Pootler's Design Team September, Week 2

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Welcome to week 2 of the September Pootler;s Design Team Challenge using the My Hero stamp set.

This week I have chosen to use the umbrella which has the words, 'heard you've been under the weather' and also the sentiment 'hope tomorrow finds you feeling better'

I started with a card base of Thick Whisper white, my first mat was in Elegant Eggplant. The second mat was Whisper White, I used this to sponge some sky using Soft Sky ink and the tree builder punch as a cloud. I really love this technique, you can get some amazing backgrounds using it.

I stamped the umbrella on Whisper White using Elegant Eggplant ink and then fussy cut it out. There are coordinating dies for umbrella but I dont't have them, yet. I'm not very good at fussy cutting but this was really easy. I stamped the handle first in versamark and then in Elegant Eggplant and added silver heat embossing powder just to the stem. I wanted to give some definition to the umbrella so decided to cut out the handle and the top bit (not quite sure what that's called!).  I adhered the handle and the top bit straight onto the clouds and put the umbrella on Stampin' Dimensionals. before stamping the second sentiment directly on the card.

I finished off the card by sponging a few clouds on the inside.

It's week 3 next week and what stamp will I be using? Well you'll have to stop by next week to find out! Or you could subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss a blog post.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx