I'm so excited, AGAIN!, to be showing off new release stamp sets by ANNA WIGHT for WHIPPER SNAPPER DESIGNS! Anna and WSD have three adorable new sets available today! All three are CLASSIC ANNA and definite "must have" additions to your stamp collection: SINGING COWBOY - didn't want your cowgirl to get lonely did ya?!, TURKEY TIME - cute little pilgrims plus a bunch of other fun harvest images, and FARM FRESH - the chickens are a-farmin' and they've got all the right stuff...a tractor, hay, a barn, pumpkins, and sunflowers, of course! {**Click on each of the set images above to see the images a bit larger.**}
AND THE SKIES ARE NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY
Here's my cowboy...Home, home on the range! It's dry and dusty out near the canyon, right? But he's still singin'! Anna's images make me want to be her and I find myself including little "Anna" touches without even thinking about it consciously...ahem...the pattern tracing wheel. I stamped my background images and airbrushed in the ground and sky. I was too lazy to do any masking so I colored the rocky outcroppings first, airbrushed the ground {wait...I did use a torn post-it to mask the sky while I was airbrushing the ground}, airbrushed the sky right on over the colored hills and cacti, then used the colorless blender pen to "lift off" some of the ground color from the fence posts and then colored those. I colored the cowboy and "gee-tar" separately, cut them out and popped 'em up. Don't you just love Anna's actual handwriting on these sentiments?! They just add to the homey, handmade feel of her sets.
The TURKEY TIME set has the cutest little pilgrims in it and, for some odd reason, Thanksgiving images are some of my very favorite...right behind Halloween! {I'm not all that big on Valentine's or even Christmas images....but give me Halloween and T-giving and I'm there, peeps!} But in this set, Anna also included this lovely little countryside image and a cornucopia of harvest goodies and those spoke to me first. As above, I stamped the hills twice, airbrushed the ground and the sky, and then colored the trees and hills right over the airbrushed color. The bright background layer was so colorful that I didn't want it to have to compete with patterned paper. I chose this Basic Grey black and cream paper to add just a tiny bit of texture. And I really liked the tone-on-tone Kraft paper for the card base and scalloped edges...they also don't compete with the stamped images but do add interest. I finished it off with a few buttons and button twine...these are becoming my staples these days.
There should be new cards featuring these sets being added all day to the WFSD gallery on SPLITCOAST. Be sure to stop in and get inspired by this month's design team. I know that Anna is finishing up her vacation but I'm sure she'll post something amazing on her blog today as well. I'm working on more with these sets so stop back in this week to see more. Thanks for visiting!
Ooooh, I love them BOTH! Love the backgrounds you created -- especially for the cowboy card! So wonderful, Leigh!!
Posted by: Anna Wight (SweetMissDaisy) | August 24, 2009 at 09:57 AM
Wonderful artwork Leigh!! You are really good w/scenes!
Posted by: Linda C. | August 24, 2009 at 10:34 PM
The cornucopia card is gorgeous! I love how you colored the background!
Posted by: Elaine | August 25, 2009 at 09:07 AM
Wow Leigh these are wonderful. I just love your Singing Cowboy card.
Posted by: Ida | August 25, 2009 at 11:06 PM