How is it Wednesday already? The week has flown by, as is typical of my first week back after the holidays. Today I have two cards for you. The first is a card I designed for one of my monthly groups and features a tried and true technique: spotlighting. I again used the Everyday Enchantment DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalogue...see what you think:
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Thank you card using the Fresh Vintage stamp set and Everyday Enchantment DSP from the upcoming Sale-a-bration catalogue. |
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Inside view featuring sentiment from the Pursuit of Happiness stamp set. |
I used a couple of techniques on this card. The first is spotlighting where I highlighted a portion of an image stamped in a neutral colour by stamping in colour. The second is distressing where I tore my cardstock and sponged using crumb cake and soft suede ink to give it an aged, vintage look. As for the rest of the card, it is pretty straightforward. I stamped the floral image in crumb cake ink on very vanilla cardstock, making sure I had one image fairly well-centred. I punched the bottom edge with my eyelet border punch and then distressed all the edged with the tool in my cutter kit. I tore the upper left and bottom right corners and then sponged as mentioned above. I adhered this piece to a piece of Everyday Enchantment DSP. To do the spotlight, I simply inked my stamp with markers, stamped it on a scrap of vanilla cardstock and then punched it out with my 1 3/4" circle punch. I adhered it to the background using dimensionals, ensuring that the images lined up. I added the lace trim and an antique brad as well as the little jewelry tags before adhering the whole cardfront to a crumb cake card base.
For the inside I stamped the floral image, after first stamping off, in the lower right corner of a piece of vanilla cardstock. I stamped the sentiment over top of the floral image in soft suede ink. I adhered the vanilla cardstock inside the card.
The second card I have for you tonight is the next in my One-Sheet-Wonder set. It is a simple thinking-of-you card...
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One-Sheet-Wonder card #5 using the Elementary Elegance SAB stamp set. |
The deadline to register for this class is Friday, so be sure to call or email to confirm your spot before then! Till next time...have a great week...and happy stamping!
Such a beautiful vintage card Leena. I love the vibrant colours and the distressing. I also love the way you stamped your sentiment over top of the stamped image on the interior of the card. Beautifully done! TFS.
ReplyDeleteI just joined your site as a follower. Don't we all love the products from SAB 2012. Your cards are really nice.
ReplyDeleteI am a new Follower. These cards are nice, I can't wait to hold my first SAB class using the new products.
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