I am really enjoying stamping these days. When Melissa Mann issued this challenge, I had an idea. I decided to use all the word blocks to create my own grid. I inked, stamped and tried out my idea...I did not like my design.
Back to the drawing board. Sometimes this happens. When it does, I walk away. It is like a fight with your spouse. Leave the situation, give it space. You love it so you will return with fresh eyes, ready to fix things.
Often times, a new idea presents itself in the time I have walked away. Such an idea popped in...I was determined to make my own spider web using the Lily Bee stamps. I looked up how to draw a spider web and discovered that you should start with an X.
Off I went, back to repair things with my layout. I feel like we made up.
To create this web, I drew my X with a pencil and then added other straight, diagonal lines. I grabbed the dotted line stamp from the Christmas Cheer line...that stamp went right over the pencil marks to form my straight lines.
I decided to make the curved lines using a line of hearts stamp from the Persnickety collection. I placed the heart stamp on a curve on my stamping block. Then I just planned out how many hearts I would need to ink. The top curve required 8-10 where the inside curves only needed 3-5 hearts inked. It really was a piece of cake.
Out for Publication!!
With such a big element, I kept the rest of the layout simple. A journaling index card and some banner triangles...just a few patterns and colors.
Lily Bee stamps offer so much...how will you use them on your next project? Head to the blog to see how to participate in the challenge!
What a fun layout! Love the web and what a great idea to use your stamps like this!!
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