Woodblock Stamped Image on a Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Several inspirations came to mind for this card but it was the Woodblock Wednesday challenget that sparked my interest to create this card. I don't have a lot of woodblock stamps. I bought this stamp for my oldest son's 8th grade graduation class give away decor, which was 8 years ago. This stamp has been hibernating since then. Having a challenge like this allowed me to use this stamp. I truly enjoyed crafting with it again.

Not only have I revived this woodblock stamp. I also revived the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig which is the stamp positioner before Misti. 

I also created this card following a sketch which I linked below. If you have been following my blog, sketch challenges are my absolute favorite challenges. 

I lightly drew a diamond shape on the center of a white carstock cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I stamped the hibiscus flowers around this diamond with different dye ink colors, and rotating the hibiscus for some variation on top of the color variation. 

I used the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig in this process which allowed me to repeat stamp the flower if needed, and also allowed me to add highlights to the flower edges. 

I clean the stamp in between ink colors using a stamp scrubber. 

To get into the tight spaces in between the flowers, I used the plastic film that comes with the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig. It guided me on how to fit the flower on those tight spaces. It is so fun to put this tool in action again. 

I die cut a diamond window at the center. I backed this with a burlap die cut which I die cut on cream colored cardstock. The burlap die is from HoneyBee stamps. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the word hello on gold glittered cardstock. I die cut two more of these  sentiments on scrap kraft cardstock. I adhered this kraft letter die cuts to the back of the gold glittered letter die cuts for some dimension. The die I used is from My Favorite Things but this stamp set is retired.

The additional sentiment was stamped on kraft cardstock using orange dye ink. Thanks to my friend, Abbie, for giving me some input while I was creating this card. She helped me chose which color of dye ink I should use for the this additional sentiment. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a small border around it. This sentiment is from an MFT stamp set which was lately pulled out of the vault. Unfortunately,  it is currently out of stock.

I adhered the sentiments to the burlap window. 

I trimmed off an eight of an inch off each side to make this panel into a 5 1/4" x 4". I added foam adhesive to the back of this panel, and adhered this to an A2 white top folding note card.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Woodblock Wednesday Challenge

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

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