One Layer Sentiment Stamping

Happy Saturday crafty friends!!  Today I am sharing a one layer card that features sentiment stamping for the background!  I purchased the Mama Elephant set Tiny Heros and hadn't inked it up yet - so I wanted to do something a little different this go 'round with my stamps.  So - I chose two of the sentiments to use as my background for the sentiment stamping, and two colors of Memento Ink -Lady Bug and Cantaloupe.  I created a 5 x 5 square card base, and I die cut an oval from a Stampin Up Ovals die set from some Inkadinkado Masking paper - and placed that as much in the upper center of my card base as possible.  Then, I just started inking up my sentiments, and starting stamping.

Once I was done with my stamping, I took some Salty Ocean Distress Ink and inked around the edges of my mask paper to really define the edge, so when I removed my masking paper, it would give it some fun dimension even though this was a one layer card.

I then stamped one of the kid images from the same stamp set with my MFT Hybrid Black Licorice ink, and colored in the mask part and star.  I really wanted to highlight those images to represent our "Super, awesome" this girl was!  It was hard to not color in the entire image.  I really wanted to do something different.  

I have the video tutorial below in case you wanted to see how I made this card from start to finish.

Enjoy your weekend, and I'll be back soon!! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Kari

Inspiration Sunday - "Flying By" card + video

Happy Sunday everyone! It is a gorgeous day here in the Ozarks ( South Central Missouri). It is suppose to reach 70 degrees today! I will find myself in the sun sometime over the course of the day :) Today I am starting a weekly (or so I hope) series that will accompany by a how-to video called Inspiration Sunday. I had a hard time coming up with a good name - so that is what I came up with at this point. It may change ( and knowing me it will) but for now that is what I am going with! In my first installment - today's card features products from Lawn Fawn, Mama Elephant, and some Distress Inking. Here is the card I made along with the video on how I made it.

See you soon!

*Lawn Fawn BLUE SKIES Clear Stamps	*Lawn Fawn BLUE SKIES Lawn Cuts Dies	*Lawn Fawn FLYING BY Clear Stamps	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn LET'S POLKA Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	*Mama Elephant LANDSCAPE TRIO Creative Cuts Steel Dies MEL-005
*Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER Dimensional Crafting 62-01022	*Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD TUMBLED GLASS Blue Ranger	*PRE-ORDER Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320
*Bazzill MARSHMALLOW Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock	*SSS Small TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool

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LSC #78 Clean and Simple

Welcome back to a new challenge for Lawnscaping Challenges! For this challenge, we are going to test your Clean and Simple skills!  For some this is really easy, and others, not so much!!  I think the meaning means different for every crafter, but none the less, it can be fun and challenging all at the same time.

For my card, I am taking some of the skills and techniques used in the current class over at Online Classes, Clean and Simple 3.

I started out by die cutting my balloon using one of the dies from the newest balloon die set from Simon Says Stamp, and I did that out of masking paper.  I, then applied my mask onto my card base, which is a standard card size of 4.25 x 5.5 - and scored to make a top folding card.  I, then took the diagonal strip border stamp from Lawn Fawn's Belinda's Borders, and inked it up using three colors of Hero Arts Mid tone Inks - Mint Julip, Butter Bar, and Pale Tomato.  Then, I need to define my balloon on my card base, so I took a sponge dauber, and inked slightly around the edge going from the middle of the masking paper out to the edge so the color wouldn't be so intense.  

I think stamped my birthday sentiment from Lawn Fawn's So much to Say stamp set using the "Happy Birthday" sentiment.  I love this font! and then I stamped 3 start from one of the newest sets - Hello Sunshine, and then added a bit of shimmer to the stars using the Wink of Stella clear marker pen.  I, then rounded the corners to finish everything off.

This would be a fun one layer card too!  Hope you are able to join us over at Lawnscaping!!  Our awesome sponsor is....well yes - Lawn Fawn!  SCORE!

Looking forward to seeing all the clean and simple creations over at the gallery!

*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn SO MUCH TO SAY Clear Stamps	*Lawn Fawn BELINDA'S BORDERS Clear Stamps	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn HELLO SUNSHINE Clear Stamps	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad MINT JULEP Mid-Tone 2013 AF246
*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad BUTTER BAR Mid-Tone 2012 AF207	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad PALE TOMATO Mid-Tone 2013 AF233	*Simon Says DIE & STAMPS SET BALLOON SENTIMENTS SetBS53	*Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER Dimensional Crafting 62-01022
*Bazzill MARSHMALLOW Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock	*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320

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