Hello stampers. It is always fun to stamp in unexpected ways, and using your acrylic block as a stamp is a very quick and easy way to make a visually interesting card. You can keep it very plain and simple like I did in this card. No misting with water, no dry brushing, just inking up the block and stamping it on plain whisper white cardstock with a “foamie” underneath. In case you are not familiar with that term, it is what I call my stampin’ pierce mat. Here are my cards:
I used soft sky for inking up the block, old olive for the grass, marina mist for the waves and basic grey for the saying and the birds. One card base is basic grey and the other one is daffodil delight. Here is a video showing how I did it:
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzfefkumybc
For this next card I was inspired by Jane Allmark to use Beautiful You to make a bikini clad girl. I also used the block that is included with the Soft Sayings kit because it has rounded corners. I was going to use the Muskoka chair thinlet for her to rest her arm on, but it the wrong proportions, the chair is too big. I used the envelope punch board to round the corners on my card. It is a fantastic corner rounder punch!
The saying is from the Soft Sayings card kit that will be available starting June 1. I stamped and cut out the bikini girl. Here is the link to Jane Allmark’s tutorial video on how to make this classic beauty. I did spritz the block with water after I inked it up with soft sky for a slightly softer look. The saying is stamped in calypso coral to match the card base and the colour on the bikini. Happy stamping. You probably won’t hear much from me on the blog till the end of July as I am leaving on an epic trip to Europe and then Thailand. I am visiting my daughter Rachel who is on a Rotary exchange to France, then I am visiting family in the Netherlands and from Amsterdam I fly to Thailand. One week will be spent exploring Bangkok and then I will enjoy the free trip that I earned with Stampin’Up! Have I told you how much I love my job? I do not want to have a working vacation, so I know you will be in fine hands until I get back, there are lots of other blogs to check out, but I will miss you!!
Well…..this was supposed to be published while I was gone, but for some odd reason, that didn’t happen. So I am back from my wonderful trip and now I have a blog post all ready to go and that does make me very happy. Enjoy!
