Addicted to Stamps and More #291

Here it is, stampers.  Your favorite Addicted to Stamps and More challenge.

I wanted to try a new technique for my card - ink lifting. 

Step one.  Heat emboss the flowers from Altenew on Bristol cs.  Step two.  Ink the panel with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide.  Step three.  Apply water to the images to remove ink. Some I took away with the paint brush and some I blotted with paper towel.  Step four.  Stand back and be amazed. ;)  Step five.  Add sentiment.  I tripled layered the SSS die using shimmer cs for the top layer.

The Design Team has some wonderful cards for you to see over on the blog, hoping to inspire you to join the challenge.

Tag You're It! #50

Kelly has made a darling double tag for our inspiration at Tag You're It! this time, incorporating what is so luscious this time of year - strawberries.

I focused instead on what I think to be her technique which is watercolor lifting.  

I cut the tags with a MFT die, one from DP and one from Mixed Media paper. I stamped the succulents and pot from SSS, masked the pot and covered the entire tag with Lucky Clover Distress Ink. Using a small brush and clean water I wet the leaves and used a paper towel to blot them, lifting off the color.  The pot is colored with Zigs.  I just realized I forgot to stamp a sentiment  but this way I can use it for anything.

How does Kelly's tag inspire you?  Will you make strawberries or other fruit?  Will you use the colors?  Or maybe the technique like I did?  If you need more inspiration, head on over to the Tag You're It! blog and see what the rest of the design team have created.

Looking forward to seeing your tag in the gallery.

Just Us Girls #297

Just a quick post today.  It's going to get busy and I don't want to forget to do it.  This card is for Just Us Girls using a stacked die cut.

It's a little somber but then that's okay for a sympathy card. I wanted to try a technique I hadn't used in a long time but was brought back to my attention last week.  First I inked up my paper with three colors of Distress Ink. Next I spritzed a stencil made with my Cricut and laid it over the card, letting the water lift the color. I ended up doing it a couple of times to make it light enough to see the image. I inked another piece with the bottom ink and used the cutaway die from W & W.  I cut it twice with lavender, twice with blue and once with the inked piece, offsetting the colors a smidge when I glued them together.  The stamped sentiment is from SSS.

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