Lovely Inside & Out for PP348

I couldn’t get enough of this week’s Paper Players color combination when I played around in the Fungeon Monday night – the combination of Daffodil Delight and Pool Party has always been a favorite of mine.  The addition of Lemon Lime Twist sends it right over the top!  I shared one card with this color combination yesterday (you can see it here) and let these soft, sweet colors build a backdrop for this bold, graphic sentiment from the Lovely Inside & Out stamp set on today’s card.  Here’s my sweet 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card:

And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

Since I’ve already shared this stamp set and coordinating dies (I showcased them here and here), I’m going to share the three techniques I showcased on this simple card.

• Stamping Off.  If you want to achieve a lighter concentration of a color when you stamp, you can stamp off once – or twice – or three times – on scrap paper before stamping onto your project.  Each of these flower/starburst images in the background was inked up with a full concentration of ink and stamped onto scrap paper before hitting this background.  Daffodil Delight and Pool Party were stamped off once, while Lemon Lime Twist was stamped off twice.  Together, they make a beautiful backdrop, don’t you think?
• Isolating Images on a Stamp.  I like to make my stamps work for me.  I want them to say exactly what I want them to say, so I often times hide parts of a sentiment.  I wanted to remove “great” from “for a great” so that it would make sense with “lovely” before “friend.”  There are several ways to achieve this (I chose the fourth):
  • Place tape over the part of the sentiment you don’t want, ink up the stamp, remove the tape, stamp it down.
  • Ink up the stamp, place tape over the part of the sentiment you don’t want, stamp it down.
  • Ink up the stamp, put a thin piece of scrap paper (or sticky note) on the project and line up to stamp on the scrap and not on the project.
  • Flip the stamp over and carefully ink the parts of the stamp you want to stamp.
• Random Stamping.  I love patterns, so it’s difficult for me to achieve a random look when stamping – a collage style is really hard for me.  This background, though, was easy!  I started with the lightest color (Daffodil Delight) and filled the background with some white space between.  I then added a couple of Pool Party images, followed by Lemon Lime Twist.  It’s important to remember the edges AND to sit back and evaluate the balance of colors every once in a while.  Squinting works!

Stamp Sets:  Lovely Inside & Out  Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White  Inks:  Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, Archival Basic Black  Accessories:  Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Lovely Inside & Out Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 144011

Price: $20.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126944

Price: $6.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126982

Price: $6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad – 144086

Price: $6.50

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig – 101049

Price: $12.00

Lovely Inside & Out Clear-Mount Bundle – 145324

Price: $42.25

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to The Paper Players site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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