Fall card and Stamps

Two Saturdays ago, I went to KC to go with my sister to the Renaissance Fair. While we were there, we went to visit a stamping shop that she had told me about, Stampers, Ink. The owner holds the license for a stamp line called Riley & Company. I made one card while at the store and then made a couple of tags at my sister's house. My phone didn't take a great photo (the color was a bit off), but here it is anyway:

It's colored with Copic markers. Can't tell you what supplies I used because they were pre-cut and provided for at the shop.

She also had some cards that she'd done with acetate and glitter, and was in the process of putting together a new card for a class for the next week. I (obviously) wouldn't be able to be there, so she graciously let me take a picture of her card:

This is my rendition of it, just based on the picture and no written instructions. I'm pretty pleased with my initial attempt at this art form:

I have a little bit of glitter that came off when I was working. LOL - it is fun, but messy. It's definitely a learning curve to figure out how to get it all done without wearing part of it. Plus, she didn't say how heavy to put on the glue so mine is a bit thinner than the original card. Also, not sure if you noticed or not, but I actually have the acetate reversed from hers. I guess it's correct either way, and I had originally marked what I thought was the "top" of the stamp - and then it ended up looking like this. Oh well... I like it.

I really like this art form so I will be doing some Christmas cards like this. I also really like the Riley & Company stamp line.

Now, to just stay away from that store...