One of the new stamp sets in the Stampin' Up! 2009/10 Idea Book and Catalogue is the gorgeous set "Bloom Away", which has beautiful images of some Australian native flowers. As I was colouring a Gum Blossom image last night, it reminded me of the May Gibbs "Gum Blossom Babies" illustrations, so I thought I'd try to create my own stamped version!
It involved some masking, and using markers direct to the stamps just to ink up the part of the image that I wanted. I used Close to Cocoa, Rose Red and Sage Shadow, with some Chocolate Chip thrown in there as well. Next post I'll show you a card that just uses the standard Gum Blossom image from the set so that you can compare the two!
I was pretty pleased with it - not sure what May Gibbs would think, though!
Beth this is magnificent!!! LOVE IT!! You know these sets reminded me of those books too!! You did a great job!
Posted by: Madonna Dunn | March 24, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Wow fantastic. I too wanted the set because it reminded me of those illustrations but i would have never thought to try this. Well done.
Posted by: Lisa Robb | March 24, 2009 at 09:56 PM
What a cute idea Beth - love it :-)
Posted by: Alana Galagher | March 25, 2009 at 09:57 PM
Wow Beth this is very clever.
Posted by: Fiona Brown | March 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Wow that is lovely. That set reminded me of he Gum nut babies. I am actually reading it to my daughter. You did a great job.
I also love the colour combo it looks so rich.
Thanks for sharing
Claire
Posted by: Claire | March 28, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Oh, I love this idea, it adds a whole new dimension to this set of stamps.
Posted by: Nerida | April 01, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Well done Beth, this is very impressive. I'm a big fan of May Gibbs and you! Love KimT
Posted by: KimT aka Crafty Kim | April 04, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Beth - this is just SO clever........well done...I'll be caseing that, only I'm sure you are a better stamp-ma-jiggerer than I am......
Posted by: sharon | June 21, 2009 at 09:59 PM