Wednesday, September 12, 2012

MIM #82: cut your stamps







Hi all!

This week's MIM is about having the guts to take scissors to your stamps to make them more versatile.  Truth is, I'm a ballsy kind of gal, so I've been doing this for awhile :)



 This isn't the most creative stamp-cutting, I know, but here's what I did:

1. cut off the colon after the "you are" - I actually did this awhile ago, since I don't scrapbook or need journaling kind of sentiments.

2. cut up the "I just love you" to isolate the just.  The downside of having done this is that the "I" is possibly the tiniest stamp I now own, and will likely get lost at some point... but, I made it work for what I needed.  I like the bulk of having more words across the banner front :)

Other card deets:  I used other dies and images from PTI's fabulous frames set.  That solid banner image alone made the purchase worthwhile...  I mounted my focal images onto a sheet of Lawn Fawn patterned paper (the "dewey decimal" pack.)  To finish off the card, I die-cut an apple (PTI die) and colored the stem and little dot with a copic marker.  (I thought coloring myself a little dot to make it look like the apples in the patterned paper was a cute touch!)

This card was inspired by the fact that my son is going apple-picking with his kindergarten class on Friday... bring on the FALL!  I see some pies in our weekend future. yum, yum!

19 comments:

  1. Oh, I love your card, Elena! I've been cutting some of my stamps for a while, too, but I hadn't thought to remove the colon from the Fabulous Frames set.... but I think I will, since the colon is a little limiting. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  2. Beautiful card! Cutting stamps is certainly the way to go sometimes. I love your colors and the apple on top of the banner.

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  3. Love it! I'm taking the girls apple picking on Saturday! Can't wait for pie!

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  7. Its a very sweet card and I like your color choice.

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  8. Beautiful card! I like how you colored the dot on the apple to compliment the dp.

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  9. I don't think I'm that "ballsy" but beautiful card! I might just gather up my guts and take to my stamps with scissors...there are some I've been wanting to alter (mainly sentiments). We shall see...

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  10. Love everything about this card...the layout, the colors, the details (I'm with you...love that you made your apple look like the patterned paper).

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  11. I have never had enough guts to do this. Kuddos to you! I love the combination of words you used to create your unique sentiment! Fabulous card! Can't wait to see pics of the yummy apple pie you make this weekend *wink*

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  12. Good for you, Elena! Your card is perfection!!

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  13. You are far more brave than I!! But this is beautiful, and worth all the cuts! And the spot on the apple is the perfect touch!

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  14. I love it you "gutsy" girl! The layout is great, I love the banner in the middle of the frame. And that apple paper is adorable :)

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  15. Love your card, Elena! The color combo, design and 'cut up' sentiment are all fabulous :)

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  16. YOU are just fabulous! This is adorable!

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