Can we make something different?

Posted on October 23, 2017 in Cards, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials, WOW Embossing

Can we make something different? Yes, of course!!! The imagination is unlimited and today is one of these day in that you see other Martha Lucia. I said other because I am using different colors, stretching stamps and creating two models of cards atypical of mine. Why? Because I think some times we asked if we can make something different!

My first card was created with the stamp set Rose Sentiments and before to make this card I never imagine this set in a Halloween card! Maybe I am wrong but this set is one of the most romantic sets that Joy Clair Stamps has, with elegant and traditionals sentiments and a beautiful frame of flowers. Well but why don’t use these in another way and don’t follow the original intention?

I started to stamp the flowers frame over a piece of whisper white paper using Versamark and Perissa WOW Embossing Powder, this is mix of silver and gold colors that WOW has and it is simply gorgeous!. I melted the powder with the heat tool. Then I sponged two different distress inks over the embossing piece. I used Victoria Velvet and Seedless Preserves but I keep the center of the frame a little lighter.

With the help of my MISTI, I stamped the Ghost and the vamps images on the center of the flowers frames using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and sprayed the piece with Sparkle Shimmer to activate the ink and have more dazzling.

The rest was very simple, I just created the card base using Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock, I added a second layer of decorated paper with some net details and added a belt with textured paper on the same color base. I stamped the one of the sentiments included on the set Rose Sentiments with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and added a tiny piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock. To embellish a little more the card I added some dots on the center of the nets and belt with Novu Crystal Drops Violet Galaxy.

SECOND PROJECT

This card is totally different because I used decorated paper to stamp the lined and detailed images from the stamp set Christmas Coffee from Joy Clair. Take a look at my card:

Normally, when you see the name of the stamps you imagine what it is for and immediately you classified it. But remember that you can use the stamps for whatever you want. If you follow the original intention of this set, maybe this can be used only for Christmas and winter coffee lovers blog hop. However, as you can see in my card, this is not a Christmas card. Don’t you think?

The only pieces of cardstock that this card has are the card base and the tiny circle that said Coffee. The rest of the card are decorated papers!!! I decided to make something different using decorated papers and stamps. I used papers with different designs and the lined cup and one decorated yellow paper with less pattern for the detailed image. All the cups where stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and fussy cut with scissors.

For the background I used the Altenew Layered Plaid Cover Die A and Layered Plaid Cover Die B with decorated papers too. The sentiments where stamped using Memento Lilac Posies and I cut the tiny word Coffee using a 3/4 circle punch.

All the pieces were pasted with double sided foam tape of different highs to obtain more dimension.

I hope my projects inspires you to make something different with your stamps and use the occasion images for whatever season you want! The sky is the limit!

LIST OF SUPPLIES

Rose Sentiments Stamp Set by Joy Clair Shop at: JC	October Fun Stamp Set by Joy Clair Shop at: JC	Christmas Coffee Stamp Set Shop at: JC	MISTI Original Shop at: Suzy | SB | HM
Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock by Stampin Up Shop at: OTS	Whisper White Cardstock by Stampin Up Shop at: OTS	Versamark Shop at: KC | OTS | SB | HM	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Shop at: KC | OTS | HM
Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Shop at: SB | HM	Victorian Velvet Distress Ink Shop at: SB | HM	Heat Tool Shop at: OTS	Nuvo Crystal Drops Violet Galaxy Shop at: Suzy | KC | SB | HM