Happy 2016 | Background Stamping

Hellooooo!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Britt Bass here and I'm so glad you decided to join me today!  I wanted to pop in and share a festive little new years card I made just for you, using Sweet Stamps rubber and clear stamps!

When if first saw the Braided Flower Border rubber stamp I knew it would make a stunning background for a card!  I stamped it in three colors of Memento Dew Drop inks in a diagonal pattern across a panel of  bright white cardstock.  I think this stamp is perfect for a new years card because it looks a little like ticker tape falling across your card!  

I adhered the stamped panel and then cut a piece of silver glitter paper by DCWV  and adhered that with dimensional squares down the middle of the card.  I then stamped the main image from the Banner Girl and Words clear stamp set, BUT I only cut out and used the BANNER portion instead of including the whole image of the girl holding the banner.  Using parts of a stamped image selectively can really give your stamp sets more life and versatility!

I adhered my "Oh Happy Day" banner to the silver as well as mixing and matching some fun letter stickers and foam number stickers to create the rest of my sentiment.  To finish, I added a strip of purple cardstock below and two strips above the sentiment to give it a bit more of a finished look.

I hope you have an absolutely WONDERFUL New Year's Day and a MAGNIFICENT 2016!

Monthly Technique Challenge: Stamp Your Own Background Paper

Hello everyone! Exciting news...Pat from Technique Junkies will be sponsoring our monthly technique challenges! This means the winner will be able to choose from a selection of Pat's awesome CD tutorials...jam packed with techniques and step-by-step photos and instructions!

This month's "technique" is very simple...just use your stamps to create your own patterned background paper. This is my go-to when I can't find the right color or pattern to go with a stamp design...or all I have on hand is blank cardstock!

STAMP YOUR OWN BACKGROUND PAPER 

I'm sure you have some blank cardstock sitting around in your stash to play along with us, we'd love to see your creation!

Join us for this challenge and your chance to win a specialty CD from Technique Junkies. 

Get an extra chance to win when you use a SweetStamps image on your creation. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

What do you think of these stamped background creations from our DT Sweeties?

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jackie Randolph

 

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Liz Butzke

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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Join our monthly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

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Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

**Please turn off word verification so we can leave comments on your challenge entry!**

The monthly winner will be announced May 15th, along with our next monthly challenge. Good Luck and have fun!

Brayered Backgrounds Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #85 Brayered Backgrounds is...

E. Marie

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Challenge #85 Brayered Backgrounds

Hello and Happy Tuesday! It's time for another challenge so get out your ink and brayer for SweetStamps.com's challenge this week...

Brayered Backgrounds

There are lots of ways to brayer a background...one color of ink, multiple colors, use rubber bands around the roller of the brayer to create a fun streamer-looking background (great for birthday cards!). And you'll get a different look depending on whether you're brayering on glossy CS, matte CS or regular CS! We'd love to see your brayered background creation, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Check out what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week's challenge theme is an Altered Item so stop by then to see what item(s) our DT sweeties have altered for you!

Happy Stamping! Hope your week is super sweet!

:) stacey

Stamped Background Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #77 Stamped Background is...

Barbara W

 Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Challenge #77 Stamped Background

I love the endless design possibilities of rubber stamps, don't you? You can stamp in any color, tap off some ink for a shadow effect, heat emboss your stamped image, or even create your own "custom" backgrounds, like in this week's challenge theme...

Stamped Backgrounds

Come join in the fun - share your creations with us, we'd love to see your artwork. Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

You're gonna love what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week our challenge theme is a Pedestal Pop Up Card click here for directions for this eye-catching technique. And don't forget to stop by to see what our DT sweeties have created for you!

Happy Stamping! Hope your day is super sweet!

:) stacey