World Card Making Day - 2:00 pm - 1 stamp 3 ways!

Hello! Kimberly Crawford here and I am thrilled to be celebrating World Card Making Day with you! One of my favorite card-making tools are stamps! They are so versatile. By using a few different techniques, one stamp can create unique looks. Today I am going to share with you three techniques using one background stamp!

Coloring with Marker:

To create the soft background on this card, I began by coloring directly onto my stamped image with Distress Markers. I started with the leaves, first coloring with the lighter green, then adding darker green, directly over the top. Using the side of the marker brush tip helps color the surface of the stamp quickly. The flowers were colored with two tones as well, starting again with the lighter tone.

Once the image was entirely covered with color, a small amount of water was spritzed on the surface of the stamp. Hold the mist bottle farther away from the stamp for a crisper image, and bring it close for a more watered-down appearance.

Supplies: Stamp-Carta Bella (Victorian Floral Stamp), MFT Stamps cardstock (Poppy Red, Orange Zest, Vellum), MFT Stamps Die-namics (Thanks & Hello), Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (Clear 4mm), Distress Markers (Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple, Moved Lawn, Twisted Citron), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (EZ Runner Permanent, EZ Runner Permanent Dots) 

Stamping and Foiling:

For this card, the stamp was covered in Reactive Paint, a paint formulated to be used with foil. It was applied with a foam brush until the stamp was evenly covered. Then the image was stamped onto a piece of card stock. Foil was applied to the surface, color side up.

Then the foil and cardstock were placed inside a plastic carrier sheet and passed through a foiling machine. Once complete, the foil was removed and the gorgeous, shiny image was left behind!

Supplies: Stamp-Carta Bella (Victorian Floral Stamp), Echo Park Patterned Paper (I Love Family 6x6 pad), MFT Stamps cardstock (Kraft, Chocolate Brown, Brushed Gold, Vellum), MFT Stamps Die-namics (Thanks & Hello), Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (Gold 4mm), Paint (Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Paint, Foil (Heidi Swapp Minc Gold), Foiling Machine (Heidi Swapp Minc Mini), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (EZ Runner Permanent, EZ Runner Permanent Dots)

Coloring the Stamped Image:

After stamping the image in grey ink, the open spots in the image were colored in with colored pencil. The unique color for the leaves was the perfect color for the card base.

Bonus idea: On the card base for this card, the same background image was stamped, using watermark ink, bringing out a subtle and coordinating pattern.

Supplies: Stamp-Carta Bella (Victorian Floral Stamp, MFT Stamps cardstock (Lush Lagoon, Tangy Orange, Vellum), MFT Stamps Die-namics (Thanks & Hello), Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (Clear 4mm), Prismacolor pencils, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (EZ Runner Permanent, EZ Runner Permanent Dots)

Have fun creating unique looks with the same stamp today! Happy World Card Making Day!" ~ Kim Crawford

2:00 pm Special Guest - Close To My Heart

 We always say when the Close To My Heart catalogue lands in the office, all work stops for awhile as we look at all the newest stamps jump off the page and we want to start creating immediately. If you've not seen the latest Idea Book, you can see it here! And you may want to look at it as our friends at Close To My Heart would love to offer one lucky SCT reader today the chance to win their favourite stamp and die set from their Holiday Expressions Idea Book!

Be sure to let us know in the comment below which are your favourite and we'll randomly select one lucky winner to receive their choice. Be sure to leave your comment by October 8th! Good luck! 

Next at 4:00 pm It's time to celebrate birthdays!

 

Comments

[SuzanD]

Great thanks cards. Love seeing different ways to use one stamp.

[Marcia scantlin]

Great card inspiration. I like the holiday tag stamps in the catalog.

[Mandi Holmes]

I am loving the foil stamping technique. Thanks for the trick.

[pt]

The foiling technique was very interesting and new to me used in this way. I loved the September gratitude and blessings, would be nice to win.

[Jill Rugg]

Great coloring techniques-the card is amazing! My favorite new stamp and die from close to my heart is cozy Christmas.

[Sharon P.]

Woodland Wishes is my favorite stamp and die set!
All the cards are very pretty!

[Sue D]

Wonderful variety of cards! My favorite set is Thankful for You.

[Denise Ward]

Wow! I really enjoyed looking at the Close to my Heart catalog! I'd never seen one before and it is just brimming with so many great things! Sadly I really liked the stamps listed as September only products. But I also loved some of the products for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is hard to pick just one but the sentiments in both of those were super nice.

[Lynne F.]

The foil card is so eye catching.
My favourite stamp set from the holiday catalog is the Woodland Wishes. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Anna Ekman]

It´s always inspiring to see different ways to use stamps.

[Janet Cobb]

Love the Hymns of Praise set!!! Love the cards, they are just lovely. Happy WCM Day!

[super stick chick]

Love all these cards, so clever. Great collection by CTMH too.

[Roseanna Crawford]

I love the cards. I love the Thankful for you
thincuts bundle.

[Jeanne]

Love the way you used the stamps! Very creative. Can't wait to try it

[Jean Marmo]

Delightful cards! Love seeing all of these ideas!! So many wonderful sets!

[shilpa]

Love all the cards . The foil one looks a little intimidating to do , for me , but definitely gonna try out . Awesome cards Kim !!

[gisele]

beautiful cards, i just made 4 Christmas ones using your thanks card as inspiration :)

[Mel]

Thank you for the wonderful ideas to maximize the use of a stamp set! as i was scrolling through the idea book, i fell in love with Cozy Christmas set!
Thank you for the opportunity to win!

[sharon]

Love color combo ideas

[Nancy Wilcox]

All three techniques made beautiful cards! Cozy Christmas is my favorite from CTMH.

[Lynne in NI]

Oooh gorgeous cards, love the different looks! Cosy Christmas is my fave from the holiday expressions line :)

[lisa808]

Beautiful cards, Kimberly.

My favorite new CTMH stamp and die set is Thankful for You. Love the swans. Thanks CTMH for the prize chance.

[Elise Constable]

Awesome techniques! Thanks for sharing!

[Wanda Radler]

I make thank you cards all the time - I really like the showing one stamp three different ways. I am going to have to try some of these techniques. Also I love CTMH!

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Beautiful cards! Great ideas for using my stamps!