Men's card can be so difficult - well they are for me! I bought this set of AALL & CREATE stamps at Farnborough back in the spring as I thought it would be a good one for backgrounds in journals. However, I decided to try and use it on a birthday card, as I have a crafting friend who is into steampunk etc. OK it's not exactly steampunk, but I went with it anyway. I stamped the white cardstock with the larger stamp as a background, and then die-cui a square with the Clarity picot square dies, and stamped the other image onto that and embossed it. (I used Nuvo Poppy Red for both) I then used a dauber to go around the edges of the square and card with the same ink pad, and I used some Nuvo Warm Grey which I watered down to paint around the outside of the centre square, with a paintbrush once it was stuck down, to create a shadow. I used the same Grey with a dauber to go around the edge of the card to tie in the background. Finally a sentiment in red was cut from red pearlescent card.
It was a complete experiment and quite out of my normal comfort zone, but I am pleased with the finished result and the faux 3D effect around the central square.
(For info when I made the insert I used the smaller Indigoblu Golden Ratio stamp as well).
It was a complete experiment and quite out of my normal comfort zone, but I am pleased with the finished result and the faux 3D effect around the central square.
(For info when I made the insert I used the smaller Indigoblu Golden Ratio stamp as well).
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