Sunday 11 June 2017

Repeat After Me

Morning
Meet today's card.

I wanted to play with some Lawn Fawn die inks I picked and try a technique.
The technique I tried from Splitcoast Stampers is called Smack Down.  
I did a variation of that technique to create this super easy, quick card. 

I began by inking up the leaves with Manatee grey ink, stamped and then stamped again and again without re-inking my stamp.  It created a shadow like effect.  
I repeated that process using Peacock then Mermaid blue ink.  
I placed my card front into my Misti, inked the sentiment with black and stamped.  I then embossed it with clear embossing powder to make it pop.
I added a few Nuvo drops to add interest and done.



Thanks again so very much for coming by and taking a look.
Have a great day!!

Adding my card to these challenges:
CAS on Sunday- USE A REPETITION IMAGE
The Male Room- OFF THE EDGE
Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies
Stamps- Silhouette 6 (Impression Obsession); Beautiful Moments (Close To My Heart)
Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Manatee, Peacock, Mermaid Dye (Lawn Fawn)
Paper- heavy weight cardstock (local store)
Accessories and Tools- MISTI, clear eb powder, heat tool, Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops

24 comments:

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

SO VERY Beautiful, I also love the sentiment and the shadow effect. Love it with both my hats on. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room off the edge challenge. Faith DT

Aquarius said...

Fabulous result and another great technique to try when I have a spare moment.

nancy littrell said...

Your generational stamping adds so much depth to your pretty leaf background, Karen. Love your inspirational sentiment. TFS your beauty my friend. Hugs..

Verna Angerhofer said...

That is a really cool technique and your card is so beautiful with it and those colors.

Dortesjs said...

again a very nice card of your hand

Margreet said...

Wonderful card with a gorgeous sentiment!
xxx Margreet

Mac Mable said...

Fabulous technique, so effective and loving the colours. What a fabulous sentiment too x

Susan said...

Lovely use of that technique! Such a pretty colour combination and great sentiment!

Pat said...

I adore the colours and the way you have built up the image by stemping multiple layers without reinking Karen. The sentiment works well too. x

Marina said...

The technique gives beautiful depth.

Nora Noll said...

What a lovely card!! The colors you used are fantastic!!

Bonnie said...

I love that generational stamping as a background for another fantastic sentiment!

Christine Alexander said...

I love all the shades you get when you keep stamping, I've been meaning to try this technique, your card is awesome Karen :)

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous card, what a great technique...you come up with the best..x [aNNie]

anja curvers said...

Such a great card love it. Thank you for joining us over at CAS on Sunday.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I love the repeating repeating repeating stamping in different colors. It gives such depth. You picked some awesome colors too.

When I first started stamping and had so few stamps I had a wee grass stamp and I wanted to make a grassy island so I stamped it like 50 million times. It gave such a neat effect. Sometimes we forget the simple things that don't take special tools or talent.

Julie B said...

A really effective technique Karen, looks great with that super sentiment.
Thanks for joining in at ATSM. :)

Gio said...

You always make such gorgeous cards, Karen. Amazing background and sentiment!

Bobby said...

You find the best sentiment stamps, Karen, and then know just the technique to show it off.

Pam Sparks said...

Very cool Karen! Love your card!

rachel said...

this is so pretty Karen - infact I adore loads of your work! Am now following!!! Big hugs Rachel x

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful card love the technique and great sentiment
Carol x

Sollan said...

WOW! Stunning card and I love the technique using the stamp over and over and let it fade. I must try that! And the colours blend together perfectly.
Thank you for playing with us at Brown Sugar Challenge

Deborah Frings said...

I really like the ombre stamping - such a gorgeous card. Thanks for playing along with our Off the Edge challenge at The Male Room, Deborah, DT.