I've have a couple of digi basics for you today, I often think 'oh some grass would come in handy here' or 'I need a basic tree shape' so I have started with those and will hopefully be building on the basic idea to create a group of images that will have many uses.
I am going to try to keep these basics as simple as I can and therefore as versatile as I can so that they can be used for as many themes as possible, for example, the tree is just the trunk and branches so it can be printed out and have leaves or flowers etc added with rubber stamps, punch outs, sequins, buttons or any other embellishment.
As with all digital stamps they can be used as they are or you can change the colour using methods such as this.
If you have any suggestions or things that you would like me to include in this basics theme just leave a comment or email me bird@birdscards.com and you may well see it pop up here :)
I've made a valentine's day card with todays digis, my sentiment on the inside reads "Our love keeps on growing". I changed the colour of my tree to brown and my grass to green and printed them out. I coloured in my grass with pencils and punched out lots of small hearts and sponged them with pink ink. I made a little basket by punching an oval of brown card which I embossed with a basket weave pattern trimmed to the shape I wanted and added a handle with some spare card and a circle punch, I sponged both pieces with some brown ink and stuck them together. I carefully cut around some of the grass with a craft knife and tucked my basket behind it and filled with some of the hearts. I stuck the rest of the hearts to my tree with a couple on foam pads to add some dimesion and finished with a scalloped edge, some ribbon and a little heart button.
Here are your digital stamps (click on each and expand before you save them)
Stuff & Things: Spellbinders Long Scallop Rectangle, Pink card base, Rangers Sandal Ink, Colorbox ink, Green card, Brown card, White card, Pale green 1/4" ribbon, Heart Button, thread, double sided sticky foam pads, big shot, Fiskars Basket Weave texture plate, Woodware 2" Oval punch, 1" circle punch, Fiskars paper trimmer.