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* DDFR012 Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp

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

Darkroom Door products used:

* 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

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 :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Posted on June 17, 2013 at 10:11 PM in Background Stamps, Collage Stamps, Creative Team, Distress Inks, Frame Stamps, Rubber Stamps, Wordstrips | Permalink | Comments (0)

Shadow 6up Frame Stamp - project ideas

Hi everyone! Continuing on with our Shadow Frame stamp blog posts, today we're sharing projects using the Shadow 6up Frame Stamp!

This is a fabulous stamp design and works really well with our Montage and Wordstrips as you can see here:

Details from Rachel: I stamped the Shadow 6up using Cobalt Archival ink. Trimmed some small images from the Seaside Montage and adhered them to the card using foam adhesive. I cut small pieces of muslin and layered it between the stamped image and a word from the Seaside Wordstrip!

Here's what the Creative Team have created with this stamp...

Details from Melissa: My card today uses Darkroom Door's new Shadow 6 Up Frame Stamp. I was so excited when it first arrived and ideas started swirling. I began by stamping the images using watermark ink onto patterned paper and then embossed them using Zing Blush embossing powder. I then embossed just a small portion of the Shadow 6 Up Frame using the French Manuscript Background stamp with silver embossing powder.

I machine stitched between each box to create a visible grid and set to work filling each square. I love the photos in the Hello Baby Montage, so I snipped a few, sanded and distressed each, and added them to a few of the squares. The stamped sentiment on the tea-stained tag is from the Hello Baby Vol 1 stamp set and it is combined with the Venetian Wordstrip.

Next came adding embellishments, vintage trim, sheet music, sequins, buttons, tulle, washi tape, and flowers.

This is such a fun and inspiring stamp set. Can't wait to use it again!

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Details from Godelieve: I stamped the Shadow 6up Frame Stamp twice and cut a square piece of 9 blocks. I inked the 6 squares with Distress Ink #Barn Door, misted with water, stamped on smooth cardstock.

To add more texture I used the Mesh Background stamp with Distress Ink #Wild Honey.

The flowers and quote were stamped with Ranger Archival ink #Jet Black.

I attached a heat embossed vellum heart and a punched heart, using Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. Love those tiny staples.

I used:
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps: Shadow 6 Up Frame Stamp, Mesh Background Stamp, Wildflowers Vol 1 Set (flowers), Enjoy Life Set (quote), Hearts set
Ranger Distress Inkpads: Barn Door, Wild Honey
Ranger Archival Inkpad: Jet Black
WOW embossing powder #Opaque Bright White
Heart Punch
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Tonic Paper Distresser

Here's another card I made:

The background on this card just "happened" when I was cleaning the stamp on white cardstock.

I decorated the squares with vellum Spiral Flowers, heat embossed and colored with Distress Markers.

I used:

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps: Shadow 6 Up Frame Stamp, Spiral Flowers Set

Ranger Distress Inkpads: Barn Door, Scattered Straw

Ranger Distress Markers: Barn Door, Scattered Straw

Vellum

WOW embossing powder

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

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Details from Connie: Hi everyone~ I have been having a blast creating with the Shadow 6up! It is a wonderful compliment to other Darkroom Door stamps. I stamped the French Script background stamp over the 6 UP Frame stamp. I reversed the inks on both cards, using the green/ blue combo.

I also used some Australia postage stamps (hmm, wonder where I got those at) :):), some large buttons and one of the word strips for the sentiment. This rubber stamp has become a favorite!

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Details from Susie: Oooohhh, Darkroom Door's Shadow 6 Up frame stamp is so much fun to work with! For this first card, I roughly inked up the stamp, missing small sections of the rubber, and then stamped in onto textured card to give a more weathered look. I then punched a square hole into one section of the frame to create a window.

I added a number of stamped images from Darkroom Door's stamp sets: Seashells and Seaside Vol 2 and embellished the work with vintage buttons, a pearl, a shell, thread, lace, washi tape and a section cut from an old map. I used 3D mounting tape on my work, adding a section of map under the window and affixed it to black card.

London was the next theme in mind as I continued to play with the Shadow 6 Up frame. This time I stamped the compass (Sail Away), pattern (Ornate Elements) and postcard (Champs Elysee) images onto three sections of the stamp and then inked the remaining blocks to create a mix of patterned and solid blocks. You need to be pretty organised and work fairly quickly so that the ink doesn't dry out!

The card was then embellished with images from London Vol 1 filmstrip and London montage. I stamped the United Kingdom section of the World Map background stamp onto the back of a Scrabble tile and Trafalgar Square label (London Vol 1 stamp set). The number from the small tag is from the Ornate Elements stamp set. A few other treasure were added to complete this card: silk fabric, eyelets, game spinner, vintage text, a wooden jigsaw piece and pen nibs.

Darkroom Door's Shadow 6 Up frame stamp is extremely versatile and great one to add to your collection! Thanks for stopping by today!

Posted on June 13, 2013 at 09:31 PM in Creative Team, Frame Stamps, Montage, Rubber Stamps, Wordstrips | Permalink | Comments (3)

Shadow 3up Frame Stamp - project ideas

Howdy stampers! Have you seen our new Shadow Frame Stamps? We have added three styles to our range of Frame stamps. A Shadow 3up, Shadow 6up and Shadow 12up. Those who have been stamping for many years may be familiar with this style of stamp as shadow stamping has been a popular technique for a long time! It's fun, easy and quick to do!

Here's some great ideas from our Creative Team using the Shadow 3up stamp:

The Shadow 3up consists of three panels that can be used vertically or horizontally, depending on the artwork you wish to create. It is perfect for cards and will look great on scrapbook layouts too. Stamp other images on top of the frames, use them for sentiments and journaling, use all three frames or just one. Lots of possibilities. Anna-Karin had so much fun with the stamp that she ended up making four different cards, but with similar techniques.Take a look:

Details from Anna-Karin: I inked up the three frames with three colours Distress Ink (Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw and Wild Honey). I misted the stamp several times with water before stamping on watercolour paper. When dry, flowers from Wildflowers Vol. 1 and Bold Blossoms were inked with Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint, misted with water and stamped one on each panel. The small flowers from Wildflowers Vol. 2 were white embossed on top. I distressed the edges and mounted the panel on a white card with foam dots.

The second card was done in much the same way, using Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet when stamping the panels. When dry, three flowers were white embossed on top, and stamped again with Victorian Velvet (first misted with water) to create a shadow effect.

The three shadow frames look great stamped on glossy cardstock, here I inked each panel with a different Archival Ink (Pale Ochre, Chrome Yellow, Saffron). The flowers and the sentiment were stamped with Archival Jet Black. A very quick card!

On the fourth card the three frames were inked with three blue Archival Inks (French Ultramarine, Maganese Blue, Cobalt) and again stamped on glossy cardstock. The gondola from Venetian Vol. 1 was stamped on top with Jet Black, as well as sentiment words.

Supplies: Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Shadow 3 Up Frame stamp, Venetian Vol. 1, Wildflowers Vol. 1, Wildflowers Vol. 2, Bold Blossoms Other: Surfaces: Ranger Glossy cardstock; Canson watercolour paper Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Pale Ochre, Chrome Yellow, Saffron, French Ultramarine, Maganese Blue, Cobalt, Jet Black; Distress Ink: Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Embossing powder: Ranger Seafoam White Dies: Sizzix Tattered Banners Embellishments: twine, pearls

Teresa also had a play with the Shadow 3up Stamp. Check out her creations:

The Shadow 3-Up Frame Stamp gave me a fantastic opportunity to play around with Distress Inks. Here I have swiped some yellow and green inks strategically over the rubber, so that it looks like sunset over some mountains. I then stamped a couple of the flowers from the Carved Flowers set in black Archival ink

On this second card, I used some green and purple ink, putting more purple toward the bottom and then spritzed the rubber very lightly to get the colours to blend just a little before stamping. I then added the word and some hearts from the Whimsical Words set.

Suzz has created a gorgeous card with a real pop of colour! Check it out:

Details from Suzz: The 3 Up Frame Stamp stamp is very versatile and will become a staple because of it's many uses. My first thought was to ink it up with a set of 3 colors and apply a white image over the bright background. I inked up my stamp with yellow dye ink in the center of the frame. I then added the green on the bottom half of the stamp and orange along the top of the frame. I misted water over the stamp to add a touch of blending between the colors and stamped it on white cardstock.

After the background dried I stamped the lovely flowers from Garden Greetings with versamark ink and heat embossed white embossing powder on the flowers. I cut out the words from the wordstrips to frame and mount on each of the flowers.

I then added a few layers of white cardstock with distressed edges onto the cardbase.

Check out these fun creations by Sephi!

I had a lot of fun making these samples with the new Shadow 3up Frame Stamp!

1. Stamp the Shadow 3 Up frame three times on the card front using blue ink. When the ink is dry over-stamp the frame with the arrow and stars from the Robot Vol.2 set using white and silver ink.
2. Stick a torn piece of aluminium tape to the card and then a Robot image and word from the montage sheet.
3. Glue the washers and bolt to the card to finish

1. Ink the Shadow 3 Up frame stamp with Distress inks and mist generously with water so the colours run together. Press gently onto the textured side of the card. When dry, trim to size

2. Crumple the card into a tight ball, smooth in out flat and mount it on sturdy card. Trim to size.

3. Stamp words from the Whimsical Words set using black ink.

4. Affix the stamped card to torn patterned paper. Punch a hole through the tag and tie with ribbon and beads threaded onto string.

Hope you've enjoyed all the inspiration and ideas! You can find the Shadow 3up stamp here or ask for it at a stockist near you!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Posted on June 11, 2013 at 02:30 PM in Creative Team, Distress Inks, Frame Stamps, Rubber Stamps | Permalink | Comments (4)

Musical Cherubs Frame Stamp

Today we have some great projects using the Musical Cherubs Frame Stamp!

A very beautiful, detailed stamp with lots of possibilities! Here's what Liesbeth has created:

Gothic arch: I stamped the Musical Cherubs frame on a cut out arch (Sizzix Movers & Shapers: Arch Frame) with black StazOn ink and coloured it with Distress Markers and a waterbrush. I masked it and sponged the edges with blue and green Distress inks. I stamped the sentiment and branches. (DDRS0018 Trees)

For this card I stamped the Cherubs frame on a big card with Memories Artprint Brown ink and masked it. I sponged the card with blue, green and pink Distress ink by using a branche template on the left side, and after that I stamped the trees, flowers, woman, the word Dream and the bridge with black, and some fragments of tekst with Artprint brown. I created a shadow around the frame with Black Soot Distress ink and a cotton tip and sponged the edges of the card black. I layered the card on pink, black and green cardstock.

Additional stamps used: DDRS0018 Trees, DDRS005 Wildflowers Vol. 1, DDRS012 Chorus, DDRS029 Prague Vol. 1, DDRS052 Notre Dame and DDBS005 French Script.

Sachets: I stamped the frame onto a piece of white cotton fabric by using StazOn inks: I used Olive Green, Teal Blue and Royal Purple. I stamped the sentiments, words and images with black StazOn ink. I sewed three sachets, and added some lace at the tops.

Additional stamps: DDRS044 Dashing Gents

Additional Stamps: DDRS011 Melody & DDRS113 Vintage Office

Additional Stamps: DDRS092 Keys

Anna-Karin had fun stamping with the pretty Musical Cherubs Frame stamp. This stamp can be used as a frame, to hold a picture or a sentiment, or use only a little part of it to create something entirely different.

Details from Anna-Karin: I wanted a gilded frame and covered a piece of cardstock with foil tape. I painted the tape with Tarnished Brass Distress Paint and when dry, stamped the frame on top. Because I was a bit impatient, the paint was not entirely dry and the stamp pulled a little bit of it off, which created a nice distressed look. I distressed the frame more with a needle tool. The sentiment comes from New York Vol. 1. For the background, I gold embossed the Sheet Music Background stamp on a piece of cardstock which had been inked with Chipped Sapphire and Tarnished Brass Distress Stain.

You might see the metal of the gold frame better here. I thought the images from Love Letters Photo Chips worked perfectly inside the frame.

For my second card, I paired up the Musical Cherubs stamp with Tim Holtz Sizzix Came Frame die, which has the same shape. It was die cut from patterned paper and the frame was stamped on top with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. I placed a silhouette die cut from natural sticky-back canvas in the frame and embellished the card with paper clay letters and a flower. The background is dry embossed kraft-core cardstock.

Supplies for both cards:

Darkroom Door products:

Stamps: Musical Cherubs Frame, Sheet Music Background, New York Vol. 1, All Occasions

Paper Products: Love Letters Photochips

Other:

Surfaces: Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock; Ranger Manila cardstock. Foil Tape Sheets; My Mind's Eye Howdy Dowdy 6 x 6 patterned papers; foil tape

Dies: Sizzix: Bloom w/Leaves 3-D Flower, Cameo Frame, Mini Silhouettes

Embossing folder: Sizzix: Eiffel Town & French Script Set

Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black; Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs; Tsukineko Stazon Jet Black

Stain: Ranger Distress Stain: Chipped Sapphire, Tarnished Brass

Paint: Ranger Distress Paint: Tarnished Brass

Embellishments: Martha Stewart clay and mould kits; pearls; trim

Susie has also been busy creating fun projects with the Musical Cherubs! Check out these beautiful pieces:

Details from Susie: I think this new Darkroom Door frame stamp may well be one of my absolute favourites!!!

For this first piece, 'Always Find A Song', I stamped Darkroom Doors new frame stamp 'Musical Cherub', directly onto a piece of vintage sheet music that I had previously painted with a light layer of gesso. I then stamped the sentiment found in Darkroom Door's stamp set 'Chorus', into the centre of the frame and added the copyright number to the frame from some of the remaining sheet music. I then had a lovely time embellishing this piece with some pressed hydrangea flowers, silk fabric, sheet music and cross stitches.

For this next piece, I stamped the Musical Cherubs frame onto a scrap of white paper and trimmed around both the inside and outside edges of the frame and layered it over a lovely image from Darkroom Doors 'Love Letters Collection Vol 2' stamp set using 3D mounting tape. I stamped 'Paris' found on the postcard of the same stamp set and placed it behind the lower section of the frame.

The frame was then added to a number of layered papers, including sheet music and embellished with Darkroom Door's postal stamp found in the 'Love Letters Collection Vol 1' stamp set and a floral image found on the 'Art De Fleur' montage sheet. Lace, silk fabric strips, buttons, flowers and pearls were then used to complete this collage.

We hope you have enjoyed the inspiration today with the Musical Cherubs Frame Stamp!

Wishing you all an inky weekend!

Posted on June 07, 2013 at 09:00 AM in Creative Team, Distress Inks, Frame Stamps, Rubber Stamps | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wooden Frame Stamp - Project Ideas

Hi stampers! Get ready for some fabulous inspiration as the Creative Team have some beautiful projects to share with you today using the new Wooden Frame Stamp!

Let's take a look at what you can create with this stamp...

First is a project by Suzz: The Wooden Frame stamp is the perfect rustic setting for the the beautiful flowers from the Garden Greetings collection...

I started with a white card base with a rectangle cut open to display the flowers inside and out.

Cut cardbase from white cardstock. Cut opening in center. Stamp wood frame using brown ink. Cut out frame. Smear edges with black edges.

Foam a small amount of shaving cream on acetate or craft mat surface. Spritz randomly Dylusions pink and yellow spray into shaving cream. Using a plastic ruler smear the shaving cream and mix together the spray. Place white cardstock into shaving cream mixture. Pull up and shave off excess shaving cream. I used my plastic ruler. Let dry.

Stamp multiple flowers using black ink on shaving cream background. Cut out with detail scissors. Stamp butterflies from the Collage - Butterfly and Post stamp using black ink onto shaving cream background. Cut out with detail scissors.

Cut piece of pattern paper (Pink Paislee - Hope Chest) for background. Cut opening to align with window.

Distress edges of paper, cardbase and frame with brown dye ink. Pop dot frame and attach to patter paper.
Stamp sentiment using black ink. Distress edges.

Assemble card. Pop dot flower inside and and attach. Attach flowers to frame. Attach flowers.

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Next up is Sephi:

I've made two projects to share with you - a card and a small hanging ornament which I think would look super tied to a present or even hung from a hook in your studio.

Darkroom Door products - DDFR009 Wooden , DDBS004 Dots , Bright Blossoms Ink - StazOn timber brown, Versa Mark
Paper - assorted
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - ribbon
Other - balsa wood, craft knife

Method

1. Stamp the Wooden frame on a piece of balsa wood using brown ink. Cut out the four sides individually with a craft knife. Ink the corner edges and reassemble the frame with glue.
2. Stamp the card front with the Dots background stamp. Overlap the impressions to create a unique pattern.
3. Affix a Sydney photochip to the back of the frame and attach it to the card.
4. Stamp the Butterflies on scraps of patterned paper. Cut out and attach to the frame.
6. Finish with a ribbon bow and a Bright Blossoms wordstrip.

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Darkroom Door products - DDFR009 Wooden Bright Blossoms
Ink - StazOn timber brown

Embellishments - ribbon, picture frame hanger, yellow seed beads
Other - balsa wood, craft knife, glue

1. Stamp the Wooden frame twice on balsa wood using brown ink. Cut out the sides of the frames individually. Ink the corner edges and reassemble with glue.
2. Carefully trim about 2mm from the inside edge of one of the frames. Adhere the trimmed frame to the larger one.
3. Affix a Bright Blossom photochip to the back of the frame. Fill the centre of the flower with glue and cover with seed beads.
4. Attach a ribbon bow and a Bright Blossoms wordstrip as shown.
5. Glue a small picture frame hanger to the back of the frame and cover with patterned paper to finish

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Belinda has created a beautiful series of tags using the Wooden Frame stamp. Check these out:

Details from Belinda: I applied the Wooden Frame Stamp onto white cardstock using an embossing ink and then heat set with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Walnut Stain. This embossing powder gives a really rough 'distressed' finish so it actually feels a little like wood grain.

I then applied some Antique Linen and Pickled Raspberry Distress Inks to add more colour to the frame.

Next I stamped some foliage onto acetate and added to the back of the frame to create a window pane.

Darkroom Door products used:

DDBS020 Chevron Background Stamp

DDRS025 Essentials 3 Collection Butterflies

DDRS099 Essentials 10 Collection Foliage

DDMN002 Full Bloom Collection Montage

RANGER Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Pickled Raspberry

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Powder Walnut Stain

Once I finished this tag, I was kind of on a roll so who am I to argue with inspiration?!! LOL

Here's a few more tags created in the same manner.

Darkroom Door products used:

DDWB009 Smile Word Block Stamp

DDRS111 Essentials 11 Collection Carved Flowers

DDRS002 Venetian Vol. 2

DDMN002 Full Bloom Collection Montage

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Seedless Preserves

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Peacock Feathers

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Powder Walnut Stain

Darkroom Door products used:

DDCS002 Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp

DDMN002 Full Bloom Collection Montage

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Pickled Raspberry

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Seedless Preserves

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Walnut Stain

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Powder Walnut Brown

Darkroom Door products used:

DDBS006 Harlequin Background Stamp

DDRS105 Sydney Collection Sydney Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDMN019 Sydney Collection Montage

VIVA DECOR 3D Stamp Paint Walnut Brown

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Peacock Feathers

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Powder Walnut Stain

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And Hels has also been busy with the Wooden Frame stamp! Check out these gorgeous projects!!

I stamped the frame using Coffee Archival Ink and cut it out, including the centre. I then stamped it again and used this one as a base for the frame. A smidge of Distress Ink: Antique Linen and Forest Moss, to colour the insidey bit and then more Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo to colour the frame.

This was then popped onto 3d foam. The inserty bit needed a nice wordage... so I used the Full Bloom Vol 2 set, adding a sprig and a sentiment using Jet Black Archival... and I also used this set to stamp some diddy flowers, colouring them with Tumbled Glass Distress Marker, shaping them with a ball tool and then adding a pearl for the middles... and popping them onto the frame...

The second card was made the other way around... so I stamped the frame once in Jet Black Archival and used the piece that I had gutted out of the first card frame to stamp onto with the sentiment which is also from the Full Bloom Vol 2. I used the same DI's to colour the frame and the insert was coloured with Antique Linen and Seedless Preserves DI's. The florals are stamped and shaped as before and they too are coloured with the same DI's as the wordy bit.

Wow - so there you go... lots of amazing ideas using the Wooden Frame stamp! Hope you enjoyed the inspiration!

Posted on June 06, 2013 at 09:25 AM in Creative Team, Frame Stamps, Montage, Rubber Stamps, Wordstrips | Permalink | Comments (1)

Ornamental Paris Card - Sizzix & Darkroom Door

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a card using the Ornamental Movers and Shapers die with grungeboard and Darkroom Door stamps:

I love that you can cut thick pieces of grungeboard, chipboard, fabric and lots of other materials using this die.

Here's how I made the card:

Arc De Triomphe
1. Fold a 210mm x 150mm piece of dark brown cardstock in half to form a horizontally opening card.
2. Die cut Grungeboard with Tim Holtz 'Ornamental' die. Sponge with Forest Moss and Stormy Sky Distress Ink. Stamp French Script Background Stamp over the top with Archival Jet Black inkpad.
3. Punch a hole on the left and right sides of the grungeboard using a Crop A Dile. Thread black ribbon through both holes.
4. Adhere Grungeboard to card using foam tape. Finish wrapping the ribbon around the inside of the card and tie on the right hand side of the card as shown.
5. Stamp Arc de Triomphe from the DDRS050 Champs Elysee stamp set onto Fawn Cardstock with Jet Black ink. Trim and sponge edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Adhere to left side of grungeboard.
6. Stamp the little flower from the same set onto Fawn cardstock using Sepia ink three times. Trim around each flower and sponge the edges. Adhere to the grungeboard.
7. Stamp ‘Paris’ from the ‘Cafe de Paris’ stamp from the Champs Elysee stamp set using Jet Black ink. Distress the edges with a paper distresser and adhere to the grungeboard with foam adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration!

Have a great weekend!

Rachel

Posted on June 01, 2013 at 11:00 PM in Background Stamps, Distress Inks, Rubber Stamps, Sizzix | Permalink | Comments (0)

Gazette Background Stamp - Vintage Memories

Hi everyone! Hels here! I have been playing with the fabby new background stamp called Gazette. It is a big stamp, which means that it makes a versatile addition to your collection... use it, as I have, in its entirety... or cut out the adverts and use them individually... colour the adverts, ink them up in different colours... the ideas are limitless!

My creation started out as an offcut of mountboard that was cut to the same size as the background stamp - which is approx 4 1/4" by 6"... told you, it is a cracking size. You can also see the detail in the this stamp too... a close up of my creation will help you see the teensy text is perfect!

I covered the mountboard with a coat of Distress Paints in Antique Linen, Bundled Sage and Broken China and then once this was dry, stamped my image onto cosmetic tissue, cut it to size and then used Glue & Seal to collage the tissue to the mountboard base. Once this had dried off, I used a smidge of Antique Linen DP on my finger to blend over the top of the tissue stamping to tone it into the background. Next, I painted the outer edges of a 5 x 7 canvas board with Black Soot DP and popped a piece of organza ribbon onto the mountboard piece... glued the two together and then added eyelets and some rusty wire for a hanging. The decorations are paper flowers, the words are from the Art De Fleur Word Strip and three ickle butterflies from the Wings set which were coloured with Distress Marker. A few pearls as finishing touches and voila, one vintage hanging!

That's all from me for today... thanks for looking!

Hels x

Posted on May 30, 2013 at 07:07 AM in Background Stamps, Creative Team, Rubber Stamps, Wordstrips | Permalink | Comments (2)

Sunshine smiles!

Here in the states, summer is just days away, but it feels like summer right now after using the Sunshine Background stamp. I wanted to fill in the empty spaces between each sunbeam by letting a few images peek through such as the French Script Background and images from the Butterflies stamp set.

I began by stamping a block of cardstock in orange using the French Script Background and randomly stamping butterflies in coordinating colors. I then stamped the Sunshine Background stamp using watermark ink and then embossed it using pink embossing powder.

The center point from which all of the sunbeams flow is highlighted by using scallop and circle punches and an image from the Bright Blossoms Photochip sheet with a sentiment from the Bright Blossoms Wordstrip.

This is one of those stamps that just leaves you with a smile on your face!

Melis

Posted on May 29, 2013 at 07:05 AM in Background Stamps, Creative Team, Montage, Rubber Stamps, Wordstrips | Permalink | Comments (1)

Brick Wall Background Stamp - Project Ideas

Hello stampers! We'd like to share some projects using the Brick Wall Background Stamp!

Teresa has used it with one of the images from the Skater stamp set:

Details from Teresa: Isn't it the perfect grungey background for a boy themed card?

For this background, I chose some patterned paper and then covered it in a thin layer of gesso. While it was wet, I stamped the Brick Wall Background into it and left it to dry. Then I sponged some Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges, and stamped the word 'Skater' with Coffee Archival ink.

To complete the card, the skater image was stamped with Coffee Archival ink onto kraft cardstock, then fussy cut. I also made a second generation impression of the words 'Born to SK8' int he top right hand corner to look like faded graffiti.

Marjie has used the Brick Wall in the title of her art journal page:

Details from Marjie: I stamped the Brick Wall Background onto manila card and then diecut letters from it using the Sizzix Block Talk die. I stamped the Brick Wall repeatedly on the page using Distress Inks, and then colored in with Distress Stains, leaving a very subtle background. You can see some of the wall showing through in the photo below:

I printed a quote from George Lucas onto the Sizzix ticket die:

Belinda has created a couple of projects using the Brick Wall:

Details from Belinda: It may be the completely wrong time of the year, but when I first saw the NEW Brick Wall Background Stamp I immediately thought of Christmas. Santa coming down the chimney and all that. Besides, if I don't get them made now I never will! LOL

So today I have two Christmas cards to share with you.

I applied the Brick Wall stamp to cardstock with Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black. I then applied Distress Inks in Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany. For the 'Ho Ho Ho' card I flicked water over it with my fingertips to create a rain soaked look. I stamped the Window Frame Stamp on cardstock, inked it and then cut to size to frame the Dear Santa Photochip on the inside of the card.

I think this is just the perfect background stamp to use on Christmas cards. I know it will be featuring on all of mine this year. :-)

Darkroom Door products used:

Card 1:

DDBS034 Brick Wall Background Stamp

DDPC008 Yuletide Photochips

DDWS010 Yuletide Vol 2 Wordstrips

DDMN008 Yuletide Montage

Card 2:

DDBS034 Brick Wall Background Stamp

DDFR002 Window Frame Stamp

DDPC016 Dear Santa Photochips

DDWS021 Dear Santa Wordstrips