I struggle with using small stamps as I find they often looked swamped on a card. Consequently I have had this set for a while and have lacked the enthusiasm to use it. Sad state of affairs!
But now I have made a deal with myself not to buy anymore stamps until I have made a reasonable amount of successful cards with the sets still not opened. So here goes!
I started with using the stork stamp to create a couple of background. This first one was embossed in clear and then brayered with Crisp Canteloupe. Brayering tends to make colour darker than sponging I find. Also the finer details in the storks wings seem to less pronounced. I guess the sponge gets into tiny spaces better? I love the bit where you wipe over the design with a tissue and the embossed image pops out. Cool!
A strip of Chocolate Chip card embossed with dots and matted on White was added and the large sentiment from this set was cut using the Ovals Collection dies. Love these Stampin Up dies.
This time I sponged Pistachio Pudding and crushed curry. It looked a little bare so I stamped the Distressed dots background stamp in Soft suede over it after stamping it off once to make it lighter. The card base is Soft Suede.
I cased this from Michelle Zindorf at http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tag/stampin-up-stamps/
I like hers better. Think I might try it again once I get my fringe scissors I have been eyeing off in the new Occasions catalogue. Some grass at the bottom might be a fun addition.
Anyway I stamped the clouds by sponging a few times around a scalloped circle that I had punched out. Move the scallop and re- do where you want the next cloud.
I think the reason I don't like to use small stamps is that I don't like the look of small elements spaced out over the card. So I experimented with clustering the image and the sentiment and I think that works much better. This card was Gumball Green and Strawberry Slush.
Same principle. This time I used Raspberry Ripple and Very Vanilla.
Very Vanilla again for the card front, mounted on Island Indigo.
I love this new Crushed curry colour but haven't used it much yet. It goes very well with Bermuda Bay. I used some Crushed Curry Chevron ribbon over the embossed Delicate Designs.
I thought repetition of the image as a border was quite effective. This time Crushed Curry, Bermuda bay and Strawberry Slush make the eye catching combo.
It liked the monotone look of this card. I simply stamped the 3 images in Midnight muse and then cut each square the same size. I think it was 4.5 square. I then matted them on the Midnight Muse Matt and then onto the square card. I usually make my square cards 12.5cm x 12.5 cm the best size as they can be sent with normal postage and you can easily get the right size envelopes.
Bermuda Bay again with Strawberry Slush and cut with an oval die and then matted on a Square lattice embossed piece.
I have been quite taken with Bermuda Bay and Strawberry Slush as a combination haven't I? This time I used the storks as a motif for the border.
Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry. I inked up the stamp using markers so I could make it multi coloured. I used a strip of Crushed Curry Chevron ribbon and a strip embossed with a folder from the Needlepoint collection.
Well I feel quite sated now with this set. What to move onto next.......
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