Friday, January 23, 2009

Stampscapes Fun




Yesterday, the 4 Tower regulars (Joan, Evelyn, Mary and I) spread out our "toys" on the dining room table and went at it. We were experimenting with Stampscapes images and had some good results. Here are two cards I completed, although I still have a lot to learn!

The chapel card was done using 6 stamps: chapel with trees, country path, tall grass, meadow grass, overhead branch and clouds. Dye ink was applied evenly beforehand on glossy cardstock with sponge daubers. For the grassy area, I used green pigment ink and removed some to lighten the pathway. I mounted it on the inside of a card with a small square "window" through which all you see is the steeple until you open it. After stamping a sentiment on the blue overlay, I mounted it on the card and added a blue button.

The cabin scape was made with 5 different stamps: cabin with trees, grass, pine tree, clouds, and birds. Ink was applied less evenly using a Colorbox stylus and dye inks. I mounted it on white cardstock with a kraft overlay and added a pine tree brad.

This was a lot of fun, especially with the four of us sharing ideas and oohs & aahs! ...not as difficult as it looks!

7 comments:

Kim said...

Hi Doris! Thanks for stopping by Desperately Seeking Stamps to say hi. Glad you came to visit after seeing my aunt Diane's blog. I love your chapel card! I will have to keep coming back to check in on your blog.

Diane Noble said...

Oh, my goodness! This is an amazing process. Could you do a tutorial. How do you do these. They are fabulous.

Patti said...
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Patti said...

New cards to view...

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Enjoyed your work.

Michele Kovack said...

These are really beautiful!!!

Mrs. Nancy G said...

AMAZING!!!! Absolutely love it!

:-)

twinkletoe said...

How nice to see Stampscapes for a change. I have lots of their stamps and you are inspiring me to get them out and stamp!!