Digital Stamps + Inlay Die-cutting

January 27, 2016

Hello, hello! If you have not noticed, I am running out of ideas of naming my blog posts. I started off naming them after the techniques used for easy referencing, but they are all starting to sound the same although the same technique would produce considerably different results each time! So forgive me if the titles sound confusing; I will get that sorted, I promise!

 

 

Today’s card features my new Sweet As Honey digital stamps by Honey Bee Stamps. Be sure to check out Melissa’s website as she has some really pretty designs and they come in both physical and digital. The images were printed out on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and coloured in using Copic Ciao markers. The colours on the flowers were W1, E43 and E77; the center of the flowers Y38, YR02 and YR68; and leaves G99, YG91 and YG95. The word “love” was from the same digital stamp set while the rest of the sentiment was borrowed from Happy Everything by Mama Elephant, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.

 

 

I kept the images clean and simple as I wanted to create a layered and “graphical” background using a hill border die from the Landscape Trio by Mama Elephant. After running it through my Big Shot machine once, I offseted the die just a little so that it could cut the exact same pattern, only slightly lower than the first one, producing a thin strip. I repeated that using another hill border die from the same set to reverse the direction, and then one last time using the first die. I then traced those thin strips with a Copic E43 so that they would match the flowers.

 

Using the Pierced Rectangle Frame Die-namics by My Favorite Things, I made a frame out of a glossy card stock, not realising that it would produce an uneven marker colouring. However, I was quite pleased as I felt it gave the frame an unexpected faux wood grain effect. I adhered some clear beads on the flowers as well as the background using Glossy Accents by Ranger and that finished my card.

 

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon!

 

Hugs, Michelle

 

CHALLENGES

This card is also in the following challenges:

The Card Concept #47: Floral Elegance

TIME OUT Challenge #48: CASE With Your Own Twist

Muse Challenge #150

CASology Week 182: Adore

STAMPlorations January CAS Card Challenge: Anything CAS Goes

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Two: Holiday, 100% Stamped and Die-cuts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday January 2016: Something New

SUPPLIES

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Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray

Sizzix Multipurpose Platform, Extended

Sizzix Cutting Pad, Standard

High Tack Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape, 1/2″

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Happy Everything

Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Landscape Trio

My Favorite Things Die-namics, Pierced Rectangle Frames

Pretty Pink Posh Seed Beads, Sparkling Clear

Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents

COPIC Sketch Marker W1, Warm Gray No. 1

COPIC Sketch Marker E43, Dull Ivory

COPIC Sketch Marker E77, Maroon

COPIC Sketch Marker Y38, Honey

COPIC Sketch Marker YR02, Light Orange

COPIC Sketch Marker YR68, Orange

COPIC Sketch Marker G99, Olive

COPIC Sketch Marker YG91, Putty

COPIC Sketch Marker YG95, Pale Olive

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