Saturday 11 January 2014

Monthly Stamp Set Showcase - January

Welcome to my first Stamp Set Showcase; from now on once a month I will be showcasing a card or other type of project using the set plus with instructions for making the project.

To kick it off for the Month of January, I will be showcasing the Wildflower Meadow Stamp Set. This was one of the first stamp sets I bought from the Annual Catalogue due to the fact it also has a matching embossing folder.

In the project below I have paired it up to create a raised effect on the wildflowers. There is many different ways on how you could colour the stamp such as Markers or even using ink refills and a damp baby wipe to create a marbled effect.

Design ©Natasha Hart 2014

To make this card:
Card Stock - Coastal Cabana & Smoky Slate
Ink - Versamark & Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Stamp Sets - Wildflower Meadow & Petite Pairs
Embossing Folder - Wildflower Meadow Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Other - Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Snail & Dimentionals
Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips, Big Shot & Heat Gun

Tutorial/Instructions

Preparing your cardstock - First get an A4 sheet of Coastal Cabana, cut it in half width ways at 14.9cm (5.9inches) then fold in half. Then prepare the card front in Smoky Slate (14cm by 10.1cm)
For the greeting cut a scrap of Coastal Cabana at 5cm by 2.1cm

Preparing the card front - Ink up the Wildflower Meadow Stamp using the White Craft Stampin' Pad (Tip: Lay the Stamp on your workspace then apply the ink; you will get a more even coverage), once you've made sure the stamp is easily covered; grab the smoky slate card front. With the stamp laying on your workspace, place the piece of card on the upturned stamp making sure to align the image so it will be centred. Either using a brayer or your fingers place pressure to get a good transfer of ink then remove the piece of card. Once you've done this you can then grab the matching embossing folder place your image in the folder and align the wildflowers to where they are meant to be. Then run it through your Big Shot/Die Cutting machine.

Preparing the greeting - With your pre-cut piece grab the Best Wishes greeting from the Petite Pairs Stamp Set; ink up the stamp with Versamark. Align then stamp out the greeting; with the embossing powder sprinkle it over then tap of any excess back into the pot. With the heat gun melt the powder until it merges. Then, with paper snips (or a square punch) cut out a V shape on the left hand side.

Putting the card together - Use Snail/double sided tape to adhere the card front to the base card then with dimentionals adhere the greeting in the bottom right hand corner

You then have the finished card, this will fit in a C6/Medium Envelope. Plus you could do it in different colour ways to suit your tastes or current crafting supplies.

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Happy Stampin'!
Natasha x


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