Graphic Stamps at Stretch Your Stamps

Day 7 & 8 at Stretch Your Stamps was to use graphic images on our cards.

The designers were using the set Rounded Diamonds by Avery Elle.  I happen to have that set and decided to play around with it.

I chose the image in the middle with the thin wispy lines and came up with a medallion/sun image.

I used the rock n roll technique with my inking and went over some of the lines with a Wink of Stella pen to add sparkle.  I added paper piercing in the corners for some interest and finished off with a sentiment from the Hero Arts set, Written in the Stars.

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you an inky day!

Day 11 of Stretch Your Stamps

I'm back with a card for Day 11 of Stretch Your Stamps. Today's card is all about embossing.

The die cut shape has layers of Ranger Pearl Gold Embossing Powder (which is not this yellow in real life, it is a much softer and prettier colour) and the Hero Arts sentiment is melted into the gold with Carnival Embossing Powder (which is made up of several colours).



I edged the white panel with Versamark and the Carnival EP for a bit of added interest and attached that to the wood grain embossed card base.  I didn't add embellishments of any kind because I have this card in mind for a guy, so super clean and simple.

Thanks for visiting again today!

Day 10 at Stretch Your Stamps

I've jumped ahead to day 10 at Stretch Your Stamps 2 and was inspired by Laurie Willison's card.  Her CAS designs always amaze me.

I did tone-on-tone background stamping using the Leaf Branch from Designs by Ryn and inked up the image again on white card stock for the die cut letters.  I used the Linen Embossing Plate from Papertrey Ink for some texture and added wee iridescent flower sequins for a touch of shimmer.

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Stretch Your Stamps - Day 6

I'm back with another card for the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class. If you've been following, you'll notice that I skipped a few lessons and jumped from day 2 to day 6.  Tee hee!  There's no reprimand from the teachers for doing that! Donna's lesson using Distress Inks and water caught my eye so I thought I would give that one a whirl.

The flower image was white embossed and Distress Inks were used on the background and I used water to remove some of the colour from the flower petals.  It's very subtle but great for CAS cards.



The sentiment was gold embossed and I splattered some Heidi Swap Gold Color Shine over the piece. This was attached to the card front which was white embossed with Hero Arts Tiny Flags stamp.

Off to make another project.  I wonder what day will be next?  Stay tuned!

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Vellum Butterfly

Here's a card I made from a design featured in the Stretch Your Stamps Class.

The butterfly is die cut so it hangs off the edge of the card but the width of the card still allows you to mail it in an A2 envelope, no extra postage required!

The butterfly is made up of two pieces layered together.  The bottom piece is vellum coloured with Alcohol Inks and the top piece is pink cardstock coloured with a Stardust Pen.  (Just to note, there's a bit of colour discrepancy in the photo, the butterfly is pink not the red it shows here).

Here's a look at the inside of the card.

I'm entering this over at the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.  There's still lots of time to make a project for this challenge.

Wishing you an inky day!

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Stretch Your Stamps - Floral

I haven't been keeping up with making cards for the Stretch Your Stamps online classes but I am enjoying all the info and videos for the class.

This is my first time inking up this image from the Floral Blossoms set. When the set first came out it didn't go on my wish list but then I saw all the wonderful cards made by Barb here and decided I just had to add this stamp set to my collection. Thanks Barb for your inspirations!

I did some tone-on-tone stamping for my background, I think it looks like pretty patterned paper, and since I wanted the background to be quite visible I just added a simple tag with a sentiment to finish it off.

I'm entering this card over at Moxie Fab World for the Stamp It! Cards Thank You Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

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