I was craving some back to basic stamping with my Simon Says Stamp Inks and stamps. Sometimes, I get caught up in other techniques, I forget about my rainbow of inks and the endless possibilities.
So on this edition of crafting hour, I managed to make these four lovely cards, with never before used products that I bought a bit ago.
I started with 4 panels of Neenah solar white 80 lb cut to 4.25 x 5.5. I knew I wanted to create a one layer styled card and a card where I used the coordinating dies to cut the florals out. Browsing my handy dandy ink swatch booklet, I landed on the colors Lavender and Hydrangea (for the purple flowers), Apricot and Sunkist (for the peachy flowers) and Jellybean and Leaf Green for the leaves.
I used a STAMPtember collaboration stamp from Pinkfresh Studios which is no longer available, however, I found this Charming Floral Wreath that is similar to the set I have. I went to work stamping and layering these beautiful florals.
Once I was done stamping, I quickly finished these one layer cards by stamping this XL sentiment “Sending Sunshine” from the XL Greeting set. I used Gina K’s Amalgam Ink and stamped in three times to ensure it was s deep deep black.
Finished it off with some jewels and said VIOLA!
Up next, I wanted to try a new to me technique called Dry Embossing. I recently had picked up a embossing pad and decided it needed to be put to use. I had a beautiful stencil from Paper Rose called Stephanie that I thought would be perfect for this!
I went to work finding the right sandwich for my Gemini, and after a few attempts I finally figured it out! After that, I cut the additional florals out of the panels that I had created earlier.
I added in the Laurel Leaf die from STAMPtember as well to add some more interest to the background. Can’t forget the jewels to finish it off and a couple of reverse sentiments (probably my favorite product these days).
For this purple die, I used a set of Inside and Out Stitched dies that I hadn’t taken apart yet. How neat that you can use dies and it won’t cut through the paper (unless you don’t have the right sandwich setting!).
So many new ideas after successfully attempting this new technique.
Have you tried dry embossing?
