Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the new Hello Friend Wishes Stamp Set. I've created a set of rainbow colored hello themed cards using the embossed resist technique. I love the bold and bright Distress Ink colors.
My cards were inspired by these amazing tag mini cards by my friend Jennifer McGuire, however Jennifer has many more techniques and advice on her blog. Be sure to visit her blog HERE for more ideas.
I die cut several rectangles and frames from smooth white cardstock using the Dotted Detail Frame Die. I stamped the large scripty "Hello Friend" greeting from the Hello Friend Wishes Stamp Set with the Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Ink. I used the MISTI for precision stamping each time. I cleaned the stamp really well and stamped the greeting again using Versamark Ink, then I slightly shifted the paper and stamped the greeting again with Versamark Ink. I heat embossed the greetings with clear embossing powder.
I applied Distress Ink over each of the embossed greetings using Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Blueprint Sketch Inks. I placed the Simon Says Stamp Swirls and Dots Stencil over each background for a tone on tone look. The Versamark Ink and embossing powder around the greeting give a great dimensional effect to the large greeting.
I stamped additional phrases from the Hello Friend Wishes Stamp Set on black cardstock strips using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
I adhered the embossed resist panel to the center of a top fold card base and adhered the Dotted Detail frame around each panel before adhering a black embossed greeting strip along the bottom of each panel.
Each card was finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh sequins, Hero Arts pearl gems and tiny, tiny clear gemstones.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these friend-themed cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
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S H O P P I N G
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- Simon Says Stamp is having a great sale on Tim Holtz products: Save 20% on all Tim Holtz products now through July 26th. Use code: TimRocks.
S I M I L A R P R O J E C T S
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