Happy Friday everyone! It's the last weekend before Valentine's Day. Are you ready?
In case you need some ideas I've got a few more Valentines to share, along with some techniques that will be fun to try far beyond Valentine's Day.
The first two were inspired by the Sunday Stamps' Pretty in Pink Challenge.
I've had those colors in the back of my mind since they published the challenge almost 2 weeks ago. Choosing the colors was my hurdle until I got a few of them out to get to know my new Painted Seasons stamp set. This is a Distinctive® set that will be available with its coordinating designer series paper starting February 15. It will be free with a $100 order while supplies last or until March 31. During the month of March you will also be able to purchase dies to use with it. My little get to know you session was basically a variation of the #simplestamping idea. I was just using stamps + ink + paper.
- I chose to work with Melon Mambo, Berry Burst and Merry Merlot stamp pads.
- I inked a stamp and started at the bottom of my paper, stamping full strength color at the bottom and continuing up my cardstock without reinking the stamp. I repeated this until the cardstock was covered with an ombre effect. This photo shows the fern/pinebough like stamp image done in Merry Merlot.
- I continued doing this using other images with the other two colors. I've done this technique with solid images before but never with Distinctive® stamps, which are more photograph like. I love the texture that I was able to develop with this unique type of image.
- I left one card simple with no special effects:
I pulled out the Rose Glimmer paper and Lovely Lipstick Foil to dress up my larger, more textured piece:
You can see how different stamps with different colors give you varying amounts of texture. I also liked the way the foil worked with this! The sentiment used on both cards is from an Occasions catalog set, Life is Grand. Definitely a Valentine, just without the hearts.
Here is a quick shot of one my other practice cards which will give you a better idea of the images:
Moving on. Another challenge calling for Valentine projects, the Paper Players, has a deadline for linking the cards this afternoon so I will quickly post that one too.
I've been wanting to perfect a card I first played with earlier. It uses the multi heart die in the Be Mine Stitched Framelits .
edited to add: I found the card that originally inspired this: It was done by Shari Carroll in 2014! And now I see she has a video...
Hints:
- This time I got a little more contrast by adding the polka dot Lovely Lipstick DSP from the 6" x6" In color 2018 -2020 stack.
- I started by attaching a 3 3/4" x 4" piece of All My Love DSP to a piece of 1 3/4" x 3 3/4" polka dot DSP. To do this you butt up the edges and apply cellophane tape from the back. Die cut across the front of this seam with the multi-heart die. You can save the pieces you cut out for another project since you only need the upper and lower parts left of the DSP.
- In order to pop up the die cut layers you will need to back up all parts with an additional layer of Whisper White thick cardstock.
- This means you will cut the die out of Whisper White card (thick) stock twice. Once should be from a small piece of Whisper White and one out of a 6" x 6" piece. You will only use the frame and the large upper and lower pieces so all of the other little white pieces and hearts can be saved or discarded.
- I used Multipurpose adhesive to attach the white upper and lower pieces to the back of the DSP. Trim off any excess.
- Making a double layer stack of the heart frames: You could add a Sizzix adhesive sheet to the small piece before die cutting. I usually forget until it's too late - so I'm pretty good with a sponge and multipurpose liquid glue.
- You will need to use regular cellophane tape on the back to delicately attach the white heart frame to the upper and lower layers.
- This is a good card to use up some of the edges of your Stampin' Dimensional sheets.
- Hopefully this makes sense...after doing this a few times, I'm thinking it might need a Facebook video...
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