SSS Curvy Background, Take 4

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I hope you've been enjoying this week's cards featuring my Curvy Background stamp.  It was really fun creating all these difference looks.

Today's card is probably the simplest, but I think it packs a huge punch.  I simply gold embossed the background on black cardstock, and then added a Matte Gold Thanks sentiment on a black shadow piece.

So quick and easy, but really striking. Have a great weekend!

SSS Curvy Background, Take 3

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Today's card, featuring the Curvy Background stamp I've been highlighting this week is colored with Copics.

I started by stamping the background with Ocean ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock.  Because Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks are dye inks, they can bleed some with Copic coloring, but in this case it wasn't an issue because I was going for a more blended look.  I wanted to create a topographical monotone, where the areas near the lines would be darker, and the areas with more space between would be lighter .  I used four markers: B00, BG02, BG05, and BG07.

The finished panel reminded me of water, so I pulled out my So Swell stamp set, stamping the sentiment with Ocean ink, die cutting, and adhering it with foam tape.

I've got one more card to share with this background tomorrow, see you then!

SSS Curvy Background Take 2

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Hi friends!  This week I'm sharing different ways to use my Curvy Background from the STAMPtember release.

Today's card features Embossing Glaze.

I placed the background in my stamping platform, and inked a section with Versafine, applied Embossing Glaze and embossed.  The panel was then placed back in the stamping platform, another section was inked with Versafine, and the process was repeated.

For my card, I used Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, and Dried Marigold.  It's a little hard to pick up the Rusty Hinge as it didn't end up having the contrast I was looking for, but it shows up just a little bit in the bottom right of the card.

I trimmed the panel down, backed it with a red mat, and adhered it to my card base.

For the sentiment, I did something similar, using Fired Brick for the bottom of the Be Patient sentiment, and Dried Marigold for the top.  This was die cut and popped up with foam tape.  I also added a secondary sentiment from the Be Patient set which also used Fired Brick.

See you back here tomorrow for another Curvy Background card!

SSS Curvy Background

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Hi folks!  This week I'm going to be sharing different ways to use my Curvy Background, which is part of the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release.

This background can mimic a lot of things - wind, waves, water, woodgrain, etc.  For today's cards I'm showing two different ways to 'watercolor with emboss resist.

For this first card, I clear embossed the Curvy Background on watercolor paper.  Then I sprayed liberally with three colors of Distress Spray Stain: Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, and Fossilized Amber until I was happy with the color mixing.

I let the panel dry, and then used an almost dry paper towel to rub any excess spray stain from the embossing, trimmed it down, and adhered the panel to my card base.

I finished the card off with the Hello sentiment that comes with the Stromanthe die, cutting the shadow piece from the excess spray stained watercolor paper, as well as a sentiment from the You Got This set that was white embossed and cut with the coordinating dies.

For the second next card, I gold embossed the background on watercolor paper, added water to the panel with my paintbrush, and then used Kuretake Gansai watercolors to color the background.

After trimming it down, the panel was adhered to my card base with foam tape.

For the sentiment, I die cut Be Patient from Matte Gold cardstock, and the shadow piece from the excess background piece that was trimmed off, and I added a secondary sentiment from the Be Patient stamp set, embossed in gold.

I'll see you back here tomorrow for some more Curvy Background inspiration.