A while back I got some old stamp sets from a friend who had received a bunch of stamping supplies from another friend. (Sharing is caring, especially with craft supplies!) One of the sets was a small set of Hero Arts wood-mounted stamps with bold, birthday images. The images are negative style -- when you ink the stamp, the image stays white and the background is colored. I decided to combine that stamp set with a line-art background stamp (also from Hero Arts) to make a couple of birthday cards.
For the first card, I stamped the small images in black ink and then cut them out. Using ink cubes, I applied stripes of color to the background stamp and stamped it on white card stock. I used foam tape to add the focal images in a three-by-three square, added a few clear sequins, and adhered the panel to a black card base.
For the second card I used the same layout, but in reverse: I stamped the background in black and the small images in color. (With the ink cubes I applied two colors to each image.) I embellished the card with a few orange sequins and adhered the panel to a yellow card base.
Which style do you like better? Thanks for stopping by!
2 comments:
My stamping friend Margaret and I used to share crafting products. She lived two houses away but sadly she moved too far away and we don't get together anymore. But it is fun to share crafting products with a friend! These cards are fun cards, and I think you did well with creating them! I like the first one with the coloured background, and black and white stamps on top. I really enjoy black and white cards sometimes. Just a preference, both your cards are fabulous! Hero Arts was a fave company of mine a few years back. They have some awesome stamps for sure! (I still have a ton of them!). Sunshine.
Thanks so much, Sunshine!
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