Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Stretch Your Stamps, Day 2, Card 1

Today's topic in Stretch your Stamps is making the most of collage stamps.  Now, I'm not a collage stamp kind of girl - I have none at all!  The closest I come to a collage stamp is a square text stamp from a Stampin' Up set that I very rarely use.  I decided to pull it out, along with a butterfly from the same set (that is a very annoying stamp - the adhesive cushiony stuff that sticks the stamp to the woodblock is thinner at one end than the other, so it requires a bit of judicious rocking to get a decent impression - even then, I had to fill in the left edge of each butterfly with a black felt tip pen.)

Anyway, I liked Kristina Werner's idea of creating a watercolour emboss resist, so I did that.  I also thought I'd go outside my comfort zone in terms of colour - I usually use yellow, orange and brown sparingly, but I think this turned out OK.  Also went outside my comfort zone in the fact that there is NO SENTIMENT!! *gasp!*
I'll be submitting this card to CAS-ual Fridays "Text Me" challenge.



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13 comments:

  1. Jean11 July 2012 at 12:05

    Gorgeous! Really like the hand-drawn border.

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  2. Bonnie11 July 2012 at 12:08

    This is gorgeous! I love the colour combo

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  3. Bernardine Cuttino11 July 2012 at 13:29

    This is a beauty, loving the yellow butterflies. sweet, Hugs

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  4. Riina11 July 2012 at 14:19

    This is so beautiful. I love it :)

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  5. Smriti11 July 2012 at 14:42

    Very pretty card! Absolutely love the colors - good that you went out of your comfort zone :)

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  6. Anonymous11 July 2012 at 14:54

    This is absolutely my favorite card in the gallery today!

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  7. Virginia L.11 July 2012 at 14:56

    This is so fabulous, Michelle! You obviously aced the class! Love your gorgeous cards!

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  8. Lyndal11 July 2012 at 17:43

    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this Michelle - FAB card! And, just in case you missed that, I LOVE it!!! LOL

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  9. Karen Dunbrook11 July 2012 at 21:27

    beautiful!!

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  10. Gretchen Wilson12 July 2012 at 07:25

    Love it, its beautiful.

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  11. Cassie_lu12 July 2012 at 12:40

    wow is this stunning. you did anmazing job with the technique.

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  12. Kimberly14 July 2012 at 02:56

    Michelle - great job all around with this card! Going outside your comfort zone paid off! Thank you so much for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  13. Michele Gross14 July 2012 at 05:55

    Gorgeous! I love that texty stamp with the butterflies-perfect combination :) Thanks for joining the fun at CAS-ual Fridays!

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