Stamping | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

So don’t tell anyone, but I do own stamps that are not from Close To My Heart. They are few and far between {seriously I think only 5 out of the hundreds I own are not Close To My Heart} but this card displays one of them!! When I saw this card by Therese Calvird I jumped straight to a flower stamp I own from Stampendous® that I purchased years ago.

Using B&T Duos™ from the CTMH Balloon Ride Paper Packet and White Daisy Cardstock I created the layers on the card. I stamped the flower images in StazOn™ Ink, and used some cheap watercolors I purchased at Michael’s to color the flowers in. I LOVE watercolors!!! Watercolors give you permission to color outside the lines and it still looks fantastic! The messier the better!!!

If you look closely at the White Daisy Cardstock the edges were curled/distressed using an Edge Distresser. The sentiment is from the CTMH Sincere Expressions Stamp Set using StazOn™ Ink. Adding a couple Clear Sparkles and the card is complete.

CTMH: Balloon Ride {inspired by Therese Calvird}

-Kelly

Today my card is based off the most recent CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge.

I started by grabbing the Pick A Posey Stamp Set. I inked the flower image with Blush Exclusive Ink™ and rolled the edges in Cotton Candy Exclusive Ink™. I used, the retired, Sweet Leaf Exclusive Ink™ for the leaf images. I masked the flower with a scrap piece of paper, and used my waterbrush with the Blush Exclusive Ink™ to create the subtle splatter pattern. The banner is cut using the Artiste Cricut® Cartridge, and I lightly brushed the edges of the White Daisy Cardstock with Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink™. The sentiment comes from the Give A Lift Stamp Set and is also inked with the Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink™.

Tip: Unlike rubber stamps, CTMH’s clear polymer stamps can be manipulated. The Merci Beacoup sentiment comes off the carrier sheet in a wave, and I needed it to curve. Because I can see through my acrylic block onto the area I was going to be stamping, I knew exactly how to reshape the curve of the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!!

-Kelly