Hello everyone! Amy here
to share with you a card I made using the Timeless Tulips and Color Me Happy stamp sets. This was only my second time
using a layering set, but after making this card I've become a fan of the
style.
As I mentioned before, I don't
make cards with layering stamps. Therefore, I don't own any dye inks with
coordinating colors, or that will produce a crisp stamped image. However, I do
have a whole collection of Distress inks and I thought I'd give them a
try. The images can be crisper and stamped better but I think they still
turned out pretty, do you agree?
The sentiment says "You
color my world" so I wanted this card to be colorful. I used various
Distress Inks to stamp all different style tulips you find in this set, along
with three stems and leaves. Next, I fussy cut them out. Then, I stamped three
stems and leaves again, this time directly onto front panel, leaving space
between them. At this point I also stamped the sentiment and added the cute
little bugs. Finally, I adhered the other stems and leaves in the open spaces.
I added foam adhesive behind all the tulip buds and added them to the front
panel.
I really enjoyed working
with the Timeless Tulip stamp set; it produces really pretty flowers. It also
inspired me to pick up some dye inks that are meant for layering. I can't wait
to try them out with this stamp set again. Maybe I can share those with
you next time.
I also created a cheerful and fun birthday card I made by combining three stamp sets together: Froggy Friends, Turtley Awesome, Easter Wishes. These adorable critters are here to wish someone a very Hoppy Birthday.
To create my front panel, I
used a cloud stencil to color the background using Distress ink in Stormy Skies.
I also colored the die cut hill using Twisted Citron and added it to the front
panel using foam adhesive (for dimension).
To add the party hats to the
turtles and the chicks for a cleaner and more seamless look, I used the masking
technique. Masking is a simple technique where you cover a stamped image so
that the other images may be placed over it. First, I stamped the party hat on
masking paper and cut it out. Next, I stamped a couple of hats on white card
stock. I adhered the mask over the corresponding images. Then, I stamped the
the turtles and the chicks over each hat. Finally, I stamped the rest of
the images I used on the card and colored them with Copic markers.
Isn't the frog on this card
the cutest thing? His expression just makes me smile. Since this frog is a
jumping image, I thought it would be clever to make him wobble. So I made my
own wobble spring using some craft wire and tape.
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