Handstamped by Rachel: Sponge Daubers

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 20 - Crumb Cake Layers of Beauty

Hi stampers, I'm back from a wonderful three holiday, sailing home from Singapore.

I'm excited to be joining in for week 20 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Crumb Cake, a very neutral sand colour from the Neutrals Colour Family, that I love and use a lot.

I have used the Layers of Beauty Bundle again. This time for something different I stamped the main image twice on Crumb Cake card stock in Early Espresso ink. I used the Layers of Beauty Masks to apply the colour. For the first mask I used White Craft ink and a Sponge Dauber.

The other colours I used for the flowers are Pretty In Pink and Berry Burst (masks 2 and 3). The leaves are Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green (masks 4 and 5). The small Daisies are Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze.

I cut out one of the images with the large die and one with the single rose die. I cut the large image in half by hand so that I could divide it top and bottom of the card.

I added some leaves in Old Olive that were cut with the Layers of Beauty dies.

The card front is a piece from the Country Woods DSP pack. There is a thin mat in Pretty In Pink behind the wood grain piece.

The greeting from the Country Birdhouse set is stamped in Crumb Cake on Pretty in Pink card stock.

I hope I have shown you a different way to use Crumb Cake card stock. This technique would also work on other medium coloured card stock like Smoky Slate and Lost Lagoon. Have a play and I would love to see what you come up with.

Now it's time to hop over to the next stop on our blog hop, which is Cathy Proctor. Cathy is also the amazing host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants if you have any issues following along.

Thanks for visiting and I will be back next Monday with the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

Happy stamping,

Rachel

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English)

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$99.75

Sponge Daubers

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$13.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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$20.25

Pretty In Pink A4 Cardstock

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$20.25

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

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$20.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

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$18.50

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

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$15.75

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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$35.00

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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$21.75

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Monday, 19 July 2021

Heart of Christmas week 3

Hi there, week three of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, and I have had a lovely time playing with my pre order from the August to December Mini Catalogue.

Every Monday evening we will be bringing you Christmas inspiration from the Art With Heart Team. There is a link to the next hop at the end of this post and if you get lost or find a broken link, there is a complete list of tonight's participants on Sharon's blog, also at the end of this post.

For tonight's card I have used the Merriest Moments Bundle. I loved this set as soon as I saw it. The stamp set and die also come with a coordinating embossing folder.

For this card I cut the detailed die from Basic White card stock and then put it in the embossing folder to add the texture. There is another die in this set which can be placed inside the folder so that you can cut and emboss at the same time. Very cool! I will share a card using this technique tomorrow.

Once the die has been embossed I used Sponge Daubers and Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz and Shaded Spruce ink to colour the foliage.

The greeting panel dies is included in the die set. It was cut from Basic White card stock and the greeting was stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I sponged around the outside of the greeting panel with Early Espresso ink on a Sponge Dauber.

The card front is a piece of wood grain DSP from the In Good Taste DSP pack. The poinsettia was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and the leaves in Mossy Meadow. The final elements are a bow in the new Cherry Cobbler Gold Ribbon and some Metallic Gold Pearls.

The next hop in our blog hop is the very talented Andrea Sargent.