Dreams

Another photo card today using an image from Stampsmith. I love their photo stamps. See www.stampsmith.net

Materials: Black cardstock, white glossy cardstock, stripe scrapbook paper, photo stamp by Stampsmith, Dreams word stamp by Stampers Anonymous, butterflies, rhinestones, pink wool, Black archival dye ink pad, Black Brilliance ink pad, stickles glitter glue

Method: Use Black dye ink pad to stamp photo image onto white glossy paper and then allow to dry and cut out leaving white trim around the edges just like a normal photo. Mount onto black cardstock. Wrap pink wool around stripe scrapbook paper and then attach to cardfront. Attach photo image. Use Black brilliance ink pad to stamp dreams word and allow to dry and then go over with Stickles glitter glue. Attach butterflies and rhinestones.

Veiled Woman

Todays card uses a photo stamp from Stampland Chicago called Ashwinder Veiled. She looks as though she is full of mystery.

Materials: White cardstock, Black cardstock, White glossy paper, Silver encore ink pad, Black archival die ink pad, rhinestones,organza ribbon, Hero arts word stamp

Method: Use archival dye ink pad to stamp veiled woman image onto white glossy paper and then cut leaving a white border. Attach to black cardstock. Use silver encore ink pad to stamp words onto black card stock repeatedly and then attach to front of white card as shown. Lay organza ribbon behind stamped image as shown and secure to cardfront. Add rhinestones.

Adorable me

Now this is one of my favourite photo stamps - She is just so adorable and she is from the Stamping Ground. Sorry but she doesn't seem to have photographed so well.

Materials: White cardstock, silver cardstock, Black cardstock, Glossy white cardstock, Purple organza ribbon, rhinestones, Archival black ink pad, Photo stamp by The Stamping Ground, Word stamp by Hero arts, Silver Encore ink pad

Method: Stamp photo image onto glossy white cardstock using archival dye ink pad and trim leaving white edge around photo. Mount onto black and then silver cardstock. Take Encore ink pad and stamp Hero arts words down a panel repeatedly and attach to centre of cardfront as shown. Secure ribbon behind photo and mount to card. Add rhinestones.

Enjoy your week - only 24 days till Christmas.

Photo stamping

Now I have only just noticed that the photo I took of this card appears to have a halo effect on the poor man's head. Guess the sun was just hitting the glossy cardstock at an angle and reflecting of it.

Another photo stamped image today. This is a great card for a man.

Materials: Archival brown dye ink pad, white glossy cardstock, black cardstock, scrapbook pattern paper, copper cardstock, rhinestones, word charm.

Method: Fold black a4 cardstock in half to create base card. Go around edges of scrapbook paper with amber color box ink pad and attach to cardfront. Stamp photo image of man onto white glossy cardstock using archival ink pad and then trim leaving white border and attach to copper cardstock. Add rhinestones and word charm which says - The Joy of discovery