Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Hambo Stamps Guest Designer


Hi everyone,

I have a fun card to share today using a sweet nativity scene and sentiment from Hambo Stamps. I was thrilled when Libby from Hambo Stamps contacted me earlier this month asking if I'd be interested in guest designing for them. After checking out their selection I knew I definitely wanted to play along! :) They have so many cute, fun, hilarious stamps and sentiments that it was hard to narrow down my selection. In the end the Christmas season won out and I couldn't resist this adorable nativity scene and coordinating sentiment found here:


Coloring isn't my strong point (and I'm not a patient enough person to work on it). ;) So when I have images like this to work with I tend to paper piece. When I first saw this adorable nativity scene though, I knew I wanted the focus to be on baby Jesus and the manger and decided to colour just those areas with white pencil crayon on kraft. Not sure if you see it in the picture below but I went over the white areas with a glitter pen to give a hint of sparkle.



I'm really happy with how it turned out and will be sending it to Cards that Care.

Big thanks to Libby, Monica, and Hambo Stamps for warmly welcoming me and inviting me to play with their wonderful stamps. I do hope you'll check them out.

As always, thanks for popping by!

17 comments:

Joy said...

What a fun card Sarah, congrats on the GD..hugs

Libby Hickson said...

This is just wonderful Sarah, I love it so much!! Thanks again for guesting, you are awesome! :-)

Karin said...

I LOVE the clean design of your card! Such a clever way to showcase the darling stamp and the white is so effective! Great job on the guest designer spot!

Barb said...

Love this sweet card, Sarah! congrats on the guest designer spot! :)

Monica Hunter said...

I just LOVE the simple and rustic look of this, which is so appropriate for this image! Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for guesting for us today Sarah! :)

Lin said...

Sweet! Love your approach to this cute image, Sarah!

Anne said...

Such a sweet card Sarah- love how you kept the focus on baby Jesus!

Maureen Morton said...

Love this dear card, Sarah! And what a great way to not need to color! This highlighting is amazing - love this stamp and sentiment. Thanks!

Steph Herbert said...

Super sweet card! I love how you highlighted Baby Jesus! Thanks for being a Hambo Guest Designer.

Dawn said...

Adorable card!

Andrea said...

I so love this! Perfect for a mass production of Christmas cards and highlights what is most important! Thanks for being a Hambo Guest Designer!

Mary Dawn said...

this is so sweet and you colored! a little i love it

Anonymous said...

I really like it too. Beautiful card.
Shereen

Nancy said...

Oh my, Sarah, this is just the sweetest card! Such a charming rustic design. I love how you highlighted the manger, it's a really special touch.

Marie B. said...

Oh my, this is soooo wonderful! I love it! :)

Tiffany said...

Too cute, love the rustic feel to this and the white coloring on kraft, it's a great effect!

Krista Ritskes said...

Totally adorable, Sarah!