SSS You Are My Favorite, Wavy Background

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Today I'm showing off my new Wavy background.  This background is great for los of different techniques, but today I wanted to color.

For all of my cards today, the background was stamped with Gina K Amalgam ink, colored with Copics, and then stamped again with Versa Clair black to really crisp up the lines.  For my first card, I used B0000, B00, FBG2, and B04.

Going along with the wave theme, I pulled out my So Swell set, stamping the sentiment with Versa Clair black, and popping up the die cut sentiment up with foam tape.

Next up, I couldn't resist coloring a rainbow.  This time I used RV09, R29, YR07, Y18, G05, B06, and FV2.  I also colored the negative space with 100.

I went with a big bright sentiiment, cutting the Sending Good Vibes sentiment yellow cardstock and adding a black shadow piece.

Finally, I thought it would be fun to do some fussy cutting to create a little trio of cards.

I stamped the background once, and then colored three of the sections with three different color families: RV20, RV23, RV25, and RV29; BG11, BG13, BG15, and BG49; and YG00, YG06, YG07, and YG09.  

Once I had completed the stamping with Versa Clair, I fussy cut the three sections.  They were then added to white panels, and sentiments from the Be Bold set were stamped with Versa Clair.

I went with colored cardstock that coordinated with the colored images for the card bases.

That's all for me today, come back tomorrow for another Wavy card.

SSS, Bold Scandinavian Dies

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I thought it would be fun to pull out my Bold Scandinavian dies the other day.  The dies make some really nice big flowers, but you can create smaller flowers too.

For this card, I used the four smallest circles as well as the smallest leaf.  I also used a Stamp Market die that cuts 1/8" strips for the stems.

I started by cutting the four circles from six different colors of cardstock.  The smaller circles were cut twice to provide some more options for mixing and matching.

I then married the different layers up to create a set of five flowers.

I wanted to add some texture to my card, so I pulled out my sewing machine.  I started by adding some stitching to the panel itself to create a bit of interest at the bottom of my panel.

Once that was done, I arranged the flowers and leaves on my card.  I then added stitching, first stiching down the stems, then the leaves, and last the flowers.

The stitching is pretty random and not particularly neat which I think adds to the folksy feel of the card.

Once the stitching was complete, I stamped the sentiment, from the Be Bold sentiment in the corner.  The panel was adhered to my card base with adhesive foam tape which also served to lock the ends of my stitching in place too.

This one was pretty easy to put togther.  The hardest part was just getting all the stitching ends tucked away.

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