mmm...Stampin' Time

I have seen lots of wonderful cards made using the sepia colouring technique. I have not tried this before, so it was time to give it a go.

The PARISIAN BEAUTY stamps was my go to set for this project. Crumb Cake was my base colour for the technique, but because I made this card for the #76 Colour INKspiration Challenge, three other colours were used – Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz and Pumpkin Pie.

When I think of sepia, I always think of very old, vintage photographs. To give the card a vintage feel I distressed the edges of the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper and the Cherry Cobbler mat.

Each of the fleur de lis were stamped, water coloured, die cut and popped up onto a Dimensional and then given some Clear Wink of Stella attention.

Stamping off allowed me to achieve two different tones of the Crumb Cake for the script stamp. It was also an effective way to soften the other three colours when I stamped the fleur de lis banner stamp.

The Eiffel Tower stamp was mounted onto my Stamparatus because I stamped this several times to build up colour as I stamped, water coloured, dried, restamped and used markers to directly add colour to the stamp. It took several trials to get to the final image.

I thought that I’d share some close up images – it is interesting to see the way the layers of water colouring create a sense of texture.

Thank you to all those lovely crafters who shared their video tutorials.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

To make this project, I used these products. If you live in Australia, you can order any of these products through me.

Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set (English) [151466] $37.00	Parisian Dies [151463] $47.00	Swirly Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set [146519] $37.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Aqua Painters [103954] $20.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Crumb Cake Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144581] $7.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Take Your Pick [144107] $17.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00
Clear Block H [118490] $14.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

I kept thinking about using the STITCHED NESTED DIES in a rainbow based card.

This evolved today into a pinks through reds project. I used all eight nesting dies and eight different pieces of coloured cardstock to cut each layer.

Then I overlaid and adhered each of them at different angles, before cutting it back for the front of this card.

A birdcage, from a piece of Bird Ballad DSP, is the background filler.

I stamped a bird, from the FREE AS A BIRD stamp set, and water coloured it and added a touch of Wink of Stella.

A few FROM MY HEART FACETED GEMS gave that touch of bling.

This card is a very different style for me. I am enjoying pushing myself to try something new!

What do you think? I might try the blues next.

Happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set [149468] $38.00	Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper [149592] $20.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $61.00	From My Heart Faceted Gems [151154] $10.50	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock [146993] $15.25	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25	Merry Merlot A4 Cardstock [147005] $15.25
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock [150888] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $13.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Aqua Painters [103954] $20.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00