Hello again, today's card is really a simple stamping card with a little extra stamping. I started with a simple square then played with the triangular patterned stamp. The first piece, I started in each corner but wasn't overly happy so I stamped again. This time I am really pleased with the outcome. All I wanted to add was some Rhinestones, a length of ribbon and a message or two. That's it....put very simply.
Hello again on this really cold day here in the UK. Boy it is really cold today! Never mind, I don't care as I'm having fun crafting and making cards. I never get bored when I'm making cards, do you? Today's card is watercoloured but when I started it, I had no idea how it was going to materialise into one! I started by stamping the large petal 3 times onto some post it notes or sticky labels. I peeled off 4 together and cut through all 4 layers which then gave me 16 petal shapes. I then stamped onto a piece of white card and stamped each petal one by one covering each petal after it was stamped as I didn't want the ink to go onto the previously stamped one.
You can see here what they all looked like once I had finished. Leaving the post it notes in situ enabled me to stamp the smaller petal on the edges so that they just popped through the other petals. I then fussy cut it out.
After I fussy cut the flower out, I stamped some of the smaller petals again but this time the were inked with the lovely soft yellow of So Saffron and I 'kissed' the petals with Pear Pizazz, the lovely soft green ink. Kissing the stamp with other inks just gives the tips and the edges of the petals a different shade of colour. It was at this stage that I inked an acrylic block with the soft yellow and using a water brush, I washed the ink across the petals. One by one, they were each added to the next in a spiral and I finished off with circle in the centre. For a change, I added Rhinestones to the card to give some sparkle to conplete it.
Well, I have had great fun today. One of my favourite techniques which was probably one of the first things that I learnt is One Sheet Wonder. Now there are many types of one sheet wonder. Many people cut the A4 sheet of paper or card into lots and lots of mats. As many as 24 or more can be made! That's not what I like to do. I like to take all of the stamp images from the particular set and randomly stamp them in different colours all over an A4 piece of card. Sound simple? Yes, it totally is.
I stamped my sheet then cut it in half portrait style. Then I just started cutting it up! Here's the resulting cards from less than half a sheet of A4. You can see the remainder of the sheet in the last picture. Such a quick and simple technique, I think everyone should have fun doing it!
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Here is the whole A4 sheet once I had finished stamping all over it.
