Make It Monday #147 - Multi-Layer Images from a Single Stamp

The MIM challenge at Papertrey Ink this week is to use a single stamp to create a multi-layer image.  I had only one PTI stamp set that would work with this challenge. I used the small clock face from Hands of Time to create a spinner for my birthday card.

I started with a card front 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Using some canned air against the tip of my copic (I don't have an air brush system) I spattered a bit of grey (copic W3) along the bottom and right side. I then spattered some blue ink onto the card front using reinker mixed with water in a mini mister (rather than spraying, I unscrewed the top and shook some ink from the siphon tube). I stamped some chevron images in yellow gold and grey. For my spinner I stamped the small clock face in black, yellow/gold and blue. I die cut the black and blue images with standard circle dies and hand cut the yellow image since none of my dies were quite the right size. I also die cut a lacy circle from blue cardstock to back all of the images and to provide an edge for spinning. I had a set of black epoxy numbers that fit perfectly into the open circles on the image. A simple brad in the center and you have a spinner. After adding the rest of my sentiments and banner I popped the whole card front up with 3D foam to allow the brad to spin freely.

When I was thinking about this card last night I had decided that I would attach the 1" blue horizontal striped piece to my card base, shorten the card front by 7/8" and pop the card front up over top for some nice dimension - as you can see, by the time I put my card together this morning I had forgotten that I wanted to do that - oh well, it looks alright this way as well.

I used Seize the Sketch#10 for my card design inspiration, although I did miss the deadline.

Supplies:
Stamps - Hands of Time, Live Love Life, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Movers & Shakers Sentiments (PTI)
Paper - Memorabilia (Teresa Collins), Neenah Solar White CS, Twilight CS (CTMH)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Creme Brulee, Grey Wool, Twilight (CTMH), Copic W3, W5
Other - Black brad, wood arrow, Lacey Circles & Standard Circles (Spellbinders)

Make It Monday #143 - Modern Whimsy Style

I have been looking forward all week for an opportunity to play along with this week's Make It Monday - #143 Challenge. Danielle Flanders, the host for this week's MIM, has a beautiful papercrafting style that has been coined 'Modern Whimsy'. It is a style that I have seen a lot of in scrapbooking. I think it's a little more challenging to achieve the same look on a card, but some people manage to do it beautifully. It is a style that I have a difficult time with because I love things to be straight, so I tend to make more structured cards. I want to be freer in my styling but it is a challenge.  Not sure if I would call my card 'light & airy', but it does have lots of layers and detail and I am happy with how it turned out. I used the sketch STS#9 at Seize the Sketch, just flipped it.

 

I created a little pouch out of striped vellum that you can see a little better in the closeup below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps - Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)

Paper - Summer Stories, Everyday Moments (Teresa Collins), Neenah Solar White CS, striped white vellum

Ink - Versa Mark, Outdoor Denim EP, Sky Re-inker (CTMH)

Dies - Spiral Notebook, By the Numbers, Birthday Trio, Framed Out #12 (PTI)

Other - wood shapes (CTMH), star sequins, thread, pinking shears