Summer Sunset

A birthday card inspired by the summer sunsets here on our mountain in North Idaho. The flower is from the upsy daisy set. I masked the sun with a post it note, then brayered the different colors in layers using daffodil delight, calypso coral, rich razzleberry, cajun craze. I sponged in daffodil delight, calypso coral, and melon mambo in specific areas to make them pop more. Stamped the flower in elegant eggplant then embossed with the petals a plenty EF; added daffodil delight seam ribbon, butterfly punch, the itty bitty punches, and the itthappy birthday stamped in rich razzleberry and cut with the banners framelits.

Butterfly & Doilies

 SUPPLIES:

• stamps - delicate doilies, itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri
• cardstock - pool party, early espresso, cherry cobbler, white
• ink - real red
• misc - elegant butterfly, 1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle punches; bitty banners framelits; ribbon & rhinestones 

I was playing around with the delicate doilies set and came up with this cute and simple card. I used pool party again, but at least I changed up the accent colors to real red and espresso. The butterfly is from the papillon potpourri set.

Pool Party Triple Layer

So I am clearly hung up on this triple stack stamping thing! And evidentally I'm also hung up on the pool party with basic grey and crumb cake combo since this is the second card using these colors! I think what I love most about this triple layer stamping technique is that it turns out so elegant looking with great dimension. I think most experienced stampers can guess how the little white tabs ended up on the card (and I like them too); amazing how many little doodads and embellishments go on a card to cover a stamping mistake like stamping the edge of the stamp with the image :(

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - pool party, white
• ink - crumb cake, basic gray, pool party
• stamps - papillon potpourri, pocket silouhettes (thanks so much), fresh vintage
• misc - elegant butterfly, oval, scallop, word window punches; rhinestones, ribbon

To anyone who used my incorrect dimensions previously listed I apologize :) The dimensions listed on the triple stack cards below should be accurate.

Triple Layer or Triple Time stamping

Triple layer or triple stack stamping technique:

First stack the 3 main layers centered on top of one another and then stamp your image directly on top, overlapping layers at times. Don't worry if the image misses some of the edges between layers - this will be covered up when you add the matting.

After you've stamped your images, separate the 3 layers and mat them. Easy and cute!

Measurements:

largest rectangle 3 15/16" x 5 1/8"

middle rectangle 3 1/16" x 4 1/8"

smallest rectangle 2 1/4" x 3 3/16"

(For anyone who previously tried to use the dimensions for the triple stack stamping, I have updated the middle mat size on the posts below. I had measured incorrectly the first time I posted it. It should be correct now. Sorry for the previous inconvenience!)

Triple Layer Embossed

This is another card using the triple layer or triple stack technique. After stacking the 3 white layers, I stamped the doilies and flowers in crumb cake, pool party, and basic gray. I left them in a stack and embossed them with the petals a plenty EF. Then matted each layer with soft suede. The stamps used are from delicate doilies and fresh vintage SAB set. The happy birthday in the pool party scallop circle is from a retired hostess set called happiest birthday wishes. Ribbon is crumb cake seam binding.

Mat and card dimensions: (I have corrected the middle mat size)

Card made with white 8 1/2" x 5 3/8" when folded measures 4 1/4" x 5 3/8"

outer largest rectangle soft suede mat 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"

outer largest rectangle inner white 3 15/16" x 5 1/8"

middle rectangle soft suede mat 3 3/8" x 4 1/4"

middle rectangle white 3 1/16" x 4 1/8"

smallest rectangle soft suede mat 2 3/8" x 3 5/8"

smallest rectangle white 2 1/4" x 3 3/16"