Hand Stamped Sentiments

4 Comments November 16, 2021 Leah Dixon - Stampin Up! Demonstrator

This week’s Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge is an awesome Sketch Challenge. Take a look at all the beautiful cards created by our design team and then join the challenge.

As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to use the great circle die from the Painted Labels Dies, but I wanted to keep it a bit soft so I cut it out of a piece of Evening Evergreen (2021 – 2023 In Colour) Shimmer Vellum. I then added some Sprig punches that I cut out of the excess iridescent paper from the Wonderful Snowflakes. I just can’t stand to waste any of this beautiful shimmery white.

Some other details that I added to this card were some 2021 – 2023 In Colour Jewels and a piece of silver Simply Elegant Trim. A ton of shimmer and glimmer to balance with the very subtle Soft Succulent cardstock and the gorgeous Painted Christmas DSP.

Once I had finished designing this Christmas card I took the exact same idea and created some cards for my fabulous Ink Pad Pals team members. Here is the result.

Again I used the 2021 – 2023 In Colour Shimmer Vellum, but this time I grabbed the Pale Papaya. It was a bit too light in colour for the DSP I chose – so I used my blending brushes to add some Calypso Coral to the back of the vellum.

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Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock $13.25	Painted Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $15.75	Greenery Embossing Folders $11.00	2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum $16.25
Wonderful Snowflakes $8.25	2021–2023 In Color Jewels $9.50	Simply Elegant Trim $10.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad $10.25	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) $30.00
Tailored Tag Punch $24.00	Harvest Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $15.75	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad $10.25	Blending Brushes $16.25	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels $8.25

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Leave a comment November 2, 2021 Leah Dixon - Stampin Up! Demonstrator

I am SO EXCITED to be a new member of the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge Design Team! This week’s challenge is an inspiration challenge. I loved the purple, blue and green watercolour look so I was thrilled to spend some time playing in my craft room with water painters.

To create my card I used a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock. I find it to be the perfect paper when you want to create some watercolour art with out the texture of water colour paper.

I started by using blending brushes to apply a soft Highland Heather and Balmy Blue background. Then I used my water painter and some Balmy Blue reinker to splatter blue dots on the cardstock.

Next I added my leaves. I did this by using Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Evening Evergreen reinkers to create water colours. I then used my water painter to paint my leaf stamps and I then stamped the painted image onto the cardstock. This technique keeps the water on the page to a minimum since I wasn’t actually using water colour paper.

Once that background dried I stamped the deer from Peaceful Deer on to my image using stamped off Soft Suede. Then I coloured him in with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends and added the eye and nose with Light Basic Black Stampin’ Blends. I am not a brave enough watercolourer to paint the deer as well – although I think the look worked well enough.

I finished the card with a 3D Wintry Embossing Folder Background, my current favourite ribbon (White Glittered Organdy) and a sentiment tag from the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

I hope you give painting your solid stamped images a try on the Shimmery Cardstock, it’s a great cheater way of having watercolour skills.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock $11.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock $13.25	Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock $13.50	Peaceful Deer Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $30.00	Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set $30.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad $10.25	Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad $10.25	Blending Brushes $16.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill $5.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill $5.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill $5.00	Water Painters $16.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad $10.25	Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $12.00	Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $12.00
Wintry 3 D Embossing Folders $13.50	Stitched So Sweetly Dies $44.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $5.50	Stampin’ Dimensionals $5.50	White 3/8” (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon $11.50
Whisper White Medium Envelopes $10.25