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Two little stamps, sittin’ in a tree…

Hi, stampy friends! Lisa here, with a card I made for the current “Pucker Up, Buttercup” challenge!

I think the kissing technique is SO much fun… it’s a great way to give your favorite images a cool new twist:


For this card, I inked the lovely leaf image with green ink, the graph background with brown ink, and then kissed the two together. Clear stamps are great for this technique, because you can see through them and line up your images a certain way if you want, prior to kissing them together.

I almost fussy cut the leaves image entirely, but instead, left a little bit uncut for the setiment. It’s similar to a technique Julie Ebersole showcased over on the Hero Arts blog last Wednesday called “Out of the Box”, but a bit more extreme.
And here’s a couple fussy cutting tips for you:
1. Use the centers of your scissor blades as opposed to just the tips
2. Move the paper while cutting, not your scissors
You can see Julie doing both in the video. These tricks will give you more control, making the cutting faster and more accurate with less fatigue.

I hope you enjoy. 🙂 Remember, there’s only a few days left of the challenge! Link up your kissed creations HERE, by the 26th at 5pm EST for your shot at a generous gift voucher..


..to the amazing Simon Says Stamp!


Thanks for stopping by today… happy kissing! Heehee! 🙂

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Different ways to use banners

Hello everyone!

It’s Cristina here. First of all, I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes and specially the rest of the DT girls for the great cards they made for me. If you haven’t seen them yet, you must, cause they are gorgeous, so click here!
As you should know by now, the Stretch Your Stamps class is starting soon, and we have a giveaway going on here on the blog. This is gonna be a great class, cause it is always nice to find new ways to use a stamp!
So today, I have different uses for banners. It is one of those stamps that we all have, but that we always tend to use the same way, and I have to say that they are quite versatile. Here is the stamp set I used:
I used this set a couple of weeks ago, just as a banner, on a card I made for Danielle’s birthday. But here is another use:
I just used the tips of the pennants to make the sun rays. If you would like to make a bigger sun, you could just turn them around, like Danielle did on her card on this post.
With this stamp set you can also make trees:
They make the perfect trees! I decided to make an acetate window, to give the card some dimension. I love acetate cards!
Using an stamp-a-ma-jig, you can create great backgrounds with this stamps:
Just use a repeat pattern and different inks. Oh, and this is really good for masculine cards!
And for the last card I decided to use this stamp as an ice cream cone:
Just clear emboss it on Kraft paper! For the actual ice cream I used this Christmas stamp from Hero Arts. Crazy, right? 
So I hope I gave you some new ideas for your stamps, and remember that we have a challenge going on right now, and you could win a gift certificate for Simon Says Stamp. So give it a try!
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Three Different Looks for the Starburst Background

Hope everyone is having a great Father’s Day weekend. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!

Just warming up for the new Stretch Your Stamps class over at onlinecardclasses.com. If you know me, you know I am a BIG HUGE fan of these classes. Everytime I take one I get new and different ideas of ways to use my stamps, and I know I am excited for Stretch Your Stamps to start. How about a little warm up? I decided to use the Hero Arts/Studio Calico Starburst Background in a a few different ways.

Here are 3 different looks that I created with this stamp along with a brief description of the techniques used.

 Color in the Starburst with Distress Markers to get each “ray” a different color. I colored directly onto the stamp with different color Distress Markers. Then I gave it a light spritz with a mini mister for a watercolor effect.

Stamp the Starburst and emboss in a bright color for a bold pop! Do it on black paper for a really big contrast. Use a big bold greeting to make it fun.

Cut out alternate rays of the starburst and use it a Mask for spray ink. I used Studio Calico Mr. Huey’s in silver to make a fun celebratory card. Added just a little oh so trendy confetti and some wood veneer “potty people” to make an anniversary card. A shiny spray is fun for any party themed card. Don’t forget to save your mask to use again. Just a note-I did not cut all the way to the center of the rays  since I was going to cover it up and it kept my mask from falling apart!

How would you give this stamp a different look? I would love to hear about it in the comments!







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Interactive Clock Card

Hey everyone!

It’s Steph here and I want to share a fun card I made with a great Hero Arts stamp set ‘All The Time.’ I have had this set for a few months but it has never been inked so I figured now was as good a time as any to bust it out! I love love love clock stamps and sentiments that go with. I think they work perfectly for masculine cards and there are so many great things you can do with them to make them fun! 🙂

This card includes some fun interactive elements – moving clock hands and an action wobble under the main clock. So fun!

And the video below shows how I made the card

 


The supplies used to make the card:

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Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!
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3D Hearts Tutorial

Hi Everyone!
Happy Friday!  It’s Simone here and today I thought I’d share with you all a picture tutorial on how to create some fun 3D embellishments like the heart on my card below.

Now there are actually two different ways you can get what I like to call 3D stamped embellishments just like this.  Today, I’m sharing with you the really easy way – the score, fold and layer technique.  The second way you can create 3D stamped embellishments is by what I like to call the “accordian fold” technique.  I promise to show you that one in more detail in the future.

First what I do is I stamp my images, in this case the gorgeous Four Hearts Cling Stamp set onto some some Hero Arts layering paper.  I’ve chosen to use Aubergine, Iris and Snow.  The snow cardstock piece is going to be my card base, so I have stamped one of the hearts onto this as a base and guide for my other hearts to adhere to.

Before I go any further with my hearts, I then also stamp my sentiment onto my card base panel.  It’s easier to stamp this first because once the 3D heart is assembled it gives the card height making it harder to line up and stamp a sentiment where you want it.

Next I cut each of the hearts out and score a line down them from point to point, and fold them in half.  I chose to only use three of the four hearts in the end but you can really use as many as you like!  It all comes down to personal preference.

To adhere them all to each other I ran bit of Ranger Glossy Accents down the back of the fold line and adhering it to the fold line of the next heart, and so on.  To adhere the last heart to the heart on the card base, you just use the same technique – add some glossy accents to the fold line.  Then once the glue has set all you need to do is bend each heart to how you want them stand (ie distance wise from each other).  To finish off my card I adhered my card base panel to a folded card base I had earlier dry embossed before finally adding some little pearl hearts.

And that’s it!  Your done!  Here is a close up of how the heart looks.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask 🙂

Enjoy your Friday and have a wonderful weekend!

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