My Inkie Fingers: Well Written Dies

Monday, April 6, 2020

Stamping like an ARTISAN DESIGNER

Welcome to Episode 9 of "Let's CASE it, Let's MAKE it"! In this series, I show you step-by-step how to recreate cards that inspire you. CASE'ing (Copy & Share Everything) is done by stampers of all skill levels. It's easy and very satisfying. Let's get started!

For this episode, I chose an Artisan Designers Card. Nina from Mama Nina Design created this stunning card, and now we are going to recreate it!

Here is the VIDEO so you can follow along step by step.

Didn't that look easy? If you have any questions comment below or on my YouTube channel and I will do my best to help you!

Question: Do you feel confident that you can now stamp like an Artisan Designer?

Let me know in the comments below, I love hearing from you!

Just an FYI, the reason the layers over the leaves look like a different type of technique is because I made some background and use them to cut the top layer of the leaves out. I will be posting a video about that on Wednesday. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel so you don't miss out on that video. Or check back here on Wednesday for a super fun video about creating your own backgrounds!

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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Card Sketch #4

Loads of Love - Valentine's card

I just love the Ride With Me & The Gangs All Mere stamp sets, so I figured let's use them together!

Common! That little Meerkat popping his head up in the truck is just too adorable!!

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I started out with an A2 top folding card using Bermuda Bay 8 1/2 X 11 Cardstock and I turned it on its side for a different perspective.

I then embossed a mat of Whisper White 8 1/2 X 11 Cardstock which was 1/4" smaller than the card with the Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder (All links to supplies are below) Then I used a Sponge Dauber to very lightly bring up the bricks in the background. I used a very light touch and just swiped back and forth until I achieved the desired look. You can adhere this down with any adhesive but I used some blue fun foam I found at Walmart (cut 1/4" smaller than the mat).

Then, I stamped the image twice on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock with Tuxedo Black Momento Ink as this is the best combination of paper and ink to use our Stampin' Blends markers with. The ink won't bleed! I stamped it twice as I wanted to cut the tires out and pop them up over the tires below to add some dimension. I listed the markers I used down below in the supplies.

Using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies I cut out the hearts and trimmed them to the desired size and pieced them into the back of the truck. I used some Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up a few of the negative hearts to add dimension and visual interest. I also die-cut the word love out of a piece of Whisper White CS that I had used to test the color combo of the 3 green markers.

Why waste it right?!

I cut the background for the truck using the second largest rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies, then stamped the word "You" from the Well Said stamp set. I felt the need to add some dots to each scallop to close in the background using my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. Give this background a little dimension too by adding some Stampin' Dimensionals =)

Lastly, I used the same 3 green markers I used to color the truck and made a gradient strip on a scrap piece of Whisper White, then used the long die from the Stitched Be Mine set and cut it out twice. I trimmed the pieces then glued them together to make a wider strip.

Then I finished it off with some Whisper White Bakers Twine and some of the Twine out of the November Paper Pumpkin "Winter Gifts"

I hope you enjoy this card! Let me know if it inspires you, or what you thought of it in the comments below. I love hearing from you =)

Happy Stampin'!