stamped wall art.

I pulled out some stamps and made myself some framed art for our living room:

I actually slipped them off the wall and into the kitchen to snap the photos - I take all of my photos in this gorgeously-lit room...

For both prints, I used the same stamp sets:  "love lives here," "framed," "mat stack II," "background basics: gingham" (all PTI), and "schoolhouse backdrops" (lawn fawn).

A bit of masking to keep it as close to 1-layer as possible, and a whole lot of edge-distressing gives it depth without bulk so it could still fit into our existing frames.

Come back tomorrow to see my card for the 1st-ever lawnscaping blog hop!

MIM - copics

MIM time again - this time, to color an image stamped on a non-neutral paper.  I don't know why I chose to work with such a deep color - *smacks self on forehead* - but whatever.  I think it ended up looking so pretty. I love the depth it gives the flower to color it with the copics.

I used PTI's "YOTF: marigolds" and "Framed" - and I'm mostly mentioning which sets I used because I MUST know how you manage to stamp the frame (from "framed") any kind of straight.  I always have to stamp on a separate paper and cut it out.  Which, to me, defeats the purpose - no?

Have a great day and thanks for looking!