Aloha, all!
I actually had some time this past weekend to spend in the Craft Room! Wow, that’s twice in one week. What is the world coming to?! Well, there may be a few dishes that need washing and a bit of laundry. But I had the time to be creative.
One thing that spurs me on to be creative is a challenge from any Stamping group to which I belong. This weekend, I took on the challenge to make a card with JUST BLACK AND WHITE. I’ve tried this before on my own, but always have ended up putting on a bit of Real Red or Tempting Turquoise or Summer Sun to accent the black. Not this time! I took the challenge from the group called, SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing On Line–a group for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators only) and made this card.
The stamp set from which this flower is taken is called Flower Fancy, and it is a stamp set that you can use for just about any kind of card you can imagine. Last year at the Stampin’ Up Convention 2008, this set was included in one presentation as one that is extremely versatile. In fact, I think that I’ll use it to make a Valentine Card later this week and start showing off more of its versatility!
Besides the stamp from the set, I used one of the greeting stamps from another very versatile set, Sincere Salutations. In fact, I’ve used these two stamp sets together on a number of occasions. I do believe that I could make any greeting card I needed just with these two sets. Hmmmm. That sounds like a challenge to myself! Oh, and I used the Ticket Punch on the top 3 layers, and accented the card with Whisper White Satin Ribbon. The white images on the black paper were stamped with Versamark and embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.
Embossing is a technique that I especially like to teach. The first time anyone sees that embossing powder liquefy and pop off the paper is amazing! Have you tried it? If not, I’d be glad to give you a quick lesson, and I guarantee that you’ll be hooked into it as a way to stamp on dark paper.
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More later this week. Got to get ready for my stamp club on Wednesday!