Spotlight Stamping

At least I think that's what this technique is called!  You simply stamp your image twice & leave one uncoloured.  On the second image, colour in the portion of it you want to highlight and then cut that out and superimpose it on the first.  In this case I used a Nesties circle die to cut out the highlighted portion.

This is how the finished card looked, it was for my cricket-made nephew's 23rd birthday.

Cricketer stamp by Craft UK, sentiment stamp Penny Black Salutations, backing paper by Deja Views.

Little Claire Butterfly Tree

I picked up the Little Claire Butterfly Tree set of stamps at a craft show at Leigh recently but this is the first time I've used them.  The colour scheme was decided by the backing paper I decided to use so I coloured the image with Promarkers to match, and although you can't see it I used Gellyroll Clear Stardust to add a bit of glitter.  The backing paper also had a touch of glitter.  The greeting was created in Craft Artist 2 Professional.

Little Claire Butterfly Tree stamps, backing papers Love Letters by Mindy Terasawa for First Edition Papers.

Inspired by Craft Stamper

This card, for my sister-in-law, was inspired by a magazine article. It didn't quite go according to plan because it was supposed to be a one-layer card, similar to the one by Chrissie Stokes on page 22 of the July 2012 issue of Craft Stamper. I can't believe I've never found Chrissie's blog before but I'll be a regular visitor from now on!

Anyway, back to the card.  I stamped the flourishes & butterflies with Versamark & embossed them with Cosmic Shimmer white embossing powder.  Then I used ink dusters to brush on Adirondack Denim & Lettuce inks, then stamped more butterflies in the same colours.  The mistake I made was in using low tack masking tape to mask off the area I wanted to stamp; it wasn't low tack enough & took off some of the top layer of the card.  Also some of the ink seeped under the tape and resulted in blurry edges. I didn't want to waste it so I trimmed & mounted it on a new card blank.  A few flat backed pearls, a stamped greeting, and it was done.

Stamps: Inkadinkado & Imagination Crafts