STAMPlorations Stamps and Technique and a Tutorial

Time for a new monthly challenge at STAMPlorations! You are going to like this - its use your favorite technique (or I guess any technique ) and stamping!

I choose to do "emboss resist".

The challenge ends April 30, the winner will be announced May 6.

PRIZE

The winner will receive 2 clear stamp sets of her choice from the Vignette, Patchwork Frenzy, and Subway Art series. (Visit the shop to see the available stamp sets.) Also, the winner will be invited to be a Guest Designer.

A TWIST IN OUR CHALLENGES

Participate in all 3 challenges we host this month and you'll be in the running to win This month's random prize draw winner will receive 1 package of Tsukineko BRILLIANCE Dew Drop PLANETARIUM ink pads: Galaxy Gold, Platinum Planet, Starlite Silver, and Cosmic Copper

courtesy of our sister shop, All About Scrapping.

So hop on over to STAMPlorations, to see what our fabulous DT has in store for you! We also have the ueber talented Sian as guest designer this months. 

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At Less is More the theme is Round and Round - perhaps my card is a bit more than less, but I'm going to link it anyhow...

Its perhaps a stretch, but I am linking this up with Addicted to CAS - the theme is "Wheel" - for me it fits, using all those color wheels. Lets see what the DT thinks....

I am also linking up this card with the current Inkspirational challenge - you have to CASE

Sandie from London Days  - one of their talented DT members. So I snooped around in her flickr account (much easier than finding anything on th eblog) and came up with THIS card, that I wanted to CASE

See the similarity? I just love this card! Its so pretty!

In case you are wondering, how I made my card - I have a little tutorial for you:

My supplies: 

Wiped the colored pice of cardstock with the embossin buddy. Stamped some of the circles with Versamark, sprinkled clear embossing powder on it and heated it with a heat gun.

Sponged around the embossed areas, repeated the process with additional circles, both in the upper and lower part of the paper strip. Make sure your ink is completely dry and use that embossing  buddy!(Sorry for the blurry pictures.....)

Took some of the circles from the Holiday Artsy set and just stamped on the card with the above shown inks. Took a 1 inch and 1 1/2 inch punch and punched out additional circles of colored card stock. I trimmed the paper to 5 1/2 inches in length.

        

Did another round of emboss resist on the 1 inch circles, added the sentiment and assembled everything with foam tape under the large circles:

I hope you like it!