First Layering Stamp Card Another Variation
Good day fellow crafters. Today I present to you another of my first layering stamp cards. I have had so many of these stamp sets in my stash for years and have never used them before. I have to say it was an experience to learn how to use them properly. This is a variation to the one I posted yesterday I hope you enjoy it.
I started by placing a piece of Artic Blue card stock into the Dotted Tile Debossing Cover Die from Altenew and running it through my Spellbinder Platinum 6 die-cutting machine. If you're unfamiliar with embossing folders and debossing cover dies, an embossing folder produces designs that are raised from the surrounding material, whereas a debossing cover die produces designs that are stamped down or recessed into the surrounding material. With this particular cover die, the background appeared quilted, which I thought helped make this card stand out. I then cut the background down to 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” and adhered it to a pre-cut A2 white card base leaving no mat. For this variation, I chose a landscape orientation instead of a portrait one.
All of the inks used for this project are from Altenew’s Crisp Dye Inks line. These are some of my favorite inks because they leave a crisp detailing in your stamped works.
Once the stamping process was completed I cut the images out with their corresponding dies and then surface-mounted them to the card base in a triangular pattern.
The Violets were created by using the Build-A-Flower Sweet Violet layered stamp set. The pattern is made up of various stamps, and you must follow them in order to get the finished result. This also applies to the leaves that are also layered.
I designed the card's "hello" sentiment with the Altenew All About You Word dies set, first in the Artic Bule of the background then I used the corresponding mat in Gray card stock. To give it some appearance of dimension I mounted it partially over one of the stamped violets.
To finish off the card and give it a little sparkle I used three clear flat-back crystals from Kat Scrappiness that I also set in a triangular pattern.
