Stamped and Shaded

Hi there

Today's card is another stamped effort – I do enjoy stamping and I am finding more ways to make my card look interesting without having to colour it

For this card I used a set of Kanban stamps that I love

I started by creating my square card – in case you have forgotten how – using the blue eazi-score board I scored the white card on line 7, folded it and smoothed over the score, then turned it 90 degrees and scored on line 7 again, chop off the waste and there you have your 6x6 white card.

Using a piece of smooth white card I created my background by using a blending brush and 3 Tim Holtz distress ink pads – peacock feathers, peeled paint and shaded lilac.

I started added a little colour and working it on then moving onto the next colour and so on until I was happy with it – then I used a fine spray of water which made the colours merge more then rolled over it with a kitchen roll to blot up excess water and also give a lovely pattern...as I had to stamp on the panel I used my heat gun to dry off the paper.

I used the main image – 3 beautiful full headed flowers with long slender stems – the were stamped with black memento ink in the centre of the panel.

Under that I used part of another stamp – I only wanted a small part of the flower so laid a sheet of plain paper over the bottom of the card so I stamped onto the paper and the card.

Using the nipped corner punch I did the 4 corners of the image then matted it to a piece of black care.

This was then secured to the white square card blank with double sided tape – it was positioned centrally top and bottom but then over to the left hand side.

Searching through some stamps I came across a Best Wishes stamps that was a lovely font to match the card so stamped it onto a piece of scrap white card then trimmed it and matted onto a scrap of black card – this was then secured to the bottom right of the card with thick sticky pads.

Just under the sentiment I added a knotted piece of green ribbon which was stuck in place with a blob of pinflare gel.

And to finish I added 3 black AB flat back gems to the to right corner of the card then 1 in each of the corners of the stamped panel

I was really pleased with the finished card and have had lots of lovely comments on it too

Another for the bulging to use or sell box

See you tomorrow

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