Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another stamp that I picked up at Clarity’s Open Day – a brand new linocut set called ‘under the apple tree’. It’s such a lovely scene and perfect for The Paper Players‘ one layer clean and simple challenge. I thought the current colours over at Just Add Ink were ideal as well, and the outdoor scene picks up the feel of the photo at Hand Stamped Sentiments
I started by making an A6 card blank from ‘very vanilla’ card stock, then stamped the outline image onto it using ‘watering can’ Archival ink.
I lined up the infill stamp on my stamping platform, then blended ‘mustard seed’ and ‘ripe persimmon’ Distress Oxides onto it with a sponge. I gave it a light spritz of water and stamped it onto the image.
I added the sentiment from the set along the bottom, again in the ‘watering can’. I cut a piece of Mylar plastic down, slightly larger than the image, attached it to the front with a little masking tape, then flipped the card and used a bone folder on the inside of the cardfront to create an embedded frame around the Mylar.
This is such a great technique that I picked up from Barbara and gives the card a lovely finishing touch. It stops it looking so flat, without adding any layers on the card front.
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So pretty! Love the faux layering technique!
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Thank you!
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Oh wow, what a gorgeous technique for one-layers, and a beautiful image besides! Love these warm colors! Thanks so much for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments!
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Thanks so much Heather x
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I love the debossed frame around your image, what a creative idea! Wonderful card. Thanks for playing along with the Paper Players this week!
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A lovely scene and a lovely lino style stamp. I agree it works perfectly with all your Challenges. Chantell Just Add Ink
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beautiful scene and love those stamps xx
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This is such a beautiful scene Deborah and I love how you’ve used the colours to create your Summery scene. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink this week.
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Oh wow what a gorgeous stamp and I love what you’ve done with it A great use of the Oxide inks to provide a stunning landscape – thanks for sharing with us at HSS this week.
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Beautiful card and love the technique! You have done a great job of creating the outdoor feel from the inspiration board! Thanks for joining the fun at hand stamped sentiments!
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Such a lovely scene and your depth of color is just gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
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Wow! A beautiful card! It reminds me of the Okanagan. I love learning new techniques – what a great way to dry emboss for added interest. Thanks for sharing!
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Wanted to pop in and tell you that this a very lovely card, Deborah. So glad you joined us at HSS this round. Cheers, Jolanda.
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Thank you!
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