Showing posts with label serene silhouettes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label serene silhouettes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Not Just For Embossing!!

 
Good morning and thanks for stopping by.  Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, its Technique Tuesday and we are using our embossing folders to stamp with instead of emboss with.  I love that you can use items for many other purposes other than what they were intended for.  Makes me feel like I got a 2 for one sale!!!

 
I started with a base color of crisp cantaloupe then a layer of very vanilla.  I embossed that layer with the fancy fan embossing folder.  Then I used my scalloped tag punch and punched me out a tag that was 2" x 4".  I took my fancy fan folder, and on the raised side, used my crisp cantaloupe marker and colored on it.  I then took my spritzer with a little water in it, sprayed on the ink lightly with one spray.  I then layered my tag down on it and gave a light tap or two to transfer it over.  When you lift it up, you have a water colored stamp look.  After I allowed it to dry for a few minutes I used the Serene Silhouette stamp set and in blackberry bliss, stamped the flower image. 

 
On the inside, I used the opposite side of the folder and inked it with my ink pad and stamped in the corners.  I also used the splattered dots from Gorgeous Grunge to stamp the front of card and inside.
 
Supplies Used

Friday, April 18, 2014

Just Because Non-Stamp Technique Card

 
Its Friday, Friday, Friday! And you know what that means....YEP....you guessed it.  Its eat out night for me and the boys and Mommy doesn't have to cook!  Its the BEST Day Ever!  Another reason its a good day, is because over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration we are showing you a fun technique.  How to stamp with no stamps.  Its true, it can be done.  I'll show you.

 
A pretty simple layout cause I wanted the detail of my non-stamping to really show and stand out.  I layered the Retro Fresh DSP with some coastal cabana and added a border of ruffled ribbon.  I added a couple of cute banners on the side and scattered some candy dots to fill my corners.  So are you ready to see how I created the background of the flower image?

I did a ink on block technique.  You need a block of your choice, markers and your piece of paper you want to stamp on.

I took my markers and colored directly on the block. 

I turned it over, gave it a huff and stamped it onto my piece of paper.

And this is what it looks like when you lift the block up.  I love how it leaves a watery, bubble look to it.  You could use all one color or as many others as you want.  I just went for three.  I then take a damp paper towel and wipe my block clean.

This is just an up close shot after I stamped the flower image on top.
 
Supplies Used
Cardstock ~ baked brown sugar, very vanilla, coastal cabana
DSP ~ retro fresh
Stamp Set ~ Serene Silhouette
Ink ~ tangerine tango, so saffron, coastal cabana, basic black
Misc. ~ long clear block I, candy dots, coastal cabana ruffled trim ribbon
 
I hope you have enjoyed my card and my non-stamp technique.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other design team members have used for their technique.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Serene Silhouettes at HSS183

Good morning and thanks for stopping by.  The sun is once again shinning bright and its put me in the mood to get crafty and join in the fun with a challenge.  Today's card is for the color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  What a fun set of colors too!

 
I've been looking thru my stamp sets and trying to pull out those that either I haven't used yet or not very much.  I can't believe either option is possible, but I do have a lot of sets.  I'm just gonna leave it to your imagination as to which one this set falls under - cause I'm not gonna tell!?!  As I was looking, I came across Serene Silhouettes.  Its such a pretty set too.  I did keep the card pretty simple cause I really wanted the stamped images to be the main focal point.  I also added a little gorgeous grunge for a background affect.  Goodness me, I hope that set doesn't retire!

I hope you have enjoyed my card for the challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  You should head on over and play along, but before you do, leave me some "love"!
 
Supplies Used
Cardstock ~ whisper white, gumball green
Ink ~ gumball green, crushed curry and coastal cabana, basic gray
Stamp Sets ~ serene silhouettes, gorgeous grunge, express yourself
Misc. ~ oval framelits, word window punch, modern label punch, gumball green stitched ribbon