Mosiac Technique

Where does time go? I haven't had a chance to share these cards yet from last week! We made this card at my Technique class - this technique is stamped mosaic! I Love how cool it looks with the boat from the Open Sea stamp set! I also used a nautical color scheme of not quite navy, crumb cake, white and cherry cobbler. 

To make the "mosaic effect" I cut up some of the extra rubber that comes around your stamp sets when you get them (I had some old ones I had saved) and stuck it onto a wood block (scrap from hubbys wood shop). THis gives you a "mosaic" background stamp. You stamp this over your image with Versamark ink and emboss with clear ink -- then fill in between the spaces by sponging (I used crumb cake but I've seen this technique done with a darker color too). 

stamps: Open Sea, Essentials

ink:Night of Navy, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, versamark inkpaper:Night of Navy, crumb cake, cherry cobbler, whisper white
big shot: chevron embossing folder, 3" and 3 1/2" circle bigz dies
other: 2 1/2" Circle punch, sponge, clear embossing powder, bakers twine, rubber scraps, wood block, 1 1/4" circle punch 

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A Sketch Challenge!

One of the things I want to do more of this year is creative challenges - It took me until February to get into my stamping groove but I'm on a roll this week! Somehow I've found lots of time to stamp and I'm having a blast. Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Mojo Monday blog - they post a sketch every week for inspiration and although I've been following the blog for awhile this is the first time I've played along!  Here is the sketch:

And here is my design:

I used the stamp set By the Tide from Stampin' Up to create this card! I wanted to make it a little more masculine so instead of doing a scallop I used the Chevron embossing folder and cut along one edge to give it a fun zig zag edge!  Other than that, I stuck pretty close to the sketch. This was a ton of fun and I hope I have time to do another one soon!!

stamps: By the Tide

ink: early espresso, crumb cake, cherry cobbler

paper: crumb cake, cherry cobbler, Not quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

big shot: Chevron embossing folder

other: circle punche, dimensionals, Cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon

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Happy Dirtday

Here is a fun little birthday card for a young boy- complete with primary colors! I stamped the truck and the presents (colored using markers) and was happy with how nicely it lined up (thank you clear blocks!). Then I added on some brads in the tire centers and used the chevron embossing folder to make a background that looks like tire tracks!  when I showed this card to my husband he asked "why is it dirt day?" and told me it needed to have dirt… so stay tuned… I did make another one with dirt! 

stamps: I dig you

ink: real red, not quite navy, black, daffodil delight, old olive

paper: black, whisper white, daffodil delight, real red

big shot: chevron embossing folder

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