster stamp from Home to Roost and stamp in in Real Red, and think…Now what am I going to do with that?
• Frame it with the stitched scallop heart?  To plain.  Sponge inner heart with Real Red?  Better. 
• Layers?  The heart is pretty big, but just putting it on a plain layer is to boring.  Backgrounds stamps? Too busy.  Designer Series Paper? Takes away from the monochrome look.  Dig through all my framelits – a ha!  Eclectic Layers…let’s try that.  Hey…that sort of works!
• Stamp a sentiment and adhere layers.  Not bad at all!  Thinking Outside the Stamp Set or Bundle creates a whole new look and feel 

While the process seems a bit messy, this really is a good example of #SimpleStamping.  I’m absolutely certain that someone out there really needs to send/receive a card, with a red rooster in a heart, with an “Missing you” sentiment, right?

I’m just giving you measurements today, since  walked you through the process above. 

Base: Whisper White, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Layer 1: Real Red, 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
Layer 2: Whisper White , die cut with Eclectic Layers Thinlet
Layers 3-4: Whisper White, die cut with Be Mine Stitched Framelits

Join me tomorrow forCrafty Saturday – 9 am Live on my Facebook Page.  Since February is my official “KIT MONTH“, we’ll be working with one of our Amazing Kits – but I’m not telling you which one!  You’ll have to come see tomorrow morning!

Registration for February’s Sweet & Simple Class closes in just 6 days!  Click on the photo to learn more and email me to register. 

February’s No Obligation Monthly Card Club will feature the wonderful Romance Suite.   Click on the photo to learn more and email me to register. ​