Stamp a Stack

Every month I send out birthday cards for a BRAK (Birthday Random Act of Kindness) on a board I've been on for what seems like-forever.  So I always do a stack of birthday cards for each month to send out.  This one was fun to make.  I used the now retired stamp set from Sale-A-Bration Eclectic Expressions.  It was the first time I took it out to play with.  I will definitely have to use it more.  There is also a "thank you" sentiment, so it's great for all kinds of cards.

this one was cased from Pinterest, with a couple changes.  The original was just stamped on a white card base, but I wanted to add an additional layer, and put it on a base of Night of Navy.  I used Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy ink.  I also did a stamp off on the front "splotches" to make sure the sentiment stood out.

I was easily able to make a stack of 18 of these rather quickly.

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Sail Away

The hubby of one of my dearest friends has a birthday coming up.  He loves sailing, and what better way to celebrate his birthday than with a sail boat birthday card.

this one I am very pleased with.  I used 2 stamps.  Stampin' Up! Sail Away (which is retired) and an image from the current catalog- Timeless Textures.  The effect it gives is absolutely awesome. 

It worked well as I inked the image, then I stamped off one time onto my grid paper, then stamped on the white card stock.  I did this every time, and it gave a lighter effect, and created depth when I overlapped the stamp.  I masked off the sails, so I could stamp in between them.  Then I added wink of stella on the water only.  It's across all of it, but the flash of my camera caught it as a highlight, which was a nice effect.

I think I'm going to have to make more of these cards.  And try this effect for the sky as well for other images (motorcycle, truck, scenery, etc)

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It's in the stars...

A co-worker and friend the other day told me that a mutual friend stated that they never got one of my cards.  Why had she never had me make one for his birthday.  So I knew just the stamps and punch I had to use...

He loves the stars and Astrology, so these were perfect.

I was pleased how it came out, and he was very surprised he finally got one of my cards :)  win-win  lol


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