Bella Blvd Stamp Set Winners and a STUNNING card by Vivian Keh

I have our winner of the new Bella Blvd stamps from last week!

Congrats go to...

Crafty Aunt DeeMay 23, 2013 at 12:36 AM

Love these stamps and the fun cards made by the DT. So cute and the feather just finishes off the one card. Great job.

Please email me at kimbermcgray@gmail.com with your mailing information so we can get your stamps out to you!

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Well hello, Hampton Art fans!  Vivian here today with a card very much inspired by the sea.  We have some fabulous nature inspired stamp sets produced with 7 Gypsies.  Since most of my work is inspired by nature, these are stamps I will turn to again and again.  These sets in particular make me yearn to go snorkeling on a tropical escape!

Oceans card by Vivian Keh

I used mists to create a watery background.

I intentionally softened the stamping so that the some of the sea creatures would appear the way they do when ocean waves distort them.

But I chose to stamp the fish and text crisply, bringing them clearly into focus.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Using colored mists, mist a sturdy piece of paper, allowing colors to mix a little.  I used Bristol Vellum.
2. Stamp shells, starfish, and seahorses using distress ink.
3. Mist with water to intentionally blur your stamping.
4. Using clear embossing powder, heat emboss the dotted patterns.
5. Blend distress ink around the card front to bring out the clear dotted patterns.
6. Stamp text and fish.
7.  Adhere to card base.

SUPPLIES:

Hampton Art/7 Gypsies - "Under the Sea" IC222 Cling Stamp Set, "Nature's Kingdom" IC221 Cling Stamp Set, Distressed Background PS0673 Woodblock Stamp, a la mode Clear Embossing Powder

Strathmore - Bristol Vellum

Clearsnap - SMOOCH Spritzes

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink

Tsukineko - Black Stazon Ink