Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features a double stamped background… To create this card, I first stamped THIS background using THIS ink. Next, I shifted the background stamp down and to the left just a bit and stamped again using THIS ink. I love that where the colors overlap, it creates a new color and gives a whole new look to the pattern. I cut three lemons using THIS and THIS die and...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card is all about stretching your stamps to get a whole new look… To create this card, I stamped the top, half portion of THIS large stamp along the bottom of the card using yellow ink. Next, I flipped the card upside down and stamped the same portion of the stamp along the top of the card. I stamped the bottom of the stamp design along the left and right...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features how you can stretch your stamps. I used a Valentine’s themed stamp set to create a birthday card… I started by stamping the Tossed Hearts Background on to a piece of coral card stock using white pigment ink. Once it was dry, I cut it down into four squares and adhered it to top fold white note card. I stamped and colored the images from the Love Day...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards to share that have a peek-a-boo opening that holds a gift… For the first card… I laid out sentiments from THIS, THIS, and THIS stamp set on a gray A2 panel in my MISTI. I used THIS to help me align all of the stamps straight. I stamped all the sentiments at once using...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a couple cards to share featuring a fun background… I’m a big fan of stretching my stamps. I think single image stamps make great backgrounds when stamped repeatedly. I stamped the striped border from THIS stamp set using a variety of ink colors to create a rainbow background. (All colors listed in the supply list below.) I stamped the critters from THIS stamp set and colored them in with...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m back this week with lots of inspiration using THIS Cheer and Joy release from Simon Says Stamp. Put on your sunglasses because I have a bright Christmas card to share… I love to stretch the use of my stamps, especially Holiday Stamps. I stamped the Christmas trees from THIS stamp set in a circle using a variety of Distress Oxide inks. I stamped one tree and then sprayed it...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have some more STAMPtember inspiration for you. I like to create my own patterned paper using smaller images from stamp sets. I stamped the small images from THIS stamp set repeatedly to create a background. I colored the images in with THESE markers. I added THIS and THIS to some of the images for some shine. I die-cut a red heart using THIS die and stamped a few sentiments from...
Hi, crafty friends. The STAMPtember fun continues and I’m thrilled to share a couple of cards as part of Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember Blog Party. You can find all the details about the party HERE. Let’s get this party started with some party critters… I love stretching my stamps and for today’s card, I did just that with a border stamp… I started by stamping the border of animals image from THIS stamp set...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features a fun background technique… First, I die-cut THIS gorgeous cross several times form THIS wood grain card stock. I adhered the layers together to give dimension. For the background, I stamped THIS entire stamp set. I love text backgrounds and this is a fast and easy way to get that look. I temporary adhered the entire set to the door of my MISTI and white heat embossed...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m sharing a couple of rainbow cards today that use one stamp to get two different looks… I recently shared a card HERE where I used the spotlight on you stamp set image as a sun burst image. I thought it would be fun to see how I could stretch the use of THIS stamp for multiple designs. I thought the arch of the image lent itself to a rainbow, so...
