Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts: Using a Small Stamp to Create a Background

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Using a Small Stamp to Create a Background

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is a part of the Kat Scrappiness IG Hop. The theme is Stamp It Out where you are encouraged to use a stamp from your KS stamp sets and create your own background. I am using a bow stamp from the Easter Quokkas stamp set which is the only KS stamp set I have at the moment. I challenge you to look at what KS stamp set/s you have and create something from it in line with the challenge theme.

I stamped the bow repeatedly using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" white cardstock. You don't have to stamp on the same size of paper. I just opted to do this just in case I wanted to use only a part of this DIY background paper or in my case, I used all of it. I colored the bows with Copic markers, adding details to some bows with gel pens or shimmer pens.

I trimmed a heavyweight white cardstock at 4 1/4". I scored this at 5 1/2" to create a vertical card. I am using both card bases since my card is a trifold card. I trimmed a sliver off the side from the back flap just so that the card will be snugged with each other.

I trimmed the stamped panel at 4 1/4". I adhered each panel to the front of the card bases keeping in mind that the card base that will be adhered to the back has the fold to its right.

For the card that is going to be the front, I die cut the shadow of the KS Happy Birthday Word with Shadow die set to create a window.

I die cut the sentiment on black cardstock twice then adhered it on top of each other for a raised effect.

I die cut the shadow on vellum. I adhered the sentiment die cut to this.

I applied glue to the card with right side fold. I applied the glue on the inner left portion of the card. I adhered this part of the card to the back of the window card to create the trifold mechanism.

I applied dots of glue to the back of the vellum making sure the glue is applied to the back of the sentiment die cut to hide the adhesive. With the front fold closed, I pieced the vellum to the window of the front fold so it will adhere to the inside flap positioned perfectly. The shadow die created a long piece extending to the inside left side of the sentiment which I trimmed off since it does not have enough support. You can keep this as part of your window card design but I suggest adding an acetate to the back of the stamped panel before adhering it to the card front for support.

I replaced the tittle of the letter i with the same bow. I stamped this on white cardstock, colored it with a Wink of Stella black shimmer pen, and fussy cut it. I cut off the bow tails so I can make it shorter than the original stamp image. I adhered this to the top of the letter i. I added Ranger Multi-Media glue on the back of the bow ends and tails to raise it a bit. Once this has dried, I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the ribbon. I set this aside to dry.