Now, for me, that is a difficult challenge because I can't really say that I have a single "favorite" stamp. I have had favorite (obsessive, must have them all!) stamp categories over the years: lighthouses, snowflakes, Chinese images, etc. etc. etc. And favorite brands as well. But a single stamp that stands out as favorite? Not really. I have a HUGE and diverse collection and I tend to use the stamp that fits both my mood at the time and the kind of project I am working on. So... I decided to toss a coin and go with a representative of both a brand and category I like, and I chose Stampers Anonymous and cats! Specifically "Crazy Cats" and "Snarky Cats"!
I started by creating a base for my card, using Idea-ology worn wallpaper and substrate sheets on an A2 kraft card:
Next, I stamped a "Snarky Cat " (in Vesamark, embossed in dark chocolate) and a "Crazy Cat" milk bottle (in black ink) on a scrap of Neena Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I colored both images using Inktense pencils, a water brush and a Tombow blending pen. I fussy cut the stamped images plus a "puddle" from the scrap and adhered them to the scene:
Products used in the making of this card were:
- Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Snarky Cats” (CMS392) and “Crazy Cats” (CMS251)
- Inks: Versamark; Pigma Micron 05 “back archival”; GinaK “Amalgam “Jet Black”; Inktense Pencils “Cherry” (0510), “Sea Blue” (1200), “Ink Black” (1100), and “Apple Green” (114): Tombow ABT “N00”
- Embossing Powders: GinaK “Dark Chocolate”
- Papers: Neena “Solar White 110 lb”; Idea-ology “Substrate Sheets” (TH93291) and “Worn Wallpaper - Halloween" (TH93974); Memory Box A2 card “kraft”
- Adhesives: ScorTape 1/8”; Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D foam squares; Scotch 1/8” foam squares (I lost my Scrapbook Adhesives squares somewhere in my work space...)