Monday, 18 February 2013

H is for...

Hi bloggers, and welcome to my little corner of the Blogiverse. Today, gentle visitor, I am showing my entry into the Craft Barn Alphabet challenge (details here). This fortnight's letter is H - for Hat.  On the Head, of a rather Handsome chap.



The Man In a Hat stamp is one I made myself (with my Imagepac) from a royalty-free image from Free Vintage Digital Stamps, stamped onto the reverse side of a piece of Centura Pearl card.  I masked the image with a Post-It, stamped the letter "h" and masked that off as well, then stamped the newsprint (Headlines!) (stamp from Creative Expressions).  I removed the mask from the "h" but left the mask over the Hat Man until after I'd coloured the background with Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw DI's.    And that's it!  Hope you like it - and thanks for coming by!

20 comments:

Redanne said...

How clever are you making that stamp! It is fabulous and the beauty of it is that it is unique (unless you make more and sell them) to you! Hugs, Anne x

TwinkleToes2day said...

What a fabulous stamp you created, bravo!! Great minds think alike, I too went with H for hat, nut mine isn't near as sophisticated as yours :0) Mo

Silvia(Barnie) said...

That's fabulous.

Nan G said...

A very distinguished gentleman with a very proper Hat! Cool that you made the stamp!

paulaexuk said...

Very creative. I love your use of masks.

chrissie said...

Fantastic and a great word to chose

Love Chrissie xx

Laura said...

Ah, I tried to think of a clever comment with lots of H's in... I failed... but I love your handsome chap in a hat
Laura
:)

ria gall said...

Wow making your own stamps how clever and what a wonderful stamp this one is. I love the layers of ink and the image is stricking
Ria

Susan said...

Great job! I love your stamp!

Jenny Marples said...

Clever use of masking and I love that background stamp. Hugs, Jenny x

Joan said...

love your handsome fellow in his hat, what a great stamp

Elaine said...

Great handsome man in his hat!!

Anonymous said...

At first, I thought you had chosen "hat" ;-)
But Handsome chap works too. We need to see the definition somewhere though to enter the challeng ;)
Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
Izzy

Scrapmate said...

Great image and choice of words.

ionabunny said...

It's an H fest. Great image and colours

Alice said...

Love your choice of stamps.

Maggie said...

Lovely image he is a Handsome chap!

lena-dailyscrap said...

Lovely card - and your chap is really handsom in his hat!

Valerie-Jael said...

I love that image, and it makes a wonderful stamp! Valerie

Sylvia said...

The background shows of the Handsome Chap in a Hat very well, I love it.

Sylv xx