Missed Dodo Scrapchicks

I was so sorry to miss the last Dodo Scrapchicks session. I enjoyed the layout so much, could not let it go by. So stayed up Wed night to finish it. I turned the LO on it's side as I wanted to make a facing page and wanted it to flow. Thanks Nadine for your choice!

Not simply Masking

Oh I do so love Simplicity by LateBlossom and this week has been masking on one layer. Although I kept strictly to the one layer policy, I went a bit wild with the stamping. Well, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! Sigh! One day I'll be doing simply stunning cards, but in the meantime here's mine :

I used the silhouette flowers of Hero Arts cut on the Silhouette machine as the mask.

And I had such fun, I had to make another :

Used another cutout from Silhouette machine - flower 1020 - which I sponged with Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks and then stamped with HeroArts Antique Bocade in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

9 Ways with 1 Stamp

I took one of the Hero Arts silhouette stamps (Silhouette Meadow Flowers see here) and tried 9 different techniques. With the exception of No. 7, I started with white card.

1. 
   
   Stamped in Sky Blue Colorbox pigment ink, then added a script stamp in Hero Arts Soft Sand, and finally added black shadow lines with a fineliner
2. 
   
   Stamped in Sky Blue Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder, then stamped the script inked with Faded Jeans and Forest Moss Distress Ink, and then sponged the unembossed areas with Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Inks, and lastly wiped with a dried wet wipe.
3. 
   
   Stamped the script in Hero Arts Soft Sand first, then stamped silhouette stamp in Sky Blue Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with iridescent embossing powder, then sponged with pink,m purple, green and blue from Tsukineko Kaleidacolor Pastel Pad. I had thought the dye ink might stain the sparkles, but was happy to see that it didn't.
4. 
   
   Stamped the script in Hero Arts Soft Sand first, then stamped silhouette stamp using the graded Pastel Colorbox option pad and embossed with clear embossing powder, then applied the Faded Jeans directly to the image, and lastly wiped with a dried wet wipe.
5. 
   
   Stamped the script in Hero Arts Soft Sand first, then inked the silhouette stamp with Colorbox lavender and inked HA Starburst with Royal Blue and stamp-kissed repeatedly inking before each kiss; then stamped the silhouette stamp and embossed with clear embossing powder.
6. 
   
   Stamped in Sky Blue Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with Blue Pearl embossing powder twice. Added dots of Blue Liquid Pearls to centres.
7. 
   
   Started with turquoise card. Stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.
8. 
   
   Stamped HA Friends Definition stamp with Fired Brick Distress Ink, then stamped the silhouette stamp with Versamark and embossed with clear Embossing powder, then applied Fired Brick directly to unembossed areas, and lastly wiped with a dried wet wipe.
9. 
   
   Stamped the script in Hero Arts Soft Sand first, then sponged Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edge, then stamped the silhouette stamp with Versamark and embossed with clear Embossing powder, then applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink to unembossed areas and wiped with a dried wet wipe.

And here are the cards I made with each piece. (Have temporarily misplaced number 5, but will add it when I find it - gremlins in my studio!)