Enjoy the Moment

This card was selected as a favorite for the Featured Stamper of the Week.

Update 4/29/2015: This card placed in the "Top Three" at the AHSC #104!

This card was made for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #104 as soon as the Triple Stamp design was published.



I printed a poem about rainbows that I found on the Internet using a large bold font on white cardstock (Rainbows Are Lovely by P. Kubicki). I cut three pieces of the text and three pieces of black cardstock using a die. I then used the triple stamping/coloring method to add the rainbow to the three pieces of text by using a homemade template for the stripes and sponging each color.

I adhered each text piece to its corresponding black piece and then the entire unit onto a black card base. The center piece was popped up with foam tape. Clouds and sky were added to the white background by sponging on the edge of a die. In addition to blue, yellow and orange were added to mimic stormy sky.

I also used a die to cut a cloud from white cardstock. I sponged the edges with blue, cut it into two pieces and popped them up with foam tape. For the inside I sponged the six colors of the rainbow on the right edge of the card. The sentiment was stamped, colored with markers, backed with a black die cut then popped up with foam tape.

Click here to view the inspiration for my card.

 

Techniques: Die cutting, stamping, sponging, coloring

 

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Recipe:

Stamp: TPC Studio (Playful Expressions)

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Inks: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Elegant Eggplant, Soft Sky, Stazon Black

Markers (non-alcohol): Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Elegant Eggplant

Dies: Mama Elephant Edges, Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds, Spellbinders Labels Twenty & Ribbon Threader Label

Other: 3M foam tape
Size: A7 (5" x 7")