Not a challenge

 Hello blogland,

For once this post is not a card made for a challenge, still not made 'just because' but made for the February New Release at All Dressed Up stamps. You can find details of these stamps at both the blog and on the Facebook group and you can purchase them in the Etsy shop. 

There's always a few stamps released each month and the DT are allowed to pick which stamps they would like to colour up and turn into 'inspiration' cards - I chose Winter Walks.  

All the All Dressed Up stamps are always fabulously cute, but this trio of girls really called to me.  I can see them being used for older teens and young women - I could also see shades of TTT and her friends in them.  The leggings (or skinny jeans depending on how you colour them) the beanie hats, furry boots and the scarfs - all things I see either TTT or one of her friends wearing.

Anyways, I liked them so much I ended up colouring two out of the three images!  They are fabulously good value as well, you get the trio of girls and each girl individually - so four images for the price of one.

Finally here's the cards I made:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Winter Walk

both image and background, created freehand, coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Paper Rose - Hello stamp set

Creative Expressions - 'you' Bold Words die and stamp set

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

Creative Expressions - as above for the banner

Second card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Winter Walks

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored expressions - Simple Strips: birthday

Dies:

Taylored expressions - Simple Strips : well rounded

un branded stitched dies

Anything else:

scraps from various paper packs

red self-adhesive gems

black card for the matt

Copic fine liner for the doodling

Well, I bet that was a surprise - two cards at once!  A lot of the time I can't even manage to find the time to make one card a week!  Just goes to show, how much these digis have taken my fancy.

Maybe I'll even find some time to go link to a challenge or two - if I can remember how, it's been ages since I did that.  

I would though encourage you to visit either the blog or Facebook - depending on your preference - and take a look at the other New Release image and the cards Teamies have made.  Both the cards and images are fabulous!

See you soon,

Sarah