Scrappy Stamping Technique created with Stampin' Up! Tasteful Touches stamp set
Friday, June 26, 2020 Bridgwater, UK
Have you heard of the scrappy strip technique?
It's super simple, really effective and uses up small strips of leftover patterned paper. It was invented by Bruno Bertucci and has quickly been replicated by demonstrators over the world! You can check out lots of versions on Pinterest by clicking here.
Today, I am showing you a similar technique - instead of using strips of patterned paper I am using strips of stamping!
What do you think? Do you like it?
It's funny, I came up with my version entirely by chance.
I had stamped some feathers from the Tasteful Textures stamp set for the card in my previous blog post. I had to trim off several edges to get the size I wanted. Seeing the offcuts of strips on my desk in a pile, I thought WOW, they look amazing together, especially on a white background!
I didn't have enough strips to make a card, so I stamped more feathers onto Whisper White cardstock. I decided to introduce another colour and omit the silver embossed feathers.
So here we are! This is my version which I am calling the Scrappy Stamping Technique - except my strips have been stamped, they are all the same width and they have been set in a diagonal direction!
I've been #simplestamping with yet another new stamp set.
The stamp set is called Tasteful Touches and I've only used two stamps for the cards I'm sharing with you today.
Plus, the sentiment fonts are so lovely, don't you think?
There are lots of gorgeous cards created using the Tasteful Touches stamp set on Pinterest. Check out and follow my Pinterest board showing cards I've pinned, made using products from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2020 - 2021 by clicking here. To see cards made with this product suite, click here.
In fact, why not come over and join my Stampin' Up! Group Board that I set up today!! Make sure you invite your friends too! Click on the image below and start pinning.
You can pin your own papercraft cards or projects. You can even repin cards made by others!
You don't need to be a demonstrator to collaborate on this board. You can pin anything you like, as long as it's been created with Stampin' Up! products. They can be old or new projects, created with retired or current products.
To create this card, I've stamped feathers in Smoky Slate and Pretty Peacock / Blackberry Bliss, being careful not to overlap the images. Then I stamped over the feathers in Versamark Ink and applied silver embossing powder, before heat embossing.
I like in this card how the feathers appear to be 'falling' - this was not at all planned (although hindsight is wonderful thing)
To assemble the card, I added a strip of silver foil to separate the stamping from the white space on the card, then I stamped the sentiment 'Just saying hello' and heat embossed it in silver.
I am entering these cards into the TGIF challenge #TGIFC269. I definitely qualify as I have created my own patterned paper, as set out in the brief below.
So that's it! No punches, no die cutting, no patterned paper, no ribbon or embellishments...
My next post will feature cards I made following an idea I had when creating these cards... love a happy accident!
Happy Fathers day!
Today I am sharing with you a collection of cards I have created with the distinktive stamps from the Sailing Home stamp set. It's been available for over a year now but it's still my go to set for cards for all of the men in our family!
This card features the colours Night of Navy and Balmy Blue. You can check out the products I've used to make this card by clicking on the image at the very end of this post.
I created the first card for my father who lives in Trinidad. I posted it over a month ago and I am so disappointed that it hasn't arrived yet. So I'd like to give a shout out to my Dad, Happy Fathers day! I don't know when I'll see you again but I want to thank you for all of your support over the years! I truly appreciate it!
I made this card yesterday for my husbands father. He is going to visit him today (in his garden, social distancing). He is so lucky to have his father living only 2 miles down the road! Unfortunately my father in law isn't able to walk unaided anymore but I know that one of the things he loves to do is visit the seaside!
I've used this stamp set so many times, yet the idea for this card only came to me yesterday. I actually created the card base a few weeks ago but I wasn't sure what to put with it. I love how ideas come together - it was just perfect for this card!
I've used the colours Misty Moonlight and Seaside Spray in this creation. Can you see the very subtle sky background behind the lighthouse and sea effect below the boat? I've simply achieved by using a sponge dauber very lightly with some shapes cut of out cardstock as a mask.
To create the background I inked the Birch stamp with Seaside Spray ink and then embossed the piece of cardstock with the Subtle embossing folder.
Next up are some cards I made a few months ago! Unfortunately some of the products I've used have now retired from the catalogue. But lucky for me, I still have a nice stash of the patterned paper!
I created this card for my uncle in laws birthday back in April. As you can see, this card is very similar to one of the cards I have already shown but includes some of the stripey Sailing Home DSP that has now retired.
I lightly used a dauber to create the blue background behind the lighthouse and also stamped the birds, before I embossed the card with the Subtle embossing folder.
For the lighthouse, I inked the whole stamp in Balmy Blue, next I used a dauber to apply some Smoky Slate ink to the centre of the stamp, I then applied some Night of Navy ink to one side of the stamp - then finally, I stamped the image. Can you see the different colours in the image below?
I learned this technique (not sure if it has a name?) at the Pinkies team training in Milton Keynes in February, a month before lockdown. I'd never thought about applying different colour inks to a stamp using a dauber before!
This is the card I made for Captain Tom! I was really hoping he would see it but he received over 150,000 cards so I think it's very unlikely.
I used the now retired Large Letter dies and the Sail Away DSP. I added some foil elements for a touch of luxury.
Boho Indigo Peony thank you card created with Stampin' Up! products
Friday, June 19, 2020 Bridgwater, UK
When I first looked through the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, I noticed the Boho Indigo product medley straight away! The patterned paper is a monochrome design in only two colours - Very Vanilla and Misty Moonlight.
I really like the monochrome look (you may have noticed!) however I have been challenging myself to introduce more colours recently. Just not today!
The Boho Indigo Product Medley contains a really lovely photopolymer stamp set of vases and leaves plus four useful sentiments. It also includes the coordinating dies, 2 reels of ribbon, die cut elements, paper flowers and 48 sheets of 6" x 6" patterned paper. You can purchase this medley from my online shop for £65 plus delivery by clicking the image below.
I made a stupid decision though, I decided to only order the refil kit. The refil kit contains the patterned paper, die cut elements and paper flowers (no stamps, dies or ribbon).
What a BIG mistake! Having seen some lovely projects from demonstrators on Pinterest, I wish I had the stamps and dies now and I am quite annoyed at myself! I'll certainly be adding this onto my next order.
I spent absolutely ages deciding which of the 12 different patterns to choose for this card. They are all so lovely. I will of course be using them all within time, so expect to see more projects featuring the Boho Indigo DSP on my blog!
I wanted to try something new, so to make the flower, I embossed the Very Vanilla cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder and used the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder to emboss the Misty Moonlight cardstock. I then used the Peony Dies to cut out the petals and leaves from the embossed cardstock.
I quite like this effect but it is hard to capture in photos what it looks like in real life.
To finish the card, I added some pearl embellishments. I usually only add a few but I got a bit carried away and added a pearl in the centre of every open flower! Why not!
Hello! CAS(E) this Sketch #376 feat. the Flourishing Fern Bundle from Stampin' Up!
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Bridgwater, UK
Hello! If you are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome! Today I am playing along with another sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch #376!
I thoroughly enjoyed creating these cards using brand new stamps and dies!! I love this sketch too, I especially like having lots of white space on a card. It's fantastic the design team provide this "clean and simple card challenge" to allow me to do that!
The detail on the new Forever Fern stamps and coordinating Forever Flourishing dies is incredible. Did you know Stampin' Up! have several 'distinktive' stamps in their range?
Stampin' Up! describe distinktive stamps like this:
"Add monochromatic dimension and artistic flair to your stamping... Distinktive stamps create different opacities in a single stamped image for realistic depth and intensity.
It really is true, can you see the detail coming through in the images on my card?
I've used two new embossing folders for the base of my cards - Dainty Diamonds and Tasteful Textiles. I love them both but Dainty Diamonds is my favourite!
Alongside the stamped elements, I've added some vellum and foil leaves - silver foil on the blue version and champagne foil on pink card.
You may recall me saying that sometimes I create my cards backwards. By that I mean I start with something small (not always the main focus of the card) and build my design around that. In this case I started with the ribbon!
But can you actually see the ribbon? It's layered behind the 'Hello' sentiment. You can just see the edging peeking through. The ribbon colours I've used are Seaside Spay and Rococo Rose, both from the 2019-21 In Colours.
These graphics show the colour combination I've used in my card - both have the colour grey as the neutral element, the main focus 'in colour' - pink or blue and a coordinating darker colour for contrast.
I've used the Flowers for Every Season twine from the Combo Pack. It consists of two pieces of twine (white and blue) and silver metallic twine twisted together. I unwound all three elements from each other and omitted the blue part. I then tied a dainty bow with the remaining white and silver pieces. It's such a lovely delicate look. I hope you can see this detail in my photos!
I hope you've enjoyed seeing my cards today. Thank you for visiting my blog - please do let me know if you have any questions, they could be project or product related! To get in touch, you can leave a comment below or visit the contact me section of my website.
Have a great day!
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