Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Plaid

Hello and welcome to the Global Stamping Friends international Blog Hop from Amanda at The Craft Spa in the UK...

Today we are featuring "Plaid"... which is brilliant... apart from the fact that I don't have any of the readily available plaid patterned paper in the Wrapped in Plaid  paper packs.... or in any other (current) paper pack I own!

So what is a girl to do.... well... make my own of course!! Which I have been meaning to do for a very long time...

Ink up and stamp Buffalo Check in Gray Granite....

Followed by Poppy Parade marker pen lines...

Then Basic Black marker lines to finish off...  Note that I went for all my lines first in Poppy Parade... but then decided I wanted another colour after all... so I went over every other Poppy line with Basic Black! You obviously would only do half the Poppy lines in the first place! 

And then the So Many Stars stamps and Stitched Stars dies were out... so I thought... why not! And a few minutes later... here you go...

I also used the new Real Red Glimmer Paper to finish... as I think this is too easy to miss in the Autumn Winter (aka Holidays) catalogue... Though I then wished I had used Real Red in the first place (ilo Poppy Parade)... but you get the idea!

And waste not...want not... no point in wasting that die cut aperture I ended up with - so another "scrap card" for you...

Want to know more about Plaid? Well I found this fascinating history article on the web... though someone may still have to explain the difference between Gingham and (Buffalo) Check to me!!!

And now it is time to pass you onto the lovely Angelique in the Netherlands... just click on the arrow below to go straight there...

Or use the Roll Call list below if you prefer to hop that way... 

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Rachel Macleod

2. Amanda Farlinger

3. Libby Dyson

4. Tricia Butts

5. June Olsen

6. Amanda Bates (AKA The Craft Spa... YOU ARE HERE)

7. Angélique Stempelkeuken

8. Jan Musselman

9. Lisa Henderson

10. Marieke Bart