Card 39 - Love Is All You need

I bought a few Hero Arts 2012 stamps at my local Archivers when they had their launch but didn't have the chance to ink them up.

Here is a card using the new Zig Zag background stamp. This was one stamp set that I HAD to have when I saw during the preview blog hop. This card was made with the Card Drive in mind.

I inked the background stamp with JBS Chicken Feed, Chewing Gum, Speckled Egg and Lavender Sachet. Die-cut a flower and added White Liquid Pearls to the center as I want to avoid using buttons, brads and crystals or gems. The sentiment is clear embossed and adhered with pop dots. Also added random dots with liquid pearls to substitute the use of gems or crystals.

The inside sentiment looks faint here but it's ok in person. Nevertheless I'll be looking for another pink shade. This is a still a little pale for my liking.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White
Inks - JBS Chicken Feed, Chewing Gum, Speckled Egg, Lavender Sachet, Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink

Stamps - Hero Arts Zig Zag Background, Unity Hearty Barley
Others - MFT Perennial Flower Die, Ranger Liquid Pearls White, 1/16" Pop Dots, WRMK 1/2" Corner Chomper

SCC Week 3 Card 4 - May You Always Have Love

I received my online purchase today and decided to try using some stamps that I bought. I've been eyeing this Itty Bitty stamp by Unity for ages since I used it on a class I attended at Archivers. The stamp was on sale and I decided to grab it. Although the first impression on this stamp is it's a 'love' stamp, I thought that it could also be used to convey love for friends who are married or in a relationship.

I based my card on one of the sketches provided by Kristina Werner, making some modifications on the layout.

Card Set-up:

1) Trim card base to 4.25" square

2) Stamp umbrella image on Red Poppy card stock with Onyx Black

3) Stamp hearts image with versamark onto umbrella image, clear embossed and trim out

4) Trim 1/8" off of card front

5) Trim a strip of pattern paper, punched with scalloped border punch and adhere to card front

6) Trim a thin strip of Red Poppy card stock and adhere to card front

7) Stamp image on card front with Onyx Black and colored image with color pencils

8) Adhere umbrella image with pop dots

9) Stamp sentiment with Brown Sugar

10) Round top corners with 1/2" corner chomper

Supplies Used:

Paper - SU Crumb Cake, PTI Red Poppy

Pattern Paper - Candy Shoppe Collection by Echo Park

Inks - Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, JBS Brown Sugar

Stamps - Unity Rain Or Shine, Lawn Fawn Happily Ever After (Hearts), Stampendous Love Health Friends (Sentiment)

Others - Stamp-a-majig, WRMK Corner Chomper, Faber-Castell Aquarelles, Prismacolor Blanc Color Pencil, Fiskars Scalloped Sentiment, Pop Dots, Clear Embossing Powder