What better way to spend a day off work than to sit in my little craft room and be able to craft away! I don't do a lot of stamping but I was recently inspired by watching Wendy on the Create & Craft channel using her stamps from her company Card-io.
These ones were made using the Summer Garden collection of stamps from Card-io. I should like to make another one now and this time make it a "New Home" card.
I also love the watering can in this set and got the idea of using the border down the side of the card and the colour combination from a fellow crafter http://suelesley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/card-io-stamps.html . Thank you Sue for the idea. You will notice that I have put my own spin on this design, having put the border on the right side of my card and created an embossed line. I am really pleased with the colour combination.
Here is an earlier attempt, for some reason I didn't manage to stamp it straight.
This next card is used from the Celebrations set, I can see many uses for this set of stamps.
Believe it or not, it includes a bunny rabbit so I used some of my egg peg stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry in this card. I know it looks like an Easter Card but I am pleased with the result. It is just begging for me to stamp it with an appropriate Easter sentiment and it is complete.
The edging is Wendy's signature which is catching on as I noticed Barbara Gray uses it.
And finally a couple of cards with a Christmas theme. Here I have used both Card-io and Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps. I did the first one in monochrome and for the second added some colour.
They are both nice but I think I like the monochrome look best.
| The floral stamps are tiny and you need acrylic rods to mount them on for stamping. The earliest ones I have in my collection came from www.rubberstamptapestry.com and are wooden dowels with the stamps mounted on the ends. The dowels also keep your fingers away from the ink pads so there is less smudging and inky finger prints. |
One advantage of using these small stamps is you can use small ink pads too, which have the bonus of not taking up much space. I use the little Versacolor ink pads and at £1.50 a pad, they are very affordable. Versacolor is pigment ink that stamps beautifully and allows for more than one impression before re-inking. This term is often referred to as "stamping off" and it gives depth and dimension to the finished artwork.
I re-visited my stamp collections from Card-io and Rubber Stamp Tapestry and made the following cards.
I also love the watering can in this set and got the idea of using the border down the side of the card and the colour combination from a fellow crafter http://suelesley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/card-io-stamps.html . Thank you Sue for the idea. You will notice that I have put my own spin on this design, having put the border on the right side of my card and created an embossed line. I am really pleased with the colour combination.
Here is an earlier attempt, for some reason I didn't manage to stamp it straight.
and another!
A wheelbarrow stamp is also included in this set of stamps.
I wasn't too pleased with the end result but it is all about playing with the stamps and coming up card ideas and getting the right colour combination for the cards.
This next card is used from the Celebrations set, I can see many uses for this set of stamps.
Believe it or not, it includes a bunny rabbit so I used some of my egg peg stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry in this card. I know it looks like an Easter Card but I am pleased with the result. It is just begging for me to stamp it with an appropriate Easter sentiment and it is complete.
The edging is Wendy's signature which is catching on as I noticed Barbara Gray uses it.
And finally a couple of cards with a Christmas theme. Here I have used both Card-io and Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps. I did the first one in monochrome and for the second added some colour.
They are both nice but I think I like the monochrome look best.
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