It's a new challenge: Use It or Lose It
Challenge #1 is to use your first stamp. Now, for me I had to go back 14 years when CTMH was D.O.T.S. and our stamps were rubber stamps mounted on those wooden blocks. Most of my woodies are gone but I did find one that has the D.O.T.S. copyright on the block. It was R 103 Carousel Horse.
While making this updated version of the Carousel Horse I used some of the techniques we used in 1998. Notice that the stamp itself is embellished with lots of dots randomly placed around the image. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7geEUoOPDu6wAc3mKLx2I10Gm4LTuRSlfI_gYczc6LDTJtWqcSObnWvcuhqir8CPyswYwnV4yZqb_nH3I5aixpEzx2tt7ucGW_OjM-wpJRaWooE6oB4w1ghSjxQdLXf1mAx1OzoY26E/s320/Image_034b.jpg)
On the inside to coordinate with this design I use our writers to draw stitching lines and then randomly place dots around the stitching. This was a super fun challenge. Thanks Use It or Lose It.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7geEUoOPDu6wAc3mKLx2I10Gm4LTuRSlfI_gYczc6LDTJtWqcSObnWvcuhqir8CPyswYwnV4yZqb_nH3I5aixpEzx2tt7ucGW_OjM-wpJRaWooE6oB4w1ghSjxQdLXf1mAx1OzoY26E/s320/Image_034b.jpg)
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5 comments:
Beautiful card Jody!!! I can't believe 14 years with CTMH!!! I thought I was doing well with 6 years under my belt (: You pay such attention to detail, all of the little dots you added around the edge! Thanks for joining us for our first Use It or Lose It challenge (:
Jody, so glad that you joined us at our first use it or lose it! How awesome you still have a stamp from the DOTS days; but I can see why you kept this one! I love it paired with Stella and as always, your pretty details!
Thanks so much for joining use it or lose it. That stamp is so pretty. I remember my mom having a wooden stamp like that. You did such a great job
Very pretty!
Great job on the challenge. Love the car.
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