Confetti Kisses and Silhouette Stamping Kit

Last week our house got hit with the sickies, wasn't nice at all, first my son, then my daughter, then me, never have I been so ill in all my life!

Which was super annoying because the day before, this little beauty arrived 

Silhouette Stamping Starter Kit

And I wasn't going to get the chance to play with it :( 

Today though I am much better and decided to get creative, I made a card and I wanted to make a sentiment with the kit....I have to say I am not a huge stamper, I love digital images which I like to take into the silhouette cameo and resize to suit and also cut around it either in a pretty flourishy cut or a straight forward offset cut.

Anyway, I hated this...I tried twice to cut a font, first it wouldn't cut through properly even at the setting it suggests,  and the 2nd time I made the font slightly bigger and welded it together so it would cut a single sentiment....nope it was too teeny and fiddly and I lost my patience with it! 

As I said I am not a huge stamper...I thought getting this kit would be ideal for stamping personalised invitations, but maybe I just need to keep practising to get it right, however I hate wasting material.  You do get 10 free designs to download with the kit,  which are pretty decent actually, maybe I will try cut one of those out to allow the kit to redeem itself :/ 

I did however eventually make a card, and found a sentiment that would work with the card :)

Image - Confetti Kisses, Saturated Canary

Colours used on image;

skin (Copics) E00, E33, E51, E53 E93

Everything else Promarkers

Lips - Antique Pink and Baby Pink

Eyes, Sky Blue, Azure

Hair - Raw Sienna, Mustard & Tulip Yellow

T-shirt and Socks and Hearts  - Red, Poppy & Crimson

Skirt - Cinnamon, Tan & Putty

Shoes - Cool Grey 4, Cool Grey 3, Cool Grey 2 and Blender

I added Glossy Accents to the hearts to make them Pop

Flourish, from Cameo Store ID #3650, inked and embossed

Found a stamp I already had (and forgot about), stamped in clear Versamark and embossed in gold

Heart Stem - That Craft Place

Ribbons, Paper and Gems from HobbyCraft

I might give my Stamping Kit another try before I end up tossing it into the depths of the Craft Corner.