I hope you've been enjoying all the samples I've made from the 2019 Occasions Catalog and the Sale-a-Bration freebies! It's pretty easy to be inspired and creative when you have such great stamps and accessories to work with!
I'm back today with an interesting stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. You can get get one for free with a $50 purchase of any Stampin'Up! products. It's called "By The Bay" and I love the coloring/scenery potential this set has. I'll talk about it as I share some ideas.
For my first idea, I wanted to color the main stamp set. I used my Stampin' Blends alcohol markers (if you don't have any of these, you want some!) and kept my color palette somewhat simple. I've seen buildings like this where I live in Montana, but obviously, they are not situated on a rock wall, by the bay. This was fun to color and I left my edges somewhat "unfinished" looking on purpose. For the background, I chose a sheet from the "Tea Room" Designer Series Paper that picked up the Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry colors.
For my second idea, I wanted to focus in on the shorebirds that are included in this set. They remind me of other birds such as those in the retired "Wetlands" set. I highlighted them by stamping them on white, cutting them out with a stitched oval framelit and then coloring with the Stampin' Blends. I also used an infrequent technique on my background. You can stamp and then emboss! It does work! It usually doesn't work to stamp on an already embossed piece of card stock, but if you stamp first, you will have good results. Do you like that "Tufted" embossing folder? I think it's really sweet!
For my final card, I was curious about a monochromatic look in all black. The black gingham check paper is from the Sale-A-Bration paper "Botanical Butterfly" DSP. All of the back sides of that paper are black and white patterns which is a great thing to have in your inventory. You can color it or use it as is, which is what I did. I also embossed my black card stock piece with one of the "Petal Pair" embossing folders.
Since I made these, I've seen some more ideas out there that include interesting coloring ideas and make use of the shorebirds and seashell stamp. I want to get back to this set and come up with some more ways to use it. While this style of sketch is very detailed, it isn't that difficult to color. Think of it as coloring "areas" and not coloring specific objects like a tree or a house. That will help you. I also spent some time just looking at it closely to see what was what. It also helps to color the things you are sure of first, like the house or the water in this case. We have lots of coloring mediums in our product inventory including two different kinds of markers, Aqua Painters, Blender pens and watercolor pencils. All of these would work well with this stamp set.
You can see this stamp set and more by going to the online store (click on "shop now"). All the categories of products are listed on the left side of the online store page and it's easy to click on a product, check out the features and then add it to your shopping cart. You can also get an order to me and I'll take care of it for you!
Have a wonderful day and do something creative today!
Sarah
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