It Starts With Art - Stampers By The Dozen Second Anniversary Blog Hop! SBTD08/19

Hello and welcome to the second Anniversary Blog Hop with Stampers By The Dozen.  I can't believe I have been hopping with this group of lovely talented ladies for two years - how time flies when you are having fun!!

If you are joining me from Judi, or starting here with me, welcome - I'm sure you will find lots of inspiration as you hop along with us.

This month we were given carte blanche with a stampers choice!  I decided to make something for me to hang in my craft room using the It Starts With Art stamps and coordinating dies and other items from the Suite.  I suppose it was an obvious choice really!

This is a really useful bundle for people who just love to craft be it papercrafting, sewing or painting.  I decided to create a mix of different panels to fit into a RIBA frame from IKEA.

All stamped panels and die cut elements were made using thick Whisper White card and stamped in Memento ink.  Each panel was then mounted onto a slightly larger Basic Black piece of card.

I used a sheet of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from Follow You Art as a background.

I used various stamps and coordinating dies from It Starts With Art and another stamp set called Crafting Forever.

I stamped lots of images and cut many die cut elements and just sat at my desk colouring images with the Stampin' Blends and generally having a lovely time! I used colours primarily from the DSP but went a bit off piste when I was colouring the paintbrush pot!

I then assembled each panel using a mix of Tombow and dimensionals to adhere the elements.

I used dimensionals to adhere the white pieces to the black background and then Tombow to adhere the panels to the DSP.

Here is my first panel.  I used the splodge stamp from Butterfly Gala to create a colourful background.  

For my second panel I used this lovely sentiment.  I added Wink of Stella to each of the little bottles - I had to didn't I given the sentiment?  I used a scrap of DSP to give the bottles something to sit on.

For once I even managed to get a decent photograph of the sparkle!

I really like the next panel; I might even make another one to put on my craft room door ...

I used the Hand Lettered Prose dies and Pacific Point card stock.

The next panel is a useful one - I have a friend who loves to sew; I will definitely be making a version of this panel to pop onto a card for her next month.  My favourite elements on this panel are the tiny die cut press studs cut from silver foil.

This next panel is my favourite - the sentiment says it all and needs no explanation!

For the final panel I used the cute pegs wrapped with Baker's Twine - I thought about adding faces might to each peg, something I may do later.

Each of the panels would be a great card topper in their own right don't you think?

Here is the finished sampler.

I confess as I am looking at my project that I am not entirely happy with the top row.  The gap between the two panels irritates me.  Any ideas/suggestion on how to fix it please leave a comment below!

All framed and ready to hang on the wall.

As I was writing this post I spotted something else - I forgot to colour the top of the little red bottle on the second panel.  

I am currently being treated for Lyme Disease so I will put the blame on that I think - normal service will be resumed soon I hope!  I will obviously have to fix this too otherwise it will drive me nuts!

This is the first sampler I have made, thanks to some prompting by my good friend and fellow Demonstrator Zoe Tant.  I fear I may have a new addiction!

Next up is Tricia who I am sure has something wonderful to share with you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below,thanks for hopping along with us.

Happy crafting!

Susan xx

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