Welcome back lovely readers. It's been a while but not only has it been Christmas, I've been recovering from surgery on my ankle to turn my big toe muscle into a new Achilles Tendon. It's improving slowly and my physiotherapy has started in earnest so I'm hoping to be able to spend more time in the room of craft and share the new Spring catalogue with you.
However today along with the fabulous Totally Techniques team I'm sharing a #simplestamping card using just stamps, ink and paper. We're sharing single layer cards that anyone from a beginner crafter to an avid crafter can do and often has need for. I've used a new incoming set called Bloom by Bloom which has bold solid stamps, but you can use bold colours or any you prefer. I've used Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. It is indeed a simple stamping card, but I have sneaked in a version of the masking technique. Using a post it note I've masked a section of each card giving me a 'white space' once I've stamped to add a sentiment.
We all love to make 'special' cards, but at times need quick and easy cards that we might need in bulk, for example thank you cards to send out for all our awesome Christmas gifts or you might be a teacher and want to send a simple birthday card to all your class and need something that is fun and cheerful, but not too time consuming. This stamp set and our note cards and envelopes are perfect for these types of cards. You can see above how I used different shape post it notes or cut them to the size I wanted maintaining as much of the sticky strip as possible to hold the mask in place.
This is a great way for a beginner to start stamping. I've used just 3 ink pads and a stamp set for the design. I have used another for the thanks sentiment, but you could write in your own and look at growing your stamp collection over time with sentiments being next on your list.
For this design I used a small square post it and stamped the border from the set over the mask to create a complete 'white' square in which I then stamped the flower and thanks. It gives depth but is still just a single layered card.
- Zoe Tant - UK - You're here
- Shannean Moncrieff - Australia
- Barbara Meyer - Austria
- Annette Elias - The Netherlands
- Kelly Acheson - USA
- Marine Wiplier - France
