4 Techniques 1 Image

Have you ever used, what I call, an Image Frame? It's an image that is not perfectly round, square, or oval, and is used to frame a sentiment or scene. Well, I LOVE this new Dandelion Frame by Hero Arts that I got from Stamper's Dream. It's so versatile and creates such a gorgeous background. For this first card, I used a large round sponge dauber to add a variety of Ranger Distress inks to Simply Smooth cs. I started by sponging Mustard Seed all over my 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" panel. I then added the following in the order listed: Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, and Aged Mahogany to the top. Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles and Aged Mahogany to the bottom. Lastly I sponged around all the edges with Black Soot. After I had my colors complete, I embossed the Dandelion image with Detail Black ep and Black Onyx Versafine. The gorgeous oval sentiment is from the JustRite set called Thinking of You.

Don't forget, you can click on the photo for a closer look.

For this next Card, I only used Broken China Ranger Distress ink, with a smidgen of Black Soot around the edges.



I used 3 Distress Inks on this third example: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick. And instead of embossing in Black, I used Detail White ep and Versamark Ink.



Finally, for my fourth example, I used 3 Dew Drop Inks instead of Distress Inks: Beige Brilliance, Pixie Dust and Malted Mauve VersaMagic. It's definitely the softest of the four, and has a slight sheen to it with the Brilliance ink.

That's it for today ya'll. I hope I've given you some ideas to toss around in your head.
Have a fantastic week!!

Happy Stamping!





Supplies:
Stamps: Dandelion Frame (Hero Arts), Thinking of You (JustRite)
Paper: Simply Smooth, Black, Crabapple Light and Herbal Garden Medium (Prismatics)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles, Broken China, Black Soot (Ranger Distress Inks), Beige (Brilliance), Pixie Dust and Malted Mauve (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Buttons and Ribbon (PTI), Multicolored Mini- Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Corner Punch (Marvy), Border Punches (Martha Stewart and EK Success), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart)