Simply Said – A Stamping Journey

I have some more scrap pages to show you. These are some other pages I have done at recent workshops (Well, before Christmas!!)

This is a very simple 6″x6″ page.

I have used the spiral punch down the left hand side of the Raspberry Tart DSP. I used the marker to ink up just the love from the ‘Short and Sweet’ set and then inked up the U from ‘Schoolbook Serif’ alphabet. I did stamp the background page with the small flower from ‘Simply Said’, but it is a bit hard to see. A bit of bling on the hearts and some ribbon would add to the page now I look at it again.

This is a Christmas page. I know it is March, but that is how far behind I am!!! This is a 12×12 page with ‘Season of Joy’. What a versatile set that one is. I borrowed it for these workshops but may have to buy one for next Christmas!

It is a bit hard to see. I have used Handsome Hunter, Kraft and Real Red. I like those colours together. I used the markers to highlight the words ‘Merry & Bright’. The ‘joy” word was stamped directly on the Kraft card in Real Red and then I stamped it again on the Handsome Hunter. I punched the ‘o’ out and raised it using the mounting tape. Here is a close-up.

For the tree I cut a triangle from Ski Slope DSP. I used the Word Window punch and cut the end off to form the base. You might not see the star very clearly, but I stamped the swirly image from ‘Trendy Trees’ in creamy caramel on Whisper White and then punched a small star shape out. I added some Dazzling Diamonds with the 2-way glue pen.

There you have it! Maybe a few pages to inspire you! LOL

Happy Stamping!

At last week’s team meeting Sarah showed us paper casting. Thanks Sarah! It was great fun. It is such a different way to use your stamps. Here is the cast images of the stamps I used after they had dried and I had cut around them. This is just made with tissues and a glue/water mix. Sarah got the details from here. Here they used just water. We used a mix of 1 part white glue (PVA) to 3 parts water.

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I then created 2 cards with them. I used the SU pastels and daubed it on.

The first one is with the Simply Said set. I don’t often use Soft Subtles colours, but it is “so pretty” as my DD said.

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Card: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink: Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink, Gable Green Markers.

The next card was inspired by this card by Nikki Stalker. I loved it when I saw it. It was stunning. I used the flower from Eastern Blooms and I thought it looked oriental so would work well for this card. I was really pleased with how this card turned out.

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Card: Real Red, Black

Ink: Basic Black, Black Stampin’ Write Marker.

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Embrace Life, Short and Sweet.

The paper cast images add another dimension to your cards and it is such fun to do. It is very relaxing dabbing away at your stamps. I’m putting together a tutorial to do paper casting, so check back in the next day or two and I can show you how it is done.