Hello there and welcome to Monday’s post. I’ve still been working with ‘Ani’s folk art sampler’ stamps from Clarity Crafts – this one reminds me of the ‘strawberry thief’ design by William Morris and I decided the colours from Color Hues and Inkspirational would really work (they’re running a joint challenge this time round.) The tones also work for the moodboard over at Colorful Options.
First step was to emboss a frame onto the front of a 5×5 card blank with one of Clarity’s new nested rectangle embedders – I used the inner edge of the embedder which gave me a raised edge, rather than debossed.
I stamped the infill image into the centre of the embossed area using ‘red geranium’ Archival ink, then switched to the co-ordinating stamp to add ‘kitsch flamingo’ Distress Oxide into the background. These stamps are really easy to line up – I lay the second one over the first image and you can clearly see when it’s positioned correctly and the image is in focus. I then align my stamp mount with the edges of the card when picking up the stamp on it, which means I can go straight back down again once it’s inked.
I thought the clever corners stamps would frame the image nicely and found the perfect one in the ‘honeysuckle’ set, again stamping it in the ‘red geranium’ Archival. To finish, I embossed another frame with a rectangle embedder – and then decided to stop!
I love the dimension the embedders create on CAS cards, without adding extra layers.
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Beautiful card and a great design with the stamps!
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thanks so much Vicki
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Such a beautiful Cas card Deborah I love the monochrome effect and the white space really makes the image stand out. Thank you so much for sharing with ust Colorful Options.
Marie
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thanks Marie x
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Gorgeous isn’t enough for this, but it is truly that.
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thank you so much x
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Beautiful card Debs and love the archival inks although I do not own many! Lovely colour. I have most of the embedders but not had much success using them as yet but I will persevere with them!! xx
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Thank you! Do stick with the embedders – they’re fantastic when you get the hang of them. There are quite a few demos (me & Barbara) on the Clarity YouTube shows xx
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What lovely block and corner stampings – everytime I look at the block one, I see another image that I didn’t see at first glance! Thanks for sharing with us at the joint Inkspirational/Color Hues challenge – Red/pink! Julia xx
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Not familiar with embedders but I can see that they work with this fab folk art stamp. Thanks for linking up at Color Hues. 🙂
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Deborah, your folk art sampler is beautiful; wouldn’t it be fabulous as a cross-stitch pattern? I’d stitch it up exactly as you’ve done on your card; the design is eye-catching. Thank you so much for joining us in the Colour Hues + Inkspirational collaboration.
~carol
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What a fun card, I love that your inner frame is raised rather than debossed and the stamping is so pretty. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Color Hues!
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Awesome card!! Thanks so much for participating in our COLORFUL OPTIONS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at <a href=http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.com/>A Little Bit O’ Paper</a>
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