Today's challenge uses one of my favourite techniques - masking of top and bottom of the card - this seems especially suited to masculine cards, don't you think? I have used a Unity stamp of a car. In our family we love cars, and it was so hard to find a nice stamp of a car - this one came in a set with other masculine images. I used a post-it pad to mask the car and sponged a background. I used a marker to add a thin line just above and below the masked area to add a bit of definition. The sentiment is SU Curly Cute. The colours are SU: Night of Navy, Bashfull Blue and Lucky Limeade.
A second card (I said this was a favourite technique!) In this one I used a post-it pad to mask of a square and blended some distress inks to make a neutral colour border. I then stamped a variety of leaves from SU French foliage The sentiment is from Penny Black - and I've only inked part of the stamp. The leaves are in Sahara sand, Always artichoke and the yellow/red is from a big and Juicy inkpad - Mountain meadow.
My daughter is attending university interviews at the moment - last week was Edinburgh, so no time to play with crafts. This Monday its Falmouth, a bit nearer home - but still 3 or 4 hours drive!
These are great Anna, the second one is just gorgeous.
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Chrissie
"Less is More"
Both great cards, but I do like the second one such lovely stamps :)
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Anna! I really like the summery feel of the first but I adore the second with those fabulous leaves!
ReplyDeleteI really love both cards...but I think my favorite is the second card. I have those stamps and now I can't wait to get them out and ink them up!
ReplyDeleteFAB cards Anna, the French Foliage one is superb
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mandi
"Less is More"