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Fancy Flourish Eclectic Stamp Ideas!

Hi all!! 

 

Belinda here today with two projects featuring the absolutely gorgeous Fancy Flourish Eclectic Stamp. This is just the prettiest flourish and is the perfect accompaniment to flowers. I can also picture the flourish with a beautiful heart shape layered on top too. Here, however, I have used it with flowers cut from the Bright Blossoms Photochips.

 

 

I created a background for my flower and flourishes by applying the Gazette Background Stamp to smooth white cardstock using Jet Black Ranger Archival Ink. I then swiped on some Transparent Red Viva Décor Croco Crackling Colour and allowed to dry. Once dry I rubbed in some Wild Honey Distress Ink around the edges and sprayed over some Vintage Pink Glimmermist and Georgia Peach Heidi Swapp Color Shine.

 

 

I cut a flower from the Bright Blossoms Photochips and heavily sanded the edges before rubbing in some Tattered Rose Distress Ink.

 

For the flourish, I first swiped some gesso over book paper and let dry. I stamped the flourish onto the book paper using Jet Black Ranger Archival Ink and dried with a heat gun. Next I coloured in the flourish using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

 

The butterflies were stanped onto Ranger Gloss Paper, coloured with Distress Markers and then lightly spritzed with Glimmermist.

 

Here's card #2.

 

 

 

Darkroom Door products used:

 

DDES006 Eclectic Stamp Fancy Flourish

DDBS032 Background Stamp Gazette

DDCS002 Collage Stamp Butterfly Garden

DDPC020 Photochips Bright Blossoms

DDWS008 Wordstrips Prague Vol. 2

DDAS002 Alphastrips Alpha 2

VIVA DECOR Croco Crackling Colour Transparent Red

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Wild Honey

- Tattered Rose

TIM HOLTZ Distress Markers:

- Spun Sugar

- Spiced Marmalade

- Dried Marigold

 

Thankyou so much for stopping by the blog today. Be sure to come back again for heaps more fabulous inspiration from the team.

 

Cheers

Belinda

Simple Sayings Card Ideas

  Hi ~ Connie here with some card ideas using the new Simple Sayings Stamp Set.

I made three tags (using three different sayings and three different stamps).

  Bicycle Photo Stamp and the Simple Saying set.  I used my scraps to put these tags together.  I always feel like I made something for free then:)

  Friends Collage Stamp and the Simple Saying Set.

Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp and the Simple Saying Set.

I also put together three 4 X 4 cards using the simply say set and the 

Viva la Flora Photochips.  Again I used my scrap bag.

 I'm going to enjoy this set ~ I can already tell. Check out all the new stamps in the Darkroom Door Store! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Connie

Edwardian Ladies Card

Hi! It's Melissa Phillips here with a card to share! Be still my heart...the Edwardian Ladies Collage Stamp from Darkroom Door is breathtaking!  I was so excited to get my hands on it and for today's card, I die cut an oval from cream cardstock and then stamped it with the Edwardian Ladies stamp which resulted in a die cut showing just a portion of the image.  I love the vintage feel and all of the incredible details.

I wanted the image to appear that it may have been snipped out of an old ad or newspaper, so I used black ink.  I layered this image over another die cut and used the French Script Background Stamp as my base.  

My sentiment comes from the Venetian Wordstrip and with just a few buttons and flowers, this lovely image takes center stage.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Melissa

Butterfly Post Collage Stamp - project ideas

What a treat we have for you today! We are sharing projects using the Butterfly Post Collage Stamp:

Our Creative Team have made some absolutely gorgeous projects with this stamp! Let's take a look:

This stunning card was created by Suzanne Czosek.

Details from Suzz: This card was a quick and easy card as the stamp provides the most beautiful set of images already laid out in a way to quickly create a card. I stamped the image using black water resistant ink on white cardstock.

I then spent time coloring in all the images and backgrounds with a mix of orange, green, blue, and yellow watercolor pencils blended with the waterbrush. 

After I had colored every square and let it dry I added a few highlights on the butterflies using a white gel pen.  I then took an exacto knife over my cutting mat and cut out the wings of the butterfly to add depth. 

I stamped the No. 36 from the Vintage Office Set using black ink on white cardstock to add a touch of whimsy. After that it was a matter of distressing the edges and layering it onto white cardstock on a white card base.


Belinda Spencer has created a gorgeous set of tags:

 

 

Details from Belinda: I covered each tag with white cardstock stamped with the fabulous Gazette Background Stamp. Next In applied Viva Décor Croco Crackling Colour in either Transparent Yellow, Green or Red. Once that was dry, I applied more colour with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Tattered Angels Glimmermists. I scraped some Viva Décor 3D Stamp Paint in White over a stencil with a palette knife and allowed to dry.

 

I applied the Butterfly Post Collage Stamp to some Ranger Gloss Paper and coloured with Distress Markers. I then stamped the corresponding butterflies from the Butterflies Stamp Set and the Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp onto acetate, cut out and added to the coloured stamped image with their wings lifted.

 

Here's a closer look at each tag.

 

Using Transparent Red Croco:

 

 

 

Transparent Green Croco:

 

 

 

and Transparent Yellow Croco.

 

 

 

Darkroom Door products used:

  

- DDCS008 Butterfly Post Collage Stamp

- DDBS032 Gazette Background Stamp

- DDCS002 Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp

- DDRS025 Essentials 3 Collection Butterflies Stamp Set

- DDWS002 Full Bloom Wordstrip

VIVA DECOR Croco Crackling Colour:

- Transparent Yellow

- Transparent Green

- Transparent Red

VIVA DECOR 3D Stamp Paint White

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Gloss Paper

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Squeezed Lemonade

- Shabby Shutters

- Worn Lipstick

TIM HOLTZ Distress Markers:

- Mustard Seed

- Shabby Shutters

- Worn Lipstick

 

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Anna-Karin Evaldsson has made two cards: 

Details from Anna-Karin: The butterflies are so pretty and script and postal elements are always a favourite of mine. Use all the squares or just one, lots of possibilities. I made two cards.

For the first card, I stamped the Butterfly Post with Archival Jet Black ink on a piece of watercolour paper that had been painted with different circles in blue, yellow and green. A collage stamp like the Butterfly Post often looks great on top of such randomly coloured backgrounds. Two of the butterflies were stamped a second time, on Wendy Vecchi's Clearly For Art Modeling Film, cut out, heated with my heat gun, and shaped to form dimensional butterflies. They were stapled to the main panel.

For the card base, I used white cardstock, embossed with a postal embossing folder. The sentiment comes from the All Occasions set.

Here's a close-up of one of the dimensional butterflies. The modeling film keeps its shape perfectly.

On the second card, I stamped the Butterfly Post on watercolour paper with Archival Jet Black ink, which is waterproof, something that is necessary when you plan to use water. I used a paint brush dipped in water to pick up colours from Faber-Castell Gelatos and painted the butterflies pink and purple. For the background, I just painted yellow in a random manner. The sentiment comes from the All Occasions set. The background is embossed and sanded Core'dinations cardstock and I layered some cheesecloth in between the butterfly panel and the background. 

Supplies for both cards: Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Butterfly Post Collage Stamp, All Occasions Other products: Surface: Core'dinations Distress Color-Core cardstock; Daler & Rowney watercolour paper; Wendy Vecchi Stamper's Anonymous Clearly for Art Modeling Film Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink; Stazon Jet Black Paint: Daler & Rowney watercolours; Faber-Castell Gelato: Margarita, Lavender, Grape, Guava, Bubble Gum Embossing folder: Sizzix: Eiffel Tower & French Script, Distressed Frame & Postal Embellishments: lace trim; pearls; cheesecloth; twine

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Melissa Phillips has created a beautiful soft card:

Details from Melissa: Today's project uses my newest favorite stamp from Darkroom Door, the Butterfly Post Collage Stamp.  It's simply sweet and enchanting and so much fun to stamp with.  I began with a base layer of Kraft cardstock and then stamped my image using watermark ink.  I then coated the images with two colors of embossing powder, Zing Blush and Zing Powder and just love the soft but detailed results.

Can you see why I love this stamp?  It's so inspiring and appeals to my shabby, vintage, girlie-girl heart. :)

I wanted the focus to be on the beautiful images, so I didn't add too much besides a burlap flower, ribbon, heart, and a sentiment snipped from the Venetian Wordstrip.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a wonderful day!

Edwardian Ladies Collage Stamp - Project Ideas

Hi stampers! Today we have a couple of projects to share using the Edwardian Ladies Collage Stamp:

Susie Campbell has created a gorgeous textured tag:

Details from Susie: The Edwardian Ladies collage stamp by Darkroom Door is a delight to work with!  I stamped the image directly onto a white shipping tag with Versafine Onxy Black ink, heat set it and then coloured the image with Distress Makers and an Aquash brush to create a watercolour effect.  Then it was simply a matter of adding lovely layers of vintage paper, fabrics, lace, washi tape and some gorgeous velvet flowers.

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Connie Mercer has used the Edwardian Ladies on a scrapbook page:

 

Details from Connie: I was so excited to see this stamp set~I knew I had the perfect photo's to make a cute scrapbooking layout.  I used the Collage stamp by Darkroom Door called the Edwardian Ladies .  I stamped it out on cardstock, with brown ink, and used like an embellishment.  I also used the Tag set, Just My Style set, 1920's Chic set and the Journal set.

 

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Teresa Abajo has created a stunning card:

Details from Teresa: This stamp is so so very vintage! It looks like an ad out of an old French newspaper.  I have coloured the ladies' dresses with my Old Paper Distress Marker. The frame itself is just divine - here I have added some liquid pearls, and I'm sure it's going to come in handy around other vintage images too.

Hope you've enjoyed going back in time today!

Happy stamping!

Jolly Santa Collage Stamp - Project Ideas

HI there stampers! It's never too early to start on your Christmas cards so we wanted to share some projects with you using the Jolly Santa Collage stamp!

The Creative Team have lots of great projects and a video to share with you... sit back and enjoy!

 
Details form Godelieve: This card was stamped with traditional red and green ink.

I stamped the Jolly Santa Collage Stamp first with #Olive Archival ink, inked the image with Distress ink #Old Paper.  Then I stamped another one with #Vermillion.  I cut the red Santa out and glued him onto the green image.

 I used Viva Glitter Liner to frame the collage stamp and added Yuletide Vol2  Wordstrips.

 I glued the piece on corrugated cardboard and embellished with twine before I adhered it to a green card base.

I used:
Jolly Santa Collage Stamp
Yuletide Vol 2 Wordstrips
Viva Decor Glitter Liner
Ranger Archival Ink #Olive & Vermillion
Ranger Distress Inkpad #Old Paper

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 Because I love black & white, I also made this tag.

I combined the Jolly Santa Collage stamp with the Plaid Background.

The ticket is a stamp from the Noel set.
All the stamping was done with Ranger Archival Ink #Jet Black

I used:
Jolly Santa Collage Stamp
Plaid Background Stamp
Noel Rubber Stamp Set
Ranger Archival Ink #Jet Black

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Next we have some cards by Teresa:

Details from Teresa: I stamped the image onto acetate, then coloured the reverse with Copic markers. I then melted the edges of the acetate a little with my heat gun (making this card a little challenging to photograph!).  I mounted this onto some 7Gypsies patterned paper - I love that the newsprint shows right through the image. The words come from the Christmas Reindeer set. 
As a bonus, Teresa has filmed how she made this card! It's great to see how she did the acetate... check out the video here: 

Here's another take on it:

This time I stamped the image over a Distress Ink background. The sentiment once again comes from the Christmas Reindeer set.

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Marjie Kemper used the Jolly Santa stamp and the Sizzix Snow Flurries texture fade to create this wintery tag. Marjie cut the tag from white cardstock using the Sizzix Tag & Bookplates die. Next she added texture with the Snow Flurries texture fade, running it through the machine twice to cover the entire tag.

She stamped the Jolly Santa and added some of the Snow Flurries around the edges by carefully positioning the stamped image in the Texture Fade, one snowflake at a time.


Here the reverse side ~ she ended up with Snow Flurries just around the Santa image, and not on top of him.

Layers of Distress Inks build up the background.


I used Distress Markers to color Santa and his bag. Some twine and plastic snowflake bits finish it off. Darkroom Door Products: Jolly Santa Sizzix Products: Tag & Bookplates Die and Snow Flurries Texture Fade

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Sephi has created some great cards here:

Method

1. Stamp the Jolly Santa twice on kraft card using copper ink. Fussy-cut the Santa from the second impression and attach it the first with mounting foam.
2. Affix patterned paper and the Jolly Santa to the card front. Glue on tinsel, a ribbon bow, and a timber star.
3. Adhere the sentiment from the Dear Santa wordstrips.

Wordstrips: Dear Santa 
Ink - Brilliance cosmic copper
Paper - Basic Grey
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - tinsel, ribbon, timber star cut-out
Other - mounting foam 

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Darkroom Door products - DDCS012 Jolly Santa 
Ink - Distress fired brick
Paper - K&Company, kraft
Embellishments - ribbon, miniature compass, twinkle lights garland, lace
Other - mounting foam, water mister bottle, hole punch


Method

1. Stamp the Jolly Santa on cream card using fired brick ink. Lightly mist the stamp with water before pressing it onto the card.
2. Distress the edges of the card and adhere to patterned paper. Punch a hole through the tag and tie with ribbon.
3. Embellish with lace, a compass, and twinkle lights.
4. Cut a sentiment from the Yuletide wordstrips and attach it to the tag with mounting foam. Reinforce the tag with cardstock.

Hope you have enjoyed these ideas! 

Have you started working on your Christmas cards yet?  How many cards do you plan to make this year? 

As always, thanks for stopping by - we really appreciate it!  

Mr Penny Farthing Collage Stamp - Project Ideas

Hey there stampers! Today we have lots of great projects to share with you using the Mr Penny Farthing Collage Stamp:

The Creative Team have made lots of wonderful cards and projects to inspire you! Let's take a look:

 

 

Details from Liesbeth: I love the nostalgic and vintage look of this stamp! I stamped Mr. Penny Farthing on a Color Wash background and bleached the face and hands, and some words with pure bleach.

I stamped him onto a cut out bag (Sizzix/Tim Holtz die, In the bag') with Memories Artprint brown ink. On the back of the bag I stamped  DDBS031 Crackle.

 

I stamped the Mr. Penny Farthing stamp on a Distress ink background with black ink. On the green background I used DDBS031 Crackle and DDRS062 Steampunk. I sponged the edges brown (Distress ink Vintage Photo)  to create a vintage look.

Godelieve has created an altered book cover:

Details from Godelieve: Mr Penny Farthing is a new collage stamp by Darkroom Door.  I stamped with Ranger Archival Ink #Jet Black, sponged with Distress Ink #Victorian Velvet and Brushed Corduroy. The mat was painted with Distress Paint, stamped with the Corrugated Iron stamp, and embossed with Sizzix embossing folder #Compass.

 I brushed gel medium onto a piece of cardboard and covered it with black tissue paper, from my Darkroom Door parcel.  I rubbed on a layer of Viva Decor Inka Gold.

The quote is from Darkoom Door's Enjoy Life rubber stamp set

I used:

Darkroom Door stamps:  Mr.Penny Farthing Collage Stamp,  Enjoy Life Rubber Stamp Set, Corrugated Iron Background Stamp

Ranger Archival Ink #Jet Black

Ranger Distress Ink #Victorian Velvet,  Brushed Corduroy

Ranger Distress Paint

Viva Decor Inca Gold

Bind-it-All

Sizzix embossing folder Compass

Tim Holtz idea-ologie corners

Tim Holtz tiny attacher

Tim Holtz idea-ologie journaling tickets

Belinda has created a gorgeous vintage card:

 

 

 

As soon as I saw the image, I knew I had to go vintage so I combined the stamp with the new Gazette Background Stamp and some Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks.

 

 

I simply applied each stamp to some white cardstock and added the Distress Inks. I stamped Mr Penny Farthing a second time and used the crayon resist technique on it. I then cut out the bicycle and the person and added on top of the original image using 3D foam.

 

I added corners behind the image using the Film Frame Stamp for added interest.

 

Darkroom Door products used:

  

- DDCS009 Mr Penny Farthing Collage Stamp

- DDBS032 Gazette Background Stamp

- DDRS033 Essentials 4 Collection Vintage Automobiles

- DDFR008 Film Frame Stamp

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Antique Linen

- Brushed Corduroy

 

Hels has also created a vintage project... here are the details from Hels: Isn't he a handsome chap?  I love this collage style stamp... there's enough going on in the background that it is interesting without overpowering the image of Mr Farthing. 

My take on Mr Farthing was, of course, to turn him into a hanging (being as I am addicted to all things wall-arty)   I started off with a piece of mountboard and gave that a quick coat of Black Soot Distress Stain, drying it, then sanding it back a bit to reveal the board underneath and then blending Walnut Stain DI over the edges to age it.  Mr Farthing is stamped onto cream card using Jet Black Archival and I then coloured in using Antique Linen, Forest Moss and Walnut Stain DI's.  He was then popped onto a piece of corrugated card (Thank you to Mr AlfieCat for letting me upcycle his food packaging!)  which I tore back to reveal some of the corrugations and painted over it with cream paint.  I then added some Frayed Burlap DI to tone the colours in and smidged around the edge with Jet Black Archival Ink.

The decorating was fun!  I die cut a couple of cogs from Grungeboard, coloured them with Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain DI and cut them to fit onto the base board.  Holes punched and eyelets set ready for some rusty wire for the hanging bit and then I started on Mr Farthing himself.  Adding the Ornate Plate over the top of him, some little wire swirls, a bit of a Journal Ticket and some twine around the corrugated card... and then my new fave Tissue Tape (diamonds - LOVE them!)  I added some metal cogs and a few bits of Idea-ology to finish the project off.

Aren't all these projects amazing! Hope they have inspired you! Thanks for dropping by here today.

Happy stamping!

Pressed Flowers Collage Stamp - Project Ideas

Hi there stampers! Today we are sharing projects using the Pressed Flowers Collage Stamp:

This is such a nice and easy stamp to use... let's check out what the Creative Team have made:

 

Details from Connie: I got in my scrap bin and pulled some papers out, trim and buttons, ink and I'm ready.  The sentiments are from the Bright Blossoms Word strips~love those! This beautiful stamp does all the work for you. Gorgeous look!

Marjie Kemper applied Distress Inks to the Pressed Flowers Collage stamp with an Ink Blending tool, using a post-it 'mask' to shield the postmark portion of the stamp.

Using the negative part of the mask to shield the rest of the card, Marjie applied the green distress ink used on the bottom of the card to the postmark.


She applied embossing ink to the entire card and heat set it with clear embossing powder. The same technique was used on the metal parts, but with distress paint and embossing powder.

 Sephi has some lovely projects to share with us...

Ink - Brilliance pearlescent orchid, Versa Magic pixie dust
Paper - Marbig 60gsm brown
Embellishments - Typo tape, Heidi Swapp silk flowers, ribbon, beads
Other - large matchboxes

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Darkroom Door products - DDCS011 Pressed Flowers  Ink - Brilliance cosmic copper
Paper - page torn from an old book
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - ribbon, postage stamps

Method

1. Stamp the Pressed Flowers on a torn book page using copper ink. Affix the page to the card front using double-sided tape.
2. Attach a strip of brown ribbon and a matching bow to the card. Cut out the sentiment from the Full Bloom wordstrips and affix as shown.
3. Finish with postage stamps.

 
Hels has also been having fun with this stamp! Check out her wonderful projects:

Details from Hels: ...corrrr... I do love a nice versatile stamp and the one I have been playing with for todays post has gone into the "faves" list already.

Card 1 is most defintely my "confort zone" of neutral tones.  The colours blended onto the background are Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain.  The stamping is in Jet Black Archival ink and the sentiment is from the Bright Blossoms Wordstrip, cut out and coloured with Distress Ink.

Card 2 is a bit more adventurous!  I decided to use the stamp as a resist image.  Starting with applying Ranger's Glue & Seal to the stamp, stamping onto cream card and then zapping with a heat tool to dry the stamping.  I used Crushed Olive and Broken China DI blended over the top of the stamping to make it pop.  The sentiment is also from the Bright Blossoms Wordstrip (did I ever mention I am highly addicted to Wordstrips?)

And finally, Card 3 sees me getting even more adventurous and getting the old Brayer out!  I do love a spot of brayering and it is something I always seem to forget to do.  For the background I applied Crushed Olive, Broken China and Seedless Preserves Distress Stains to my craft sheet and picked up the colours using the Speedball brayer I have... it is nice and big so picks up more colour.  I repeated the brayering on some more card for the mat.  Again, the words... yep, from the Bright Blossoms... did I ever say I LOVE Wordstrips?

And there you have it! Have a wonderful day and thanks for looking! 

Henry & Harriet Collage Stamp - project ideas

Hi there stampers! Are you ready for a little vintage? The Creative Team have been busy creating new projects with the Henry & Harriet Collage Stamp:

This is one of the new Collage Stamps recently released at Darkroom Door. The Collage Stamps are a real mixture of styles, all created using different elements to make up the complete design. This Henry & Harriet stamp just ooozes vintage... and the Creative Team took it to a whole new level. Let's see what they created...

First up is a couple of cards from Suzanne:

Details from Suzz: I love that the new DarkRoom Door collage stamp is called Henry and Harriet! They are posed for their portrait and they look so lovely in their finery.

The couple is framed in a house made using the numbers from the bottom of the stamp. 

The background is a corrugated cardboard with the top layer pulled off in areas to expose the underneath layer.  Smear white acrylic paint across the surface. Stamp the Corrugated Iron background stamp over the background using black ink.Stamp the script from the Vintage Office.  Add touches of paper tape around the edges. Die cut the clock from kraft paper. Distress with brown dye ink. Stamp the numbers from Home Sweet Home using black ink over the surface. Add touches of white paint to the clock frame. 

Stamp the Home Sweet Home sentiment using black ink on white cardstock. Distress with brown dye ink and ink up the edges with black ink. Cut into tag shape. Punch hole and add ribbon.  Assemble the collage and add button accents to the side.

Susie has created a gorgeous necklace:

Details from Susie: I've been having a great time with Henry & Harriet at my house this week!  I've had some TAP (transfer artist paper) by Lesley Riley tucked away for quite sometime and thought it was time to have a play with it.  I stamped Henry and Harriet onto a piece of TAP and then ironed it onto some sage green raw silk.  I was really impressed with how much detail was transferred.  The piece then evolved into a necklace as I stitched and added layers of fabric, lace, paper and found objects.

I was very blessed to be able to attend the Craft Fair in Perth a few weeks ago and some of the fabrics I purchased were wrapped around these lovely tags.  They are definitely worth recycling as they are really sturdy, but still able to be put through my sewing machine.  I roughly covered the tag with gesso and then set to work stamping and layering fabric, paper, found objects and stitching.

I think the Darkroom Door stamping sets, Love Letters Vol 1 and Vol 2 were the perfect compliment to Henry and Harriet, especially the sentiment... 'LOVE does not consist in gazing at each other, but looking together in the same direction.'

Liesbeth has created a couple of stunning cards and tag...

Details from Liesbeth: I love this new Collage Stamp DDCS007 Henry & Harriet !! It doesn't need very much to create a nice card. Just the stamp and some color is enough !

 

I stamped the collage stamp with black Memories ink and colored it by using Distress Markers and a water brush. I colored an old boob page with Color Wash and used it as  a background.

I stamped the collage stamp onto a tag, colored it with Distress ink and a water brush and added some tissue tape.

Anna-Karin made a card and a tag with the new Henry & Harriet collage stamp.

Details from Anna-Karin: It is such a lovely stamp, the image is fabulous and I love the script in the background!

Henry & Harriet were stamped on cream cardstock with Archival Jet Black ink. I coloured the image softly with coloured pencils. I thought that it needed a frame and die cut a large oval ornate frame from cardstock. It was painted with Brushed Pewter Distress Paint and when dry, stamped with the French Script background stamp. The edges were inked with Black Soot and finally the frame was coated with a bit of Crackle Accents in a few places, and Glossy Accents everywhere else. For the background, I used a vintage dictionary page ('Opera') and aged it with walnut ink crystals dissolved in warm water. The same mix was used to age the ribbon and wooden embellishments. A sentiment from Love Letters Vol. 2 was stamped on a banner and the card was finished with a die cut rolled flower.

I also made a tag, where almost everything is aged with a mix of walnut ink. It gives the look of a really old and worn photo. Henry & Harriet were stamped with Archival Jet Black ink. I stamped a sentiment from Love Letters Vol. 2 on a die cut label, leaving out the large 'love' since there wasn't space for it, and instead replacing it with a Chit Chat sticker. The hearts were inked with Barn Door and coated with Crackle Accents. Happy stamping!!

Supplies for the card and tag: Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Henry & Harriet Collage Stamp, French Script Background, Love Letters Vol. 2 Other products: Dies: Sizzix: Fancy Oval Frame, Tattered Banners, Flower & Heart, Hearts & More set, Mini Labels, 3-D & Vine Flower Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black; Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Barn Door, Black Soot, Scattered Straw; Tsukineko Walnut Ink Crystals Pencils: Derwent Artist Pencils Paint: Distress Paint: Brushed Pewter Surfaces: Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock; manila tag; old dictionary paper Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat stickers; Studio Calico wood veneer Hearts, Butterflies and Cameras; cheese cloth; ribbons and lace trim; pearls Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Crackle Accents

Hope you enjoyed these ideas!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Shadow 12up Frame Stamp - Project Ideas

Hi all!! Today we have lots of ideas to share with you using the new Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp!

Belinda has created a collage look with a relaxing seaside theme.

 

Details from Belinda: I started by stamping the Scratches Background Stamp onto smooth white cardstock using Viridian Archival Ink. I then used the same ink to stamp the Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp. Working quickly before the ink dried too much, I applied Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel and heat set. The embossing powder didn't stick quite as well as I had hoped so I then coloured in each square with a watermark pen and reapplied the embossing powder.

 

 

 

To create the glossy look to the Seaside Montage images I stamped individual squares from the frame stamp, heat set with UTEE and cut out. Then I simply added a collection of goodies reminiscent of lazy beach days.

 

Darkroom Door products used:

* DDFR012 Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp

* DDBS012 Scratches Background Stamp

* DDBS016 Mesh Background Stamp

* DDRS055 Seaside Collection Seashells

* DDRS025 Essentials 3 Collection Butterflies

* DDRS026 Essentials 3 Collection Alphabet Medley

* DDMN012 Seaside Collection Montage

* DDWS017 Seaside Collection Wordstrip

 

RANGER Archival Ink Viridian / Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Antique Linen

 

I used the same techniques to create a second card with a beach theme.

 

 

 

 

Darkroom Door products used:

* DDFR012 Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp

* DDBS016 Mesh Background Stamp

* DDBS012 Scratches Background Stamp

* DDRS025 Essentials 3 Collection Butterflies

* DDRS055 Seaside Collection Seashells

* DDMN012 Seaside Collection Montage

* DDWS017 Seaside Collection Wordstrip

 

RANGER Archival Ink Viridian / Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Antique Linen

 

Here's a few cards by Liesbeth:

Details from Liesbeth: I stamped with Big & Juicy inks and overstamped with black Memories ink.

The first card is a little different: I punched a 1 "inch square in a piece of transpatent sheet, used that as a mask and stamped the squares one by one. Other stamps used: DDRS090 Discover and DDRS077 Sail Away.

 Additional stamp:   DDRS051 Montmartre

 

Additional stamps, both cards 3 and 4 : DRS077 Sail Away

Marjie Kemper used the 12-Up Shadow Stamp to make the background for Mr. Bright Idea on this jumbo tag.

   
Using Salty Ocean and Mustard Seed Distress Inks from Ranger to color the stamp, she first pressed the ink pads directly onto the stamp and then used ink blending tools to blend the colors and soften any straight lines from the ink pads themselves.


A light spritz of water on top of the ink leads to watercolor stamping.


Here's what the tag looked like before Marjie brought in Mr. Bright Idea and our Triangles Background stamp.  

Hope you've enjoyed todays ideas! We'd love to know what you'd like to create with the Shadow 12up Frame Stamp! Let us know in the comments, we'd love to hear from you :)

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