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Morning, all! Today is the 15th of the month so that means I have another edition of A Year in Cards for ya! :)
Stamps are one of my favorite supplies for cardmaking. And it’s also sometimes a challenge to “think outside the box” when it comes to stamps and use them in different ways. In this month’s class, I show how I used one stamp on three different cards to achieve different looks and essentially stretch the usefulness of the stamp.
Download this month’s PDF with photos and instructions over at the class page at Two Peas in a Bucket: A Year in Cards – November 2010
HOMEWORK / CHALLENGE: Make a card using a stamp in a new way or a way you haven’t tried before. Use the sketches included here as a jumping off point to create some cards of your own, or create your own from scratch. Have fun with it! Upload your creation to the TwoPeas gallery and select this month’s A Year in Cards class by December 14th and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a TwoPeas Store gift certificate. :)
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Supplies – Card 1
Solid Card Stock: Naturals Ivory (Stampin’ Up!
Patterned Paper: I Believe crafting kit (My Mind’s Eye)
Stamp: Handwritten Christmas stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink: VersaMark ink (Tsukineko)
Embossing Powder: Zing white embossing powder (American Crafts)
Corner Punch: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
White Pen: Signo Broad (Uni-ball)
Supplies – Card 2
Solid Card Stock: Crumb Cake (Stampin’ Up!
Patterned Paper: I Believe crafting kit (My Mind’s Eye)
Stamp: Handwritten Christmas stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink: Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan (Colorbox)
Rhinestone Accents: Cottage Christmas Metal Snowflakes (Imaginisce); Lush Rhinestones (My Mind’s Eye)
Corner Punch: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
White Pen: Signo Broad (Uni-ball)
Supplies – Card 3
Solid Card Stock: Crumb Cake (Stampin’ Up!
Chipboard bird & “merry”: I Believe glittered chipboard (My Mind’s Eye)
Stamp: Handwritten Christmas stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink: VersaMark ink (Tsukineko)
String: embroidery floss
Corner Punch: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
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Great cards.
Eveline.
Clever girl! I love how you used that stamp! I alsways forget that sometimes using just Versamark is a great way to make a subtle background. Thanks for sharing!
I needed some ideas like this. So hard for me to come up with a simply yet fun card I can repeat over and over and send to friends!
Thanks Kristina!!!
Love the idea of using tape to cover up the part of the stamp I don’t want to use! I always waste so much time trying to ink only the part I want… and it doesn’t always work out very well!
Hi Kristina! Wow, these cards were so awesome, I bought the supplies and I’ll make them! Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers ;)
Love them! Good job!
Thank you for showing one stamp used three ways. I forget I can mask off a portion and I have the tape right behind me!
Great ideas Kristina. I am always looking for “different” ways to use my stamps. I thinks it’s hard to think outside the box sometimes. I try to remember to use stamps from different stamp sets together too. We make such an investment in our wonderful hobby… we need to get as much use out of our materials as possible! Thanks for being such an inspiration – your site is the first thing I check every time I turn my computer on! Diana
These are great and I already have the paper pack and a similar stamp! Fun!
Sheer perfection!! I adore these cards and can’t wait to sit down and try my hand at them. The one with the holly and berries is my favorite, but I also love the “merry” chipboard! Thanks for sharing your wonderful inspiration. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for next month’s class!
Great cards again Kristina
These are such cute cards! I love the tip on covering up part of the stamp with tape. I never thought of that! :)
I always look forward to this class and take it every month!
THANKS Kristina!!
These cards are adorable. Thanks for sharing your trick of taping the part of the stamp you don’t want to use. BtwI love the merry Christmas stamp.
these are so pretty. thanks for the inspiration on different ways of using one stamp!
FABULOUS!!! LOVE the ideas…thanks for sharing!! It always help to justify the purchase of a new stamp when we can see how many ways it can be used…I always forget about the background stamp option…GREAT idea!!!