Gorjuss Girls Notecards

I had a few more Gorjuss girls sitting in the stash, colored and begging to be put onto cards.  I decided to use my new-to-me Stripe Builder stamp set from Concord and 9th to create a colorful, but simple background, keeping the girls in the spotlight.

I used black Archival ink to stamp this background and an ink blending tool to make the smudgy part.  I'm extremely pleased with how this turned out.

The sentiment shows up a bit better in person - tough to photograph well.  This little gal reminds me of my Holly Hobby wallpaper in my room when I was a kid - yellow and brown, oh so very 70s.

Since green is my favorite color, this little girl is my favorite of this set - everything screams vintage to me and so I love her.

Still, this is another card set for the stash and my presents this year.  I'm getting a bit that will be used to good effect for sure.

All Those Gorjuss Girls

I'm well on my way in creating some Christmas cards, even a little behind at this point to tell the truth.  I'll bring posts of those creations soon.  For now, I'm sharing a few cards that I made for the stash - great gifts for the season to come. 

I had colored these Gorjuss girls some time ago and they sat in the pile until inspiration (and looking forward to the gift giving season) hit.  I used various paper pads of coordinating papers to create the backgrounds.  Most of the sentiments are from the paper pads as well. 

I think this girl is my favorite.  The shading worked the best and I didn't get a good photo of her hair, but there is definition there.  The frame and the glitter lace behind her work well and so I am really pleased how this turned out.

'Course I'm pleased with all the girls - they turned out great.  Hope all your gift crafting is coming along nicely.  Happy fall!

Gorguss Girl - The Hatter

Brandy is participating in the Online Card Classes Watercolor for Cardmakers: Intermediate Techniques.  I thought I would share another card that is hand colored.  This time, I'm the one coloring the image (stamped with the Simply Gorjuss The Hatter stamp in black Archival ink onto watercolor paper) using my Derwent Inktense pencils.  I simply love how these pencils activate in water and then blend with each other.  In this case, I used by 12 pc. set and combined brown with the orange pencil to create variation in the orange color.  Surprisingly, this image was colored without the background paper being thought of.  Actually, the image was colored while working out of town last fall.  I'm just now pairing it with the stamped and shaped Heartfelt Creations flowers and bits of swirls and ferns from the die cut pile.    I think she's quite lovely, don't you.

I'm linkin to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday's Challenge #218 Anything Goes

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