I have been making a birthday card today for a friend using the Lift Me Up stamp set from the new Spring/Summer catalogue. I wanted a very clean cut look using some sort of watercolouring technique. After a bit of trial and error this card is what I came up with.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set
I took acrylic block H and pressed it into a So Saffron inkpad making sure that it was well covered with the ink. I then spritzed the inky block lightly with a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with water. I stamped the inky, wet block onto a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock leaving it for about 10 seconds to allow the ink to soak into the cardstock. I left the panel for 10 minutes to dry, it was too dark. So I sprayed the acrylic block with water again, luckily I hadn’t cleaned it, and stamped it down onto another Thick Whisper White panel and left it to dry. This was much better.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Lift Me Up Stamp set – Stampin’ Up!
The medium balloon was then stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut using a Big Shot and the co-ordinating Up & Away Framelit Dies. The smallest balloon was stamped in Perfect Plum and Melon Mambo and die cut using the smallest balloons from the same die set. The sentiment from the Designer Tee stamp set – 1 of the Sale-A-Bration items available until 31st March with a £45 order – was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The whole panel was added to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to a Thick Whisper White panel using Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Lift Me Up – Stampin’ Up!
Cute card, I love it and hope you do also. Thanks for visiting my blog, hope to see you again soon
Mo x
Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Designer Tee stamp set
Up & Away Thinlit Dies
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Chocolate Chip cardstock
Chocolate Chip inkpad
Melon Mambo inkpad
So Saffron inkpad
Perfect Plum inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks C, D and H
Stampin’ Spritzer
Big Shot, Magnetic Platform
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes
