Hello there! Having shared a brand new purchase yesterday, I’m back with my Sunday dip into Claritystamp’s Craft Club back issues and today it’s the ‘sing your song’ stamp from November 2020. This is such a cheerful little stamp!
I started by stamping the bird & trees onto white card using ‘black soot’ Distress Oxide, so that I could then heat emboss it with clear powder. I cut it out with a nested circle die, then blended a little ‘mustard yellow’ Distress Oxide behind the trees and around the edge of the circle.
Now, although I’m using an older stamp, I felt I should put into practice at least one of the techniques I picked up at Claritystamp’s Open Day yesterday. I watched the brilliant Sam Crowe using inks and stencils on a Gelli plate, so adapted her tips. I smooshed some ‘mustard seed’ and ‘antique linen’ onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and picked it up with a piece of Clarity’s stencil card. Having dried it off with my heat gun, I used one of the sections from the ‘bubbles decorative panel’ stencil and brushed more of the ‘mustard seed’ through it, followed by a few highlighted bits in ‘black soot’ (can you ‘highlight’ in black…?). I attached a strip of black card to a 5×7 card blank and then glued the stencilled card on top.
I added the sentiment from the craft club stamp across the bottom of the circle, coloured the bird with a yellow marker and attached it to the card front. I finished with a few black resin dots,
Thanks for dropping in. I’m heading off to share this with a few blog challenges. I’ve used the colours from Color Hues and the layout from Inspire.Create. The team at Festive Friday are celebrating World Music Day and I thought this image was perfect – I’ve picked up music notes, black, embossing & circles from their inspo list.
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thanks so much Jolanda x
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Beautiful!
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Such a great card, Deborah! I love the fun trees and that great sentiment. The spotted background looks wonderful too. Very creative use of our colors at Color Hues! Thanks for playing.
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Love this sweet stamp and sentiment! Great job of layering! Loved seeing this in the gallery at Color Hues!
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So beautiful! I love the way you showed off the challenge colors ! Thank you so much for playing at Color Hues!
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What a fun stamp set! I love everything about the trees and that singing bird. Love what you did with the dots and the color scheme is perfect for your creation. Thanks for playing with us at Festive Friday.
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What an adorable card, Deborah! The colors are cheery and really fit with the image. I LOVE the dotted panel you created. Thank you for playing at Festive Friday this week!
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Wow this is such a fun card. I love the black and yellow. Thanks for participating in the festive Friday Challenge
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I just love all the detail and techniques you have incorporated in this project. I’m delighted you linked it to the Festive Friday Challenge.
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Congratulations, Deborah! Your fabulous creation was selected as a Festive Fave over at the Festive Friday Challenge. Please hop over to the challenge blog to grab your winner’s badge for your blog. Thanks so much for joining us and I hope you will play along again soon!
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Oh that’s fantastic! Thank you so much Stephanie x
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