Stamp Simply #97 - Get Fruity!

Stamp Simply #97 - July 24 - ssnotime97 - today’s challenge is "Fruit of the Vine". Sharon says we need to get fruity, incorporating an image or paper that is fruit themed. Upload your project to Splitcoast and use the keyword "ssnotime97". Head to Sharon's blog No Time to Stamp to see her creation for today and get all the details for the challenge.

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Please check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these totally creative designers: Rose Ann Reynolds - July's Guest Designer, Janine, Jennifer, AJ, Tammy, Barbara, Julie and Deb.

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I have a lot of fruit stamps, all very clean, too clean, meaning this was a great challenge to make me pull them out and ink something up! I won't tell you how many pear stamps I have, or how many have never seen ink. Yikes, it's not often I can shock myself, but I have a few!!! I colored the pear and the words with Copics, adding a little airbrushing around the edges with a Copic W3. The Pear Words background I inked up with Kiwi Kiss, then tapped a little brown on it too before stamping. The striped background is cuttlebugged, then inked with Brown using my mini brayer which only gets ink on the embossed portions, then I edged the embossed lines with a white gel pen. I fussed it up with some buttons and embellishments. Finished card size is 6" square.

• Stamps: Pear by Stamper's Anonymous, Pear Words by A Stamp in the Hand
• Ink: Brown, Kiwi Kiss, Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Kiwi Kiss, Black, Brown
• Other: Cuttlebug Folder, Copics/ABS, Micron Pen, White Gel Pen, Skinny Jute String from Sharon, Bow Easy Tool, Spellbinder's Square Nesties, Misc. Buttons