Cat lovers

Hello

This is the last Loralie Design card for the moment, I promise but I do find the stamps are so useful for hard to make for people!

I had to make a card for my son's father-in-law - what the heck do I do?  I knew they had several cats so thought the Spice Cats stamp would work.  I coloured the image in using my usual watercolour pencils, which I do love.  I find them so flexible and feel in control of my colouring.

Matting the image onto red card I added it onto the straight line background, using the Hougie board, which I had matted onto red card again.  I then added some Craftwork Cards card candy.  The whole image was then put onto a deckle edged card which I found in my stash.  

This time the main stamp comes with a smaller image of a cat, the face of another cat and a little flower.  Really good value for money.  So I used the face of the cat on the fly leaf of the insert.  Card done!

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

One for the ladies

Hi

Having found the Loralie Art Stamps I must show you this one which I thought was perfect for a lady who loves to shop or party!  This one is called Party Girl, but I think it could be shopping or partying.  The stamps are just that little bit quirky.

Again I used my water colour pencils to colour the stamp and then matted the image onto green card.

I do like my Hougie board which makes it so easy to draw straight lines using it onto Centura card.  It is such an easy background to make and is something different.  I matted  this onto green card again and then popped it onto a plain card.  I added some matching card candy and I was done.

This time the main stamp comes with several smaller stamps  such as flowers, bows and parcels so I added a parcel onto the inside leaf of the card.  I think it makes the card look that little bit special, don't you?

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

Different man's card

Hello

Today, and for a couple of more blogs,  I thought I'd show you a range of stamps and cards I discovered a while ago.  The stamps are Loralie Art Stamps and there are a great variety of quirky designs which at first, I wasn't sure of but when I had to  make a couple of cards for men, I thought fitted the remit rather well.

The first card I had to make was for my son.  He does love cooking, when he's got the time, experimenting and bar-b-ques etc and he and my daughter-in-law love entertaining.

So I chose this stamp, called Beau as I thought it was a rather appropriate and not too feminine.  I used my watercolour pencils to colour him in, and I thought it came out rather well.  I matted the stamped outline onto black card, having distressed the card slightly.  I then used some card which I had embossed using the Hougie board, drawing straight lines across the whole card and then distressing it to match the card.  This was also matted onto black card.  The whole thing was then mounted onto Crafters' Companion Hint of Silver Centura card.  I then added a few Craftwork Cards' card candy to match.  The sentiment stamp was one I bought in Australia.

This is the inside page as the stamps give you more than just the main element.  You have the facility to re-stamp the burger, the shoes and also the hat which would lend itself to decoupage too.  Brilliant!

Thank you for looking.

Liz x