One Stamp, Two Ways

I had great plans to blog and blurf last night but the allure of a glass of red wine, some chocolate and the black hole known as VH1 countdowns beckoned. And I gave in. Mo and I had a great time with the Top 100 Hard Rock Songs countdown. I'm an 80's hard rock/hair band/heavy metal kind of girl.....if that describes you too, watch this countdown - lots of fun!

And back to blogging on this beautiful Sunday morning. Today's entries actually came about by mistake. I had the first card designed and you know me, I never just make one, I always make several cards to add to my inventory as well as to send to pen pals. Here's the first one.....

During the last Stamping Bella sale, I picked up this little girl stamp. She reminds me of Meghan, especially with the hair off to the side so I had to buy her.

She's colored with copic markers and the flower has a little stickle center. I thought she was cute so I went about making the sections to make several more. When I repeat designs, I work assembly line fashion, making each separate part in multiplies and then putting them all together at the end.

So I went to add the image section to the green section when I had realized that I had cut the green blocks all too SMALL. Yep, didn't look good at all. So those green blocks went into the use at another time pile and then I had to do something with these already colored girl images.

Here is what a came up with the second time. The girl is colored in the same way. I just decided to change the paper and ribbon and go with another size card.

Having made the mistake, I now like the idea of taking a stamp and creating two different designs with it in one session. Now granted, if I had purposely started out to make two different designs, I would have colored her differently but that will be for next time. I have a list of monthly blog ideas I try to work in and this one stamp two ways is definitely going on the list.

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Comments

[Siobhan]

We watch the top 20 countdown here on Sat nights! The kids love it, especially when songs come on with "naughty" lyrics! (Like Gives you He**) Oh, the excitement!

Great cards! I love the reworked one with the ribbon! Out of disaster comes beauty!

[Joanne Travis]

Love the two different takes on this cute image!

[Susan (peebsmama)]

This is such a cute image. I like how you colored her in. I also like how you used black to make the colors pop. How interesting that your mistake in cutting led to another cute card. When I make my Christmas cards, I do assembly line style too.

[Holly]

These are both just fabulous! I love that little girl - she's so cute! And both of the layouts really work in showcasing her well. What a fantastic example of using the same image (even with the same coloring) and yet getting two different cards!) Awesome!

[Kim]

Very cute cards! I love the layouts.

[Julie]

Oh, these turned out great. Very cute. Love the colors you used.

[peggysue]

I always enjoy seeing how many ways I can use a particular stamp, the different styles and looks you can get using the same one. I really enjoy this entry, its such a cute stamp and its nice to see your creativity two ways. Great cards.

[Katiesniche]

Nice cards...I know all about getting sucked in by VH1 count downs, lol. They are fun aren't they...especially the 80s ones.

[Gina]

I like seeing the two different looks for the same image. Very cute.

[Elizabeth]

Awe.. someone else that makes booboos. But mistakes are "new opportunities". Both cards turned out great - considering it is the same image - they are totally different.

[rebekka]

This is just to darling, frames within frames :).

[Felicia E.]

This is such an adorable card Laura.