Stamping the stories: Mary Poppins
Posted: December 4, 2015 Filed under: Sweet Home, Uptown | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Tsukineko Memento inks 12 Comments
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You recognise this lady of course! I read many of the Mary Poppins books not just the original with the Banks family and enjoyed the movie as well. As a child I had Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane and Michael paper dolls, actually I still have them in the doll box with all their outfits.
This card was fairly straight forward to make. I brayered the sky with pink and yellow from one end of the panel and dark blue from the other. I dotted the sky with a gel pen then stamped outline stamps along the bottom and coloured them in with a black sharpie to change them to silhouettes. I made a stencil of Mary Poppins by printing her picture then cutting her out with a craft knife. Then I sponged through the stencil with black and added a sentiment.
Yesterday a few of you added your favourite imaginative or magical stories in the comments. Winnie the Pooh got a mention as did Harry Potter and Mother Goose. I have one more left to share and it is a huge favourite of mine and has been read or listened to numerous times in our family. It is definitely a classic.
Supplies:
Stamps: Uptown, Sweet Home, Yuletide Greetings (PB)
Inks: Paris Dusk, Angel Pink, Cantaloupe, Tuxedo Black(ImagineCrafts/Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest solar White 110lb smooth, Neenah epic black
Also: white gel pen
Heather Telford 
Ooh, Mary Poppins! I love that film – it’s magical and I still love watching it now! Your card is fabulous and how cool to make your own stencil! xxx
Heather, I’ve really loved your storybook series. Just wonderful!
Love this! You make us all smile. Thanks Heather!
A really clever card with the brayered background and rooftops Heather and then your wonderfully stencilled Mary Poppins. I have never read the book but have seen and enjoyed the film many times and with a choir I belonged to we did a medley of some of the songs from the show which was great fun! x
Oh my Heather, you are so creative. Another beauty.
You are having such fun with this series of cards, Heather! My fave so far has been the Peter Pan pirate ship. One of my favorite series/books as a kid was “the Wolves of Willoughby Chase” by Joan Aiken. An obscure series, but magical, nonetheless. I can picture some black silhouettes wolves scampering over snowy hills with pines in the background…
What a creative person you are. I love that you made the silhouettes using the star outline first then altering. I loved Mary Poppins and am so enjoying this series of cards,
Wonderful – I think we all love Mary Poppins!
sandy xx
This is a very creative way to recreate Mary Poppins! And it’s so nice to know a *professional* used a sharpie occasionally, too. 😉
She’s absolutely delightful, Heather! The background really makes her pop, no pun intended. LOL
I really enjoyed your stamping the stories series. I would love to see more! You are very creative and I love how you were able to incorporate your love for these stories into beautiful cards!
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