Cre8iveCindy: 04/09/15

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Sweet Stamp Shop Grand Reopening

Sweet Stamp Shop is having a Grand Reopening Celebration and I am a guest designer for the event.

I used the

stamp set for my card. I stamped the saying with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with sparkly blue embossing powder by Stamp N Stuff. Then I die cut it out with an X Cut/Do Crafts die and inked the inside with Ranger's distress ink. I also die cut the next largest die to mat behind it.

The background is a stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils. I ran it through my die cut machine {Cuttlebug} to emboss the pattern onto my white cardstock. I then taped the paper and stencil to my work surface and brought in color with my ink blending tool and distress ink. I matted the background onto the blue cardstock and then onto my card base by Recollections with an 1/8 of an inch gap at the top and bottom.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ April showers
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ Die cuts
http://cceestampers.blogspot.com/ Stencils
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com/ Focus on the sentiment
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ Heat embossing
http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Spring is in the air
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ April Showers
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Use a die cut

Dreamweaver Stencils Showers

Ever use the expression, "When it rains, it pours"? This does not have to be a bad thing, does it? For the month of April, the Dream Team are featuring "Showers of Showers" as our theme. As usual, we'd love for you to play along. Just link your creation on the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice...bonus chances for incorporating Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous in your design. Here's what I'm showering you with this week...
I used the Petals background stencil because they look more like rain drops to me. I dry embossed the pattern and then inked it with Ranger's distress ink and an ink blending tool. The blue die cut is by Dreamweaver Stencils called the Nesting Dies out of Coredinations cardstock. I die cut the umbrella by Marianne Designs and the word baby by Clearly Besotted out of white cardstock {Recollections} and inked them with green distress ink. To finish up my card the ribbon is by May Arts and the rhinestones by Queen and Co.