Studio@316: Eight Days of Sale-A-Bration - Day 8 - Heartfelt Blooms with the Shimmer Ribbon Combo

Friday, 23 March 2018

Eight Days of Sale-A-Bration - Day 8 - Heartfelt Blooms with the Shimmer Ribbon Combo

Welcome to the eighth and final day of a series of posts called Eight Days of Sale-A-Bration, where I have been featuring some of the gorgeous products you can earn when you place a qualifying order from either of our two current catalogues - the 2017/18 Annual Catalogue or the Spring/Summer 2018 Catalogue (see my previous post about SAB for full details). But you'll need to be quick, as the promotion ends on 31st March 2018!

Today's cards feature the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set, the image stamp from which is created using a new process which is awaiting patenting. It produces a very shallow groove into the red rubber, which allows for much finer detail to be shown in the image, resembling a fine art pencil drawing with amazing shading and highlights.

My first card was CASed from one by Jenny Moors from Stampin' Moments - I changed the colours and altered the measurements, but thanks for the inspiration Jenny.

Now, I was hoping to surprise you today with a video of me making this card - however, this went disastrously wrong! Hence the delay in publishing this post. So, instead I have produced written instructions as I have for the other projects in the series. It wasn't easy trying to describe how I made the stamped panel, which is why I wanted to do the video, so I hope they make sense. I also used the Calypso Coral Ribbon from the Shimmer Ribbon Combo from the first SAB release.

You can find the instructions by clicking on the 'Print Recipe' link above the supplies list for this card - just scroll to the end of this post.

My second card was CASed from a card by Amanda Bates from The Craft Spa and is made by stamping the image using half strength Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then coloured using Stampin' Blends. The combination of the shading from the stamp and using the Dark shade of each Stampin' Blend colour really makes the image pop. The card is finished with a length of Basic Grey Ribbon from the Shimmer Combo, with a 'squish bow' on top.

I hope you like my final two cards, and have enjoyed the series. I will be back tomorrow with a Facebook Live look at one of our gorgeous kits from the Spring/Summer 2018 Annual Catalogue, so watch out for that on 'Showcase Saturday'.

As always, if you have a go at these cards, I'd love to see what you create. Post a photo in the comments below 😉

Happy Stampin'
Babs

Supplies for the Thinking of You Card

Print Recipe